A West Virginia board Friday suspended the license of the operator of a pain management clinic where an investigation found syringes were being reused.
West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine suspended the license of Dr. Roland Chalifoux Jr. at a disciplinary hearing on Friday.
Board executive director Diana Shafer said Chalifoux is the only licensed doctor at Valley Pain management
Patients of Valley Pain Management in McMechen who had an injection between the clinic’s 2010 opening and Nov. 1, 2013, were advised Monday to be tested for blood-borne infections after a patient contracted bacterial meningitis last October.
West Virginia’s state epidemiologist Dr. Loretta Haddy said the investigation found, among other things, that the clinic reused syringes on more than one patient.
Chalifoux’s medical license was revoked in Texas in 2004.
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W.Va. Pain Clinic Operator Faces Disciplinary Hearing
A board will conduct a disciplinary hearing for the operator of a West Virginia pain management clinic where an investigation found syringes were being reused.
West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine Executive Director Diana Shepard says the board will hold a conference call Friday for Dr. Roland Chalifoux Jr.
One of the board’s options is to suspend Chalifoux’s medical license.
Patients of Valley Pain Management in McMechen who had an injection between the clinic’s 2010 opening and Nov. 1, 2013, were advised Monday to be tested for blood-borne infections after a patient contracted bacterial meningitis last October.
West Virginia’s state epidemiologist Dr. Loretta Haddy said the investigation found, among other things, that the clinic reused syringes on more than one patient.
Chalifoux’s medical license was revoked in Texas in 2004.
Meningitis Diagnosis Prompted W.Va. Pain Clinic Probe
A West Virginia health official says an investigation that found syringes were being reused at a pain management clinic was triggered after a patient developed bacterial meningitis.
Health officials in Ohio and West Virginia advised patients of Valley Pain Management in McMechen on Monday to be tested for blood-borne infectious diseases.
Dr. Loretta Haddy, West Virginia’s state epidemiologist, says a patient contracted bacterial meningitis a day after a procedure at the clinic. Haddy told The Associated Press that health officials were notified last October.
The advisory is for patients who had an injection between the clinic’s 2010 opening and Nov. 1, 2013.
Dr. Roland Chalifoux Jr. operates the clinic. His attorney, Elgine McArdle, says a subpoena from health agencies for a patient list violates health privacy laws.
Doctor at W.Va. Pain Clinic had Texas License Revoked
The operator of a West Virginia pain management clinic where an investigation found needles were being reused on patients had his medical license revoked in Texas a decade ago.
Health officials in Ohio and West Virginia advised patients of Valley Pain Management in McMechen on Monday to be tested for blood-borne infectious diseases after an investigation found needles and syringes were reused to administer pain medications and saline solutions.
The clinic is operated by Dr. Roland Chalifoux Jr. His attorney, Elgine McArdle of Wheeling, calls the investigation a “fishing expedition.”
In 2004, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners revoked Chalifoux’s license for violating standards of care in the treatment of three patients, one of whom died.
The West Virginia Board of Osteopathy granted him a license in 2005.