The
state Board of Osteopathic Medicine unanimously approved a summary suspension
of Roland Chalifoux’s license after the Marshall County
In
the wake of Friday morning’s vote, Chalifoux has the right to a hearing before
the Board of Osteopathic Medicine within 15 days.
Diana
Shepard, executive director of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, said the
suspension essentially puts Chalifoux’s Valley Pain Management clinic in
McMechen out of business.
“There
is no other physician working in that practice. So by virtue of him losing his
license, there will not be any medical services allowed to be offered there at
that clinic,” Shepard said.
Part of the board’s concern
involved Chalifoux’s refusal to provide a list of his patients to the state
Department of Health & Human Resources. The agency wants the information so
it can notify current and former injection patients they may have been exposed
to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
Dr.
Chalifoux responded to the Bureau of Public Health’s claims on in a written
statement claiming:
“The
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health findings from the investigation of my
practice did not include the re-use of needles or syringes for multiple
patients by me or my staff for any reason.”
The
Board of Osteopathic Medicine licensed Chalifoux to practice in West Virginia
