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The Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners (Board) has taken action against the following healthcare professionals. Current interim orders for practice restrictions and final Board actions that became effective during the past 24 months are shown on this page, as well as orders that will become effective within the next 35 days (physicians have 35 days to appeal Board actions). Please note the disclaimer below.

The Board has legal authority to revoke, suspend, restrict, fine, reprimand or censure, require monitoring or additional education, or impose other remedial measures on the license of a physician assistant (P.A.) if the physician assistant has committed unprofessional conduct or is mentally or physically unable to safely engage in the practice of medicine.

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Board Actions: 10/03/2022 - 11/07/2023 (most recent first)
Licensee NameDescription of ActionEffective as of:Licensee CityLicense No.
Arianna Berlynn Sholes-Douglas, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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09/07/2023 
Cameron Alan Meek, M.D. Probation
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09/07/2023 
Edward Maurice Lipan, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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09/07/2023 
Elizabeth Victoria Mahour-Moyer, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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09/07/2023 
Isabelle M Gell-Levey, M.D. Surrender
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09/07/2023 
Jennifer Jo Sosnowski, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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09/07/2023 
Jose Hiram Alvarez, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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09/07/2023 
Marco Bailon Saucedo, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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09/07/2023Nogales
Andrew Stephen Cruz, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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08/16/2023 
Maninder Pal Chatha, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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08/10/2023 
Charles Benjamin Evans, M.D. Decree of Censure W Probation
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08/03/2023 
David Chen-Kung Chang, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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08/03/2023 
Kurt Wayne Sprunger, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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08/03/2023 
Morton Isaac Hyson, M.D. Surrender
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08/03/2023 
Padmavathy Tummala, M.D. Probation - Restriction
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08/03/2023 
Ralph Theo Heap, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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08/03/2023 
Paul Alan Aupperle, M.D. Decree of Censure W Probation
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07/25/2023 
Shekhar Chandra Thakur, M.D. Revocation
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07/17/2023 
Kelly Dean Kartchner, M.D. Decree of Censure
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07/06/2023 
Sarmad Jesus Almansour, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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07/06/2023 
Crystal Marie Cunningham, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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06/26/2023 
Douglas Brian Bober, M.D. Surrender
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06/12/2023 
John William McGettigan, M.D. Decree of Censure W Probation - Restriction
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06/12/2023Tucson
Kassandra Jean Kosinski Romero, M.D. Inactive with Cause
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06/09/2023 
Babar Ali Khera, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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06/07/2023 
John Charles Stowers, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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05/17/2023 
Stuart Leslie Posner, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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05/17/2023 
Keri McFarlane Bentley, M.D. Summary Suspension
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05/16/2023 
Floyd Edward Trinidad, M.D. Inactive with Cause
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05/15/2023 
Sheila Ramchandra Mane, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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05/12/2023 
Richard Martin Roberts, M.D. Revocation
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05/11/2023 
Joel Dworkin, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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04/10/2023 
David Gerald Lawson, M.D. Revocation
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04/06/2023Mesa
Dean Richard Silver, M.D. Revocation
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04/06/2023 
George Demetrius Karalis, M.D. Surrender
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04/06/2023San Francisco
John Arthur Liebert, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation - Restriction
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04/06/2023 
Jordan Duane Bevans, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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03/28/2023 
Xihua Yang, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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03/09/2023 
Priti Ramesh Patel, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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03/02/2023 
Thomas Dale Shellenberger, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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03/02/2023 
Herbert William Jones, M.D. Revocation
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02/10/2023Minneapolis
Abdullah Marogi Yonan, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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02/02/2023Peoria
Donna Besier Defelice, M.D. Surrender
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02/02/2023 
Hasan Farooq Chaudhry, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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02/02/2023 
Irfan Mirza, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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02/02/2023 
Joel Jesus Paulino, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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02/02/2023 
La Tania Michelle Akers-White, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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02/02/2023 
Lucio Arteaga, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation - Restriction
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02/02/2023 
Michael Gayle Klassen, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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02/02/2023 
Thomas Kelley Lee, M.D. Practice Limitation
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02/02/2023 
Tiffany Stadnick, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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02/02/2023 
David Earl Smock, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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02/01/2023 
Luis Alberto Piedrahita, M.D. Decree of Censure
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01/06/2023 
Romen Kumar Jha, M.D. Revocation
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01/05/2023 
Craig Howard Leicht, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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01/04/2023 
William Lee Phelps, M.D. Inactive with Cause
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01/03/2023Green Valley
Edward Thomas Chappell, M.D. Probation
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12/01/2022 
Karl Brinton Hiatt, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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12/01/2022 
Louis Robert Zako, M.D. Surrender
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12/01/2022 
Michelle Mix, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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12/01/2022 
Bruce Richard Eich, M.D. Surrender
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11/28/2022 
Erik Michael Ramnath, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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11/18/2022 
Scott Martin Brannan, M.D. Decree of Censure W Probation
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11/11/2022 
Walter Neil Simmons, M.D. Letter of Reprimand W Probation
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11/11/2022 
David Ari Lapides, M.D. Surrender
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11/04/2022 
Ralph James Pagano, M.D. Surrender
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11/04/2022 
Rebecca Anne Allison, M.D. Surrender
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11/04/2022 
George Martinez Aviles, M.D. Interim Practice Restriction -ED
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11/01/2022 
Sheldon Earl Gingerich, M.D. Surrender
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11/01/2022 
Parminder Singh Chahal, M.D. Inactive with Cause
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10/21/2022 
Jeffrey Michael Taffet, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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10/07/2022 
John William McGettigan, M.D. Letter of Reprimand
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10/07/2022Tucson
Sharonelle Simmons, M.D. Surrender
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10/07/2022 

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