Author: Patsy Newitt

Levittown, Pa.-based physician Kenneth Fox, DO, has agreed to pay $489,025 to resolve allegations he violated the Controlled Substances Act, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 14. 

Hingham, Mass.-based emergency room physician Frank Duggan, MD, is making a fifth trip to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, ABC affiliate WCVB reported Nov. 13. 

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds named plastic surgeon Eugene Cherny, MD, to the Iowa Board of Medicine, Dr. Cherny shared in a Nov. 10 email to Becker's. 

Here are five physician moves since Nov. 1: 

Lafayette, La.-based physician Robert Cao, MD, has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of unlawful controlled substance distributions, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 8. 

Thirty-eight percent of medical residents said work schedule is the most important consideration when choosing their first position, according to Medscape's "Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2022."

Here are seven physicians who were arrested, charged, convicted or sentenced for illegal distribution of controlled substances since Oct. 25. 

Thirty-one percent of medical residents are struggling to maintain a work-life balance, according to Medscape's "Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2022."

St. Augustine, Fla.-based physician Scott Andrew Hollington, MD, has been charged with 10 counts of distribution of controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 31. 

Independent physicians are more likely to receive their pay from salary than a physician working in a hospital-owned practice, according to the American Medical Association's latest "Physician Practice Benchmark Survey."