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WARNING TO ALL PHYSICIANS WHO ARE ACTIVELY PRACTICING IN OREGON OR CONSIDERING IT!

The Oregon Medical Board (OMB) is not your friend.   Operating essentially without government, judicial, media or public oversight, the OMB can destroy your medical career and finances instantly  They on the other hand, will suffer no ill consequences for any intentional or unintentional illegal or unconstitutional action or decision they make, no matter how egregious or devastating it might be to the physician, their family and patients.

The OMB purposely performs incompetent investigations, presents and utilizes unqualified physicians as "expert" witnesses, ignores and gives no response to your lawyer's letters and requests, withholds pertinent records for years, encourages and allows the use of perjury, encourages and allows the use of hearsay (the OMB is the only medical board in the US who uses hearsay in their legal proceedings!), denies cross examination of supposed witnesses who aren't even available by phone to testify and answer questions, denies Discovery, colludes privately with the Administrative Law Judges directly after a hearing (ex parte contact), etc.  The list is endless.  The OMB and their legal muscle, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Warren Foote, do all this "openly" knowing there will be no legal or legislative repercussions regarding their tyrannical behaviors .  

A small nucleus of individuals at the OMB ultimately decide the physician's fate regardless of a hearing's Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) decision.  If a healthcare professional is to the point of a hearing, they are going to lose their license.  The OMB has never lost a hearing - they have a 100% revocation rate. The healthcare professional will then be reported to the Data Bank.  Once that occurs they will forever be unhireable in any medical related field. 

The OMB is the Investigator, the Judge, the Jury and the Executioner.  Any healthcare professional who comes before the OMB is expected to get on their knees and except full responsibility for any charges or accusations leveled against them by the OMB - o
nly complete acquiescence is accepted. If the physician asserts themselves in any way before the OMB they will be labeled "disruptive" or "arrogant". "You do whatever they [the OMB] say right or wrong" (this is a direct quote from recent OMB member Keith White, M.D who himself was under investigation since January 2014 for supposed inappropriate opiate prescribing and patient "boundry problems").  The OMB and Warren Foote know they can trample physicians and their rights into submission without blowback, because to date the State and Federal Courts have allowed the OMB to function unconstitutionally. 

The OMB, former Executive Director Kathleen Haley (quit 6/30/18), current Executive Director Nicole Krishnaswami and AAG Warren Foote are protected by absolute immunity, no matter how inept or unconstitutional a job they have done.  All Oregon physicians who have "requested a 'sham' hearing" have lost.  All physicians who have appealed the OMB's "hearing" decision have lost except one physician who had only the fine portion of the OMB's decision overturned. [This has just recently changed - a few physicians and one psychologist have won their Oregon Court Appeals - their decision being based purely upon process and nothing to do with the specifics of the case itself.  See page labeled OR Tortured Healthcare Licensees for these Appeal decisions and other documents.  And if you "win" (if you want to call it that) your appeal, it is back to the OMB (or whatever healthcare licensing board you are licensed through) and the AAG Warren Foote snake pit where if they didn't destroy you psychologically and financially the first time they will get you the second time and charge you addition fines.   

It is a false sense of security to think you are safe or protected from the ravages of the OMB by following their directives.  Even if you sign the "forced confession" - called a Stipulated Order (SO) - of the OMB and agree to all directives put forth by them, you are still not safe.  These "forced confessions" are reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).  Once the physician has been reported to the NPDB they will no longer be able to find a job in medicine, get malpractice insurance, contract with insurance companies, etc.  All the physician's hard work, all their money spent on education, all the life they gave up for school and medicine and all other associated hardships will be for not.   When the OMB is finished, the physician will be financially and emotionally exhausted and devastated.  Hard to believe?  Well keep reading because it only gets worse.
  

All physicians practicing in Oregon should get out now or stand up against the OMB and demand change!  Don't let them destroy your life!  All those considering coming to Oregon should look elsewhere! Oregon was recently ranked as one of the worst states to practice medicine - #49!  http://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-doctors/11376/#main-findings


My Personal Experience With The Oregon Medical Board

This website is the result of the OMB's mistreatment of me and other physicians. The OMB does not apply "discipline" equally to all physicians. The OMB protects its colleagues, friends, associates, etc. while "disciplining" licensees who refuse to play their game of tyranny.  The OMB puts public safety at risk.  My story clearly demonstrates the use of bullying and rankism by the OMB and documents the OMB's egregious use of hearsay, perjury, withholding of records, complete lack of Discovery, substandard and biased investigations, physicians falsely portrayed as experts, "sham hearings" which are nothing but a facade of justice, the disallowance of cross examination of nonexistent hearsay witnesses, and on and on.  My supposedly "closed" hearing was overseen by Assistant Attorney General Warren Foote, OMB Executive Director and attorney Kathleen Haley and Administrative Law Judge Rick Barber.  All of the OMB's unconstitutional behavior was witnessed by both myself and my attorney Paul Loney, but without any State or Judicial oversight, the OMB is capable of getting away with anything. 

I have corresponded with three Governors, three Attorney Generals, two Secretary's of State, the head of Administrative Law Judges and all State Senators and Representatives since 2009 - and they have all done nothing to control this tyrannical board.  They have treated every other healthcare licensee that I have spoken to the same way.  None of these public servants care how the OMB, Warren Foote and other healthcare licensing boards are destroying physician's and other healthcare professional's careers forever and the impact this has on the licensee, their family and their patients.


Below, under Bullying and Rankism, is the file that contains my three year experience with the OMB and Assistant Attorney General Warren Foote.

Bullying and Rankism

This file describes in detail my experiences with the OMB from 2008 to 2011; from the initial complaint to the revocation of my Oregon Medical license.  It details the withholding of all records by the OMB; their compromise of my confidentiality on three different occasions; their disrespect of my lawyers; their overall incompetence of handling my case and much more.  It describes my hearing and the allowance of blatant perjury, hearsay and a physician masquerading as an "expert" regarding chart review, chronic pain treatment and rheumatology.  Dr. James F. Calvert, the supposed "expert", was reported to the OMB just weeks after my hearing for numerous medical errors, including patient death, in his medical practice regarding the same medical disciplines he purportedly was an "expert" in. (see OMB documents below in section labeled Dr. James F Calvert).  The OMB revoked my license all the while knowing Dr. Calvert was far from an expert and that his medical care had led to patient morbidity and mortality.
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Patient A's Records

It took two years of written and verbal requests by myself and my lawyers to receive Patient A's medical records.  It was alleged throughout the three years I was abused by the OMB that I had refused to review Patient A's supposed 1 1/2 inches of medical records.  After two years of requests, just before Christmas, I received NINE PAGES of medical records that belonged to Patient A  (see these records below). Nine pages of paper are not even an 1/8 inch of records, let alone 1 1/2 inches of records  By this time I had already been forced to answer questions in writing and verbally a number of times. I had no other choice being under threat of immediate license revocation.  These same coerced answers were then used against me in the OMBs Final Order judgement of my case. Even though there was never 1 1/2 inches of medical records, the OMB and Warren Foote persisted in their obviously false allegation to the very end. 

I had never seen these nine pages of records previously,  but even if they had been presented to me, they would not have changed my medical decision; in fact they would have reinforced it.  What was presented to me on 1/8/08, my only encounter with Patient A, were two
Urgent Care records that both stated he had acute gout. No diagnostic work up or referral was offered to Patient A according to these documents.  The two Urgent Care records were never seen subsequently and were not part of the nine pages of records I finally received.  I have always suspected these records, which were original paperwork from the Urgent Care, were forged by Patient A to help obtain medical cannabis illegally. 

AAG Warren Foote faxed my lawyer two pages of Patient A's labs the afternoon before my hearing in September 2010.  My lawyers and I made numerous requests for such records over a three year period, but to no avail.  That brought the total pages of patient records to eleven.


For 2 years I was forced to answer both written and verbal questions put forth by the OMB regarding my case without having any records available to me.  I complied with the OMBs orders under duress, otherwise I would have immediately lost my license.  In June of 2009 I was interrogated by the OMB Investigative Committee for hours while they looked at records on a computer screen that they refused to give to my lawyer and I.  These were records my lawyer had requested for months prior to the interrogation.  He even requested them during the hearing, but the Investigative Committee didn't even acknowledge that he had asked (your lawyer is not allowed to speak on your behalf during these interrogations - the best they can do is sit next to you for support).  If you refuse to comply with the OMB's "requests" (orders), or question their procedure, you lose you medical license.
  
There is a specific evaluation and treatment regiment that a physician, in particular a Rheumatologist, would recommend regarding Patient A's complaints.  Patient A never had appropriate evaluation and therefore never received appropriate treatment.  He was never scheduled for follow up after any of his office visits, even when medications were prescribed.  Those nine pages of records consisted of only six office visits to a physician over a 20 year period of time. 
  • On 7/20/1988 Patient A came in concerned about lead exposure.  
  • On 7/20/1993 Patient A was seen for a sinus infection 
  • On 7/23/1993 Patient A was seen for hay fever and athletes foot.  Only at his office visit in
  • On …...…./2001 Patient A was seen for redness, swelling and pain in his right big toe. 
  • On ………/2006 Patient A was seen for right heel pain. His PCP gave him the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis after nothing but some plantar fascia tenderness was found on physical exam.  An x-ray of his right heel that day showed only some mild arthritic changes. 
  • On 12/…./2007 Patient A had his last visit with his physician before seeing me.  He complained to his physician of  right foot pain. The medical exam noted that day revealed nothing remarkable regarding subjective complaints or on exam of his right foot. Still, Patient A was given the diagnosis of gout by his physician and placed on allopurinol, a medication used to treat gout. 
​No follow ups were ever scheduled for Patient A after visits with his PCP. All three exams, evaluations and treatments for right foot pain were extremely cursory at best, but it seems the OMB and Dr. James F. Calvert, the OMB's supposed "gout expert", considered this to be appropriate medical care.  That is frightening.  How can anyone claim that Patient A had chronic severe gout that was recalcitrant to treatment when medical records and x-rays just didn't bear this out?  Why is it that the OMB and Dr. Calvert find this medical care to be acceptable?  Why is it that they would not want further delineation of the patient's situation instead of just throwing marijuana at it?  Why would they be opposed to me asking the patient to get further evaluation of his condition before I signed a form that states the patient's medical condition may be improved by the use of medical cannabis?  The OMB and Dr. Calvert had significant concerns with me signing the OMMP physician statement for patient's with AIDS, end stage cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, severe chronic pain after three failed surgeries and other horrific diseases, but they're fine with  someone with almost no medical records, no clinical findings and no confirmed medical diagnosis for what is a treatable disease to be on the OMMP.  

Of note, Dr. James F. Calvert was disciplined by the OMB in June 2012 because of at least one patient death and at least one other patient's near death, along with other horrific patient medical care.  These horrific outcomes were the result of improper chronic pain treatment and misdiagnosis of rheumatology disorders (see these documents below).  A complaint was received by the OMB regarding Dr. Calvert 3 weeks after my hearing and months prior to revocation of my license.   

Only seven pages of Patient A's medical records are included on this blog. These documents are the clinical notes dictated by his PCP for his six office visits over 20 years.  The other four pages are lab results that are of no significance and very difficult to read (they are available if requested). They consist of routine blood tests and a lead level.  His uric acid level was mildly elevated on one test and normal on another.  Uric acid deposition in joints is the cause of gout. Uric acid is elevated in the majority of the US population, but the majority of people never get gout.  Uric acid levels can be normal or low with acute gout attacks.  Therefore, blood uric acid levels are not useful in diagnosing gout.  That is why joint aspiration is so important.

Also included below are radiology reports of the three x-rays I ordered for Patient A the day I saw him at the Voter Power clinic.  I gave the patient the opportunity to prove that he had suffered from long term chronic gout.  Patient A requested that his right foot, right knee and right elbow be x-rayed stating he had suffered repeated attacks of gout in these areas for over 20 years.  No records have ever been presented to document his claims of severe recurrent
gout attacks.  The only abnormalities noted on the three radiographs were very minimal osteoarthritic changes; normal for a 50 year old man who has done little physical activity in his life.  There was no evidence of  acute or chronic gout  seen on the x-rays.  Of note, as any good Rheumatologist or Primary Care Physician will know, osteoarthritis is one of many possible causes for a red, swollen and painful joint that must be included in the diagnostic differential. 
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Pictures of Chronic Gout

This is what chronic gout looks like radiographically.  If patient A had had radiographs consistent with the seven seen here showing the classic radiological changes of chronic gout, I would have signed his form.  The only abnormalities seen on Patient A's x-rays were some very minimal osteoarthritis changes per the radiologist's reading that day.  The images below represent a range of chronic gout radiologic changes. Milder examples would be boney erosions which are seen in the radiographs with the red and blue arrows.  The more severe examples demonstrate joint obliteration.  Soft tissue swelling is quite obvious in the radiographs, especially the one of the flexed elbow where it is pointed out by a white arrow.

I have also included three photographs of chronic gout.  The first picture shows acute gout in the elbow and knee.  The second and third pictures demonstrates chronic gout deformities in hands and the foot respectively.
 

Podiatric Evaluation of a Patient

This file contains the evaluation of one of my patients by a Podiatrist in Portland prior to my medical license revocation.  This Podiatrist seems to understand and practice the evaluation recommended by the top rheumatologists in the world for joint inflammation.  The OMB and their pseudo rheumatologist Dr. James F. Calvert have a different view than the world experts in Rheumatology regarding the evaluation and treatment of an inflamed/painful joint.  The real Rheumatologists write for "The Bibles" of Internal Medicine like Harrisons or Cecil's.  These physicians are directly involved with and/or review the most current research.  The OMB and Dr. Calvert say these experts are wrong.  Based upon what I do not know.
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Dr. James F. Calvert's Chapter on Gout in Taylor's Family Medicine Textbook


Dr. Calvert wrote a 2 1/2 page chapter on gout for Taylor's Family Medicine Textbook in the past. This textbook originates out of OHSU (Oregon Health Sciences University) with which Dr. Calvert was associated in the past.  He wrote this chapter the first time for the 5th Edition of the textbook that came out in 1997 and then again for the 6th Edition of the textbook that came out in 2002.  Dr. Calvert is a Family Physician, not a Rheumatologist.  He does not specialize in the research or treatment of gout.  The chapters he has written in the past are basically the same in both editions and are simply a short synopsis regarding gout that he has culled from multiple medical sources that he footnotes.  He has not written anything more on the subject of gout before or since that I can find and has never written anything original on the subject.  What's fascinating is that what he wrote for the textbook is in complete contradiction to the testimony he gave under oath at my "hearing". 

At my "hearing"/license revocation trial in September of 2010, Dr. James F. Calvert, under oath, disagreed with the evaluation and treatment for a red swollen joint or gout as is recommended in all the "Bibles" of Internal Medicine by internationally renowned Rheumatologists.  Dr. James F. Calvert stated during his testimony that he wasn't aware of the first new allopathic medication for gout in 40 years!  The medication was Uloric and it had been on the market for 1 1/2 years at that time.  There were already commercials on TV about this medication.  I had had two hours of Continuing Medical Education regarding this new medication and gout by then.  An expert in a specific medical discipline would know about a new medication even before it was released onto the market and most likely while it was still under going clinical trials.  Obviously, Dr. Calvert was no expert in Rheumatology, just as he was no expert in chart review or chronic pain treatment.

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Excerpts from Dr. Calvert's 2 1/2 page chapter on gout: (my comments are in italics)
    1. "Gout can present in any joint and the inflammation can be extremely subtle in some cases; hence a search for crystals   
       should be undertaken for all arthritis of unknown etiology."

                    This search was never undertaken and in testimony under oath Dr. Calvert stated it wasn't necessary.

    2.
"...the most important item in the differential diagnosis is joint infection."
               The only way to diagnose infection is with a joint aspirate and culture.    ​

    3. "The serum uric acid level is not helpful for excluding or confirming a diagnosis of gout.

    4. "...examination of synovial fluid under a polarized light provides the only definitive diagnosis [for gout]"
                       
 Again, no joint aspiration was ever performed

    5. "Acute synovitis due to deposition of pyrophosphate crystals (psuedogout) becomes more common after age 65, so joint
        aspiration is particularly more important for this age group"

    6. "Synovial fluid can easily be obtained by passing an 18 gauge or smaller needle into the joint and aspirating it. 
        Joint fluid can then be sent for crystal examination, cell count, Gram stain and cultures."

    7. "... the presence of crystals is the only reliable indicator that gout rather than infection is present."

    8.
"In patients with acute gout the radiographs may be normal, but the erosions seen with chronic gout are fairly
        specific and can be helpful in making the diagnosis"

                       
 The patient's radiographs of three different joints that were supposedly horribly effected by gout for 20 plus years 
                        per the patient, were all "normal" for his age


    9. "Treatment of gout specifically addresses one of three clinical entities:
            a) acute gout
            b) the intercritical period that occurs for 2-3 months after an acute attack
            c) long term management of chronic hyperuricemia."
                      
  Patient A never received follow up or a work up.  He was never definitely diagnosed.  He received minimal 
                        treatment for gout, if that's even what he had.
                        
                      
The physicians who treated this patient, along with Dr. Calvert and the OMB physicians involved with this
                        case, should be investigated for malpractice.
 I stated in a letter sent to the OMB prior to my Investigative
                        Committee interrogation that no one involved with the case had any understanding of the disease gout
                        and I stand by that statement today.  And yes, that includes you Dr. Ralph Yates.
                        


   10. "Allopurinol worsens an acute gouty attack and is never used during one."
                        
The patient's physician gave him allopurinal without a work up and without really knowing what they were  
                        treating.  Dr. Calvert and the OMB didn't seem to have a problem with a non-existent evaluation and just random
                        treatment with allopurinal for the patient.  This is malpractice.  This is medicine in Oregon.

    
11. Table 123.1 Some Possible Causes of Hyperuricemia (elevated uric acid levels)
               
 Multiple causes are given, but it ultimately boils down to overproduction or under excretion of uric acid. 
               This determination helps the physician make a decision as to what medical regiment to prescribe.  This determination
                was never performed for Patient A. 

                One cause listed in Dr. Calvert's 2 1/2 page book report was Alcohol  -especially BEER!  The patient had two office                   visits documenting that he drank 6 plus beers a day. 

So with virtually no evaluation of the patient's medical issues, and certainly no establishment of the diagnosis of chronic gout, a documented sexual predator and alleged cocaine addict, Dr. Darryl George (see below), signs Patient A's OMMP form stating that medical marijuana may be helpful for his supposed chronic gout pain.  It is just fine with the OMB and Dr. Calvert for the patient to drink beer with marijuana even though no one has any idea what the patient's medical problem is, if any.
                    

Dr. James F. Calvert's Chapter on Gout from Taylor's Family Medicine Practice and Principals Textbook

Here's all 2 1/2 pages of Dr. Calvert's "book report" on gout.  On the witness stand, at my hearing, Dr. Calvert has the audacity to disagree with all the real experts in gout who are Rheumatologists that actually research gout.  He disagreed with all the Bibles of Internal Medicine like Cecil's or Harrisons.  Yet in his chapter on gout he states the same recommendations as the real experts that he lifted his chapter's contents from.  Dr. Calvert knowingly committed perjury on the witness stand under oath multiple times and the OMB, Assistant Attorney General Warren Foote and ALJ Rick Barber allowed and encouraged it.
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Adminstrative Law Judge Rick Barber

Where do I start?  ALJ Barber allowed perjury in his court by Patient A and Dr. James F. Calvert.  ALJ Barber allowed hearsay in his court which denied my constitutional right to cross-examine witnesses and therefore allowed unverifiable testimony to be entered into the "sham hearing" records.  ALJ Barber allowed Dr. Calvert, a Family Physician with no expertise in rheumatology, chart review or chronic pain treatment, to act as an "expert" in these fields when it was obvious during the hearing that he had expertise in none of these medical disciplines, In fact, Dr. Calvert didn't even have the knowledge expected of a Family Physician in these medical disciplines.  ALJ Barber allowed surprise evidence at my license revocation trial masquerading as a "sham hearing".  ALJ Barber had no concerns about the withholding of medical records or the denial of Discovery by the OMB and Assistant Attorney General Warren Foote.  Really, there is nothing of importance in ALJ Barber's Proposed Order.  He does spend an exceptional amount of time on character assassination of my lawyer, witness Alisa Walls and myself. 

I have been informed by a number of Oregon lawyers that they won't take on the State government because they fear being targeted by the State and losing their license to practice law.  I have also been informed that ALJ's are requested by government entities based upon whether the ALJ will play ball with them in their favor.  If an ALJ won't "play ball" then they are not chosen again by that State agency and therefore the ALJ will see a marked diminishment of work.

ALJ Barber has done a pathetic piece of work here.  I expected this after my lawyer and I saw ALJ Barber and AAG Warren Foote walk into a private room together alone for an eye to eye conversation directly after my hearing without my counsel present.  Yes, ex parte contact.  Welcome to progressive, Democratically run, Oregon.  The home of hypocrisy.
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Oregon Medical Boards Final Order against Dr. Dover

My Medical Affidavit presented to the Oregon Federal District Court dissects the OMB Final Order and reveals how the OMB operates without supervision and how freely and openly they abuse their power and authority.  They thumb their noses at Oregonians, while they claim "immunity" for all their actions.

The first file is the OMB's Final Order.

The second file is Dr. Eric Dover's Medical Affidavit filed with the Oregon Federal District Court which dissects the lies of the OMB's Final Order.

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OMB's Investigation of Dr. James F. Calvert

Three weeks after my "hearing" at least one complaint was filed against Dr. James F. Calvert.

The first file is Dr. Calvert's Interim Stipulated Order, either from January 2011 or 2012.  The Stipulated Order notes that their are concerns with Dr. Calvert's treatment of chronic pain patients and discusses restrictions on his ability to prescribe opiates.  There are no specifics given about these "concerns"  Of particular note, the dates associated with both Dr. Calvert's and Kathleen Haley's signatures have been altered in a very unprofessional manner and there are no initials to take responsibility for these document alterations.  That's why it's not certain whether this document is from 2011 or 2012.  I suspect the former date of 2011 is correct.  In both instances the dates have been changed to 2012 in a very suspect and illegal fashion.  If the OMB reviewed a healthcare providers charts and found anything altered in the notes in a fashion as the OMB has done, they would chew the physician a new asshole.  No problem for the OMB though; no oversight, no complaint process in place for their "mishaps", almost a complete lack of political will to address the problem and ultimately their "absolute Immunity" trump card.

The second file is Dr. Calvert's Final Stipulated Order from June 2012.  It gives some specifics of what was discovered by the OMB .  It details the death of one patient, and the near death of another patient, while under Dr. Calvert's care.  It details serious problems with his chronic pain management and misdiagnosis of rheumatologic disorders throughout his practice.       Dr. Calvert was ordered to undertake reeducation in the disciplines of chronic pain treatment and rheumatology and pay a fine of $5,000. 

The third file is his Termination of Interim Stipulated Order from July 2012.  Before Dr. Calvert had undertaken any remediation and before the ink of his signature had dried on his Stipulated Order, his medical license was fully reinstated without any restrictions.  Wow!  This order isn't signed until October 17, 2012, but it was effective July 12, 2012 as noted in the text of the order.  So in seven months (depending on the correct date on the Interim Stipulated Order), Dr. James F. Calvert went from a restricted license to full reinstatement of his license without restrictions. That's why I suspect the Interim Stipulated Order is actually from 2011 instead of 2012.

A fourth document called the Complaint and Notice, which was listed on the OMB website, is no longer available to the public, although it was in the past.  It has been conveniently removed.  It cited specific dates of complaints from patients and other pertinent information..


Dr. Calvert was allowed to act as an expert witness during my OMB investigation and hearing when it should have been quite obvious to the physicians at the OMB, Kathleen Haley, Asst. Attorney General Warren Foote and Administrative Law Judge Rick Barber that he wasn't.  It was certainly clear to my lawyer and I, but the concerns we raised went unheard and were ignored.  The physicians at the OMB need remedial courses in Medicine because they are just as guilty, ignorant and pompous as Dr. Calvert.


Dr. Calvert now works for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA).  The OHA lets this extremely incompetent physician, who is more than happy to commit perjury, make decisions on a patient's ability within the Oregon Health Plan to receive medical care.  His clinical care led to morbidity and mortality in numerous patients, yet he is allowed to practice medicine.
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Update: 10/2016 - Dr. Calvert now works for the Oregon Health Authority making medical decisions for patients on the Oregon Health Plan in the Klamath Falls area.  Very concerning from what folks in the area have related to me regarding his decisions.

Dr. Darryl George: Sexual Predator

Dr. Darryl George, DO is a sexual predator. He invited at least one woman with depression, anxiety, epilepsy and drug and alcohol problems back to his home. He gave her alcohol and marijuana and then proceeded to have sexual relations with her on multiple occasions. Dr. Darryl George attempted to quiet her when an investigation was started by the OMB.. Dr. Darryl George is still licensed and allowed to practice medicine. He was required to have a chaperone in the exam room but what did this solve? The problem did not occur in his exam room but at his home. What would prevent him from contacting someone by phone and inviting them back to his house? Nothing. Why wasn't he put in prison? Why is he still a licensed Oregon physician? Why was he allowed to practice even with a chaperone? Why doesn't he have to register as a sex offender? He has some special relationship with the OMB, that I don't understand, that they feel they must protect him to some degree. I know he acts as a snitch for the OMB - maybe that's the connection. He is also a well known crossdresser. See the first file - OMB Interim Stipulated Order document regarding Dr. Darryl George signed in September 2001. Second file is the Stipulated Order which was signed one year later in August 2002. Dr. George was allowed to practice for one year as a sexual predator and then still allowed to practice after a 90 day suspension with only having to meet with a psychotherapist, take a polygraph test and take 20 hours of continuing medical education (CME), some of which involved patient boundaries. Extremely low level of discipline considering the severity of Dr. Darryl George's criminal behaviors and how other physician OMB licensees have been and are treated currently with nowhere near this level of offense, if any, occurring. Something very dirty went on here and Oregon government allows it to occur.

​The third file contains a letter of complaint to the OMB from one of Dr. George's former employees who worked for him for three years, half that time as his initial chaperone, alleging that he was a cocaine addict and that he exhibited inappropriate sexual behaviors.  The OMB sent this individual a letter stating that their complaint was too late for them to do anything about.  Detective Jay Drum, who spoke with this complainant, immediately tried to tie them to my case instead of focusing on an obvious dysfunctional physician.  What a horrible situation.  Dr. George, is allowed to make a complaint against me, yet the OMB is not concerned about a complaint of drug addiction and inappropriate sexual behavior regarding Dr. George when he was already in trouble for being a sexual predator.  That's a sure sign of something being covered up.  Dr. George is still practicing in Grant's Pass in Southern Oregon.

The fouth file contains a letter to the OMB from a past patient of Dr. Darryl George. It describes Dr. George's and his associates use of cocaine. The OMB investigator spoke with her and that was the end of it. The OMB was given multiple names of others who could/would collaborate the statements of the female employee above and this patient.

The fifth file is my complaint letter to the OMB in November 2007 regarding Dr. Darryl George and the outlandish and defamatory statements he made about me and the Voter Power clinic I helped out at once a month in Medford, Oregon. In January 2008 is when the OMB's investigation of myself was started. I never recieved any response from the OMB to my complaints regarding Dr. Darryl George.
 
The sixth file​ contains my complaint to the DEA regarding Dr. George.  It relates the accusations made by complainants to the OMB and the lack of any investigation or concern by the OMB.  It was given to Mr. Tim McFarland and Mr. Luke Settles of the DEA in April of 2011.  I was never contacted by Tim McFarland, or anyone else from the DEA, after the letter was presented to them.  

I contacted Mr. Tim McFarland on August 1st, 2012, about 15 months after my initial conversation with him.  I asked him why Dr. George was still practicing and if an investigation had ever been undertaken.  He related that there was no investigation by the DEA.  Mr. McFarland seemed only concerned about physicians distributing opiate prescription drugs.  I again educated Mr. Tim McFarland regarding the situation and encouraged him to read the letter on my website that I'd sent him 15 months ago.  I also recommended that he be suspicious of any OMB concerns and lies sent the DEA's way.  Tim McFarland committed suicide in 2013 leaving behind a wife and at least one young child.
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Dr. George is still practicing.  So much for the OMB and DEA being concerned about patient safety.
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OMMP Physical Exam Form

One major criticism the OMB had in my case was the physical exam form used by the Voter Power Clinic that was sent to  the OMMP office.  It was "too cursory" for the OMB, just a check list with abnormalities noted in writing. 

The first file is the form used by Voter Power for a physical exam and, according to Voter Power, was approved by the OMMP. Per Oregon law, all that is actually necessary to qualify someone for a signature on their form is a review of the patient's records by an M.D.  No physical exam is required.  As I have stated repeatedly over the years, the physician's signature on the OMMP Physician Statement form means nothing more than that medical cannabis may be helpful for the patient's medical condition.  It is not a prescription as is stated twice on the form, although the OMB and Warren Foote would have you believe otherwise.

The second file is what was filled out by Dr. Darryl George for Patient A.  This form is almost the exact same as the form I used at Voter Power yet the OMB had a significant problem with Voter Power's form.
Note that Dr. George doesn't even examine the patient's joints, yet he goes on to make the diagnosis of "polyarthralgia secondary to chronic gout".  He was stating that multiple joints were involved with chronic gout, yet no exam of the patients joints was performed!  Patient A's joint exam the day I saw him was quite unremarkable and all the x-rays I ordered were normal and without signs of acute or chronic gout!  None of the medical records I received after two years would support Dr. George's diagnosis. Dr. Calvert and the OMB seemed undeterred with this poor medical care.  No evaluation, no exam, no follow up arranged, no counseling about alcohol or diet, not even a concern by Dr. George or the OMB about the patient's markedly elevated diastolic blood pressure.  Welcome to Oregon medicine!

The third file is from Dr. Maureen Mays' office.  She contacted the OMB and they found her form to be adequate.  Looks very similar to the one I used.
 
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Letters Sent To and Received From Governor's and State Attorney General's Office

The first file is the first letter sent to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger and Governor Kulongkoski.  It outlines the dysfunctional and criminal behaviors of the OMB and asks for the Governor and State Attorney General to help by intervening in my case and to investigate the OMB.

The second file is the letter received from Attorney General John Kroger's office in response to my first letter.  His letter states that their office has no oversight of the OMB and that there was nothing they could do.  I was told to contact the Governor's office, an obvious punt.  The Attorney General could and should be involved in any governmental corruption investigation but they refuse to do so.  Two subsequent letters were sent to Kroger's office, the last being a binder full of documentation, with an in depth explanation to go along, sent just prior to my hearing in September 2010.  No response was ever received.

The third file is the letter received from Governor Kulongkoski's office.  I had not received a response from my first letter to them so I sent a copy of the Attorney General's response and again asked the Governor for help.  The letter I received offered no help and simply blamed me for not keeping my address up to date with the OMB.  That's supposedly the reason why confidential mail was three times sent to another address other than my office address.  The OMB lied to the Governor's office about me not keeping my office address up to date with them as is documented in the next paragraph. The Governor's office addressed no other concerns I had.

The third, fourth and fifth files labeled 2004, 2006 and 2008 are copies of the licenses sent to me at my office by the OMB.  You can see the dates and addresses.  The 2008 license was sent to my office address about ten days prior to the first confidential letter the OMB sent to the wrong address.  This information was sent to Governor Kulongkoski but no response was received.  The OMB obviously lied.  Governor Kulongkoski also received the same binder as the Attorney General as outlined above.  Again, no response was received.

The sixth and seventh files are the last letters I sent to the Attorney General's and Governor Kitzhaber's office after my hearing.  Again, no responses were ever received.  It is obvious there is no OMB oversight.  The OMB understands this and have become corrupted by their political power to the point they feel they are untouchable regarding any of their decisions.

In late July I was given the name. phone number and email of an individual on Gov. Kitzhaber's staff by another physician.  The physician had been in contact with staff person Sean Kolmer and had supposedly been told that the Governor was interested in physician concerns about the OMB and how the OMB may be effecting physician recruitment and retainment in Oregon.  The eighth file is the initial letter I emailed to Mr. Kolmer on 8/8/12.  Two months later, after having received no follow up from Mr. Kolmer I emailed another letter to him which is the ninth file below.  I have received no response to that letter either.
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Patients Speak Out

Here is one example of how the OMB ignores patient complaints.  Ms. Holt was injured in a car accident.  The physician working for the insurance company obviously distorted and lied regarding his review of Ms. Holt's medical records and his interaction with her, yet the OMB doesn't even find it worthy of investigating.  The OMB's Mission Statement states their mission is to protect the public, yet it turns out they are actually harming the public.  In this case Ms. Holt loses all the motor vehicle insurance benefits as a result of one physician's biased medical opinion and his pathetic medical evaluation.  His allegiance is to the insurance company who pays him to work on their behalf.  Wonder what kind of associations insurance companies might have with the OMB.
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Freedom of Information Act

The first file is a request for tapes and transcripts from my hearing which was mailed to Ms. Kathleen Haley, Executive Director of the OMB, on 8/10/12. 

The second file is the middle finger, I mean rejection letter, I received in return.
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Unequal Protection of the Law

Past OMB Mishaps

Contact Information

Please contact Dr. Dover with any stories, information or concerns you may have.

Phone: 210-905-3351
Email:
eadovermd@gmail.com
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