| Physician Last Name: | Asmamaw |
| Physician First Name: | Abraham |
| Physician Middle Name: | Y. |
| Address: | Address redacted |
| License Number: | 211937 |
| License Type: | MD |
| Year of Birth: |
1962
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| Effective Date: | 02/19/2018 |
| Action Description for DOH Webpage: | License suspension for three years, stayed in full. The physician is also placed on probation for three years with conditions and has a permanent prescribing limitation prohibiting him from writing prescriptions for schedule II and III controlled substances. The physician must also complete Continuing Medical Education courses in prescribing practices and medical recordkeeping and the Director of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct may impose additional terms on the physician. |
| Misconduct Description for DOH Webpage: | The Hearing Committee sustained the charge finding the physician guilty of having committed professional misconduct by having been disciplined by the Virginia State Board of Medicine by failing to appropriately monitor and manage five patients' usage of controlled substances; failing to regularly fill or authorize refills or renewals of narcotics and other controlled substances for six patients prior to the time the prescriptions should have run out if taken as prescribed; failing to adequately perform or document physical examinations of five patients and failing to maintain accurate and complete medical records for two patients. |
| License Limitations or Conditions for DOH Webpage: | The physician has a permanent prescribing limitation prohibiting him from prescribing schedule II and III controlled substances. During the period of probation the physician may only practice medicine when his practice is being monitored by a licensed physician board certified in an appropriate specialty. |
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