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Last Updated:
11/23/10 01:40:24 PM |
Desai, Dipak K., M.D.
License #4050 |
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9/13/1996 |
The Investigative Committee
of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed a formal complaint
against Dr. Desai, the managing partner of Gastroenterology Center of
Nevada, alleging that he was advertising the
practice of medicine in a false, deceptive or misleading manner by
stating that certain members of the medical group are Board Certified
Gastroenterologists when in fact they are not board certified in
Gastroenterology. |
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10/23/1996 |
The Nevada State Board of Medical
Examiners accepted the Stipulation for Settlement and it was Ordered that Dr.
Desai, the managing partner of
Gastroenterology Center of Nevada, pay the sum of $2,500 as disgorgement of
payments which may have been received by the group as a result of false
advertisement. |
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4/25/2008 |
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The Investigative Committee of
the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed a formal complaint against
Dr. Desai alleging the following violations: Count I: a
violation of NRS 630.301(4), for failing to use the reasonable care, skill,
or knowledge ordinarily used under similar circumstances when he performed a
colonoscopy on Patient A, knowing, or being in a position to have known, that
the unsafe practices and policies at ECSN could put Patient A's health and
safety at risk, resulting in Patient A contracting Hepatitis C. Count II:
violation of NRS 630.301(7), for violating the trust of Patient A and exploiting
the physician-patient relationship for financial gain when he performed a
colonoscopy on Patient A at a facility in which he had a financial interest,
knowing, or being in a position that he should have known, of the unsafe
practices at the facility that could put the health and safety of Patient A at
risk, resulting in Patient A contracting Hepatitis C. Count III: violation
of NRS 630.301(9), for bringing the medical profession into disrepute when he
engaged in conduct as outlined above which placed Patient A's health and safety
at risk, resulting in Patient A contracting Hepatitis C. Count IV:
violation of NRS 630.301(4), for failing to use the reasonable care, skill, or
knowledge ordinarily used under similar circumstances when he performed a
colonoscopy on Patient B, knowing or being in a position to have known, that the
unsafe practices and policies at ECSN could put Patient B's health and safety at
risk, resulting in Patient B contracting Hepatitis C. Count V: violation
of NRS 630.301(7)for violating the trust of Patient B and exploiting the
physician-patient relationship for financial gain when he performed a
colonoscopy on Patient B at a facility in which he had a financial interest,
knowing, or being in a position that he should have known, of the unsafe
practices at the facility that could put the health and safety of Patient B at
risk, resulting in Patient B contracting Hepatitis C. Count VI: violation
of NRS 630.301(9), for bringing the medical profession into disrepute when he
engaged in conduct as outlined above which placed Patient B's health and safety
at risk, resulting in Patient B contracting Hepatitis C. Count VII:
violation of NRS 630.301(4), for failing to use reasonable care, skill, or
knowledge ordinarily used under similar circumstances when he performed a
colonoscopy on Patient C, knowing, or being in a position to have known, that
the unsafe practices and policies at ECSN could put Patient C's health and
safety at risk, resulting in Patient C contracting Hepatitis C. Per Count VIII:
violation of NRS 630.301 (7) Respondent violated the trust of Patient C and
exploited the physician-patient relationship for financial gain when he
performed a colonoscopy on Patient C at a facility in which he had a financial
interest, knowing, or being in a position that he should have known, of the
unsafe practices at the facility that could put the health and safety of Patient
C at risk, resulting in Patient C contracting Hepatitis C. Per Count IX:
violation of NRS 630.301 (9) Respondent brought the medical profession into
disrepute when he engaged in conduct as outlined above which placed Patient C's
health and safety at risk, resulting in Patient C contracting Hepatitis C.
Count X: violation of NRS 630.306(7), for failing to exercise the skill or
diligence or use the methods ordinarily exercised under the same circumstances
by a physician in good standing practicing in the same specialty or field when,
he by his conduct outlined above, put the health and safety of Patient A, B and
C at risk, as evidenced by all three patients contracting Hepatitis C. |
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2/24/2010 |
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The Nevada State Board of Medical
Examiners accepted the surrender of Dr. Desai's Nevada medical license. The
surrender was made based on Dr. Desai not being competent to safely practice
medicine due to physical and mental impairments arising from a series of
strokes. The surrender is absolute and irrevocable and was done in accordance
with NAC 630.240. The surrender of Dr. Desai's medical license will not preclude
the Board from proceeding on the pending disciplinary complaint filed on April
25, 2008, involving the Hepatitis C outbreak at the Endoscopy Center of Southern
Nevada. |
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Phone: (775) 688-2559
Fax:
(775) 688-2321
from any other area of Nevada, call
toll-free:
(888) 890-8210
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Mailing
Address: P.O. Box
7238, Reno, NV 89510
Board
of Medical Examiners
E-mail:nsbme@medboard.nv.gov |
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Next Quarterly Board Meeting
June 8, 2012
Agenda will be posted on or before
May 29, 2012
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