The state Medical Examining Board voted Tuesday to recommend that the Department of Public Health revoke the license of a doctor because of his alleged emotional disorder or mental illness.
A three-member panel held a hearing Nov. 7, 2023, concerning charges against Dr. Roozbeh Badii. In April 2020, his license to practice medicine had been suspended for one year by the Maryland State Board of Physicians based on his suffering from an alleged emotional disorder and/or mental illness, according to the Medical Examining Board’s memorandum of decision.
The Connecticut board suspended his license in 2020 as well.
The order was affirmed by the Maryland Circuit Court for Baltimore City on Oct. 20, 2020, the memorandum states. Badii’s Virginia and Ohio licenses also were suspended. In 2022, California and New York revoked his licenses to practice in those states, the memorandum states.
The Connecticut Medical Examining Board, in determining that Connecticut’s laws are similar to those in the other states, held “that Respondent poses a threat, in the practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person” and revoked his license to practice in the state, according to its memorandum.
“This physician had disciplinary actions taken in multiple states and that Connecticut statute requires us, or allows a similar response,” said Dr. Daniel Rissi, a member of the hearing panel. “So the decision of the panel was and the recommendation of the panel was, that the license be revoked.”
Also, in other business, no action was taken against Dr. Jonathan T. Simon, who had allegedly been abusing marijuana.
The three-member panel found Simon had abused marijuana but had been abstinent since November 2021 and had undergone urinalysis and hair tests. He had also submitted references from seven colleagues who had never seen him exhibit “any signs of impairment while at work,” according to the memorandum of decision.
“We felt that basically this comes down to the fact that the respondent has been drug-free for several years,” said Dr. C. Steven Wolf, one of the hearing panel members. “There was absolutely no indication that this affected his work. And it partly arose from a marital dispute, although the complaint was not unwarranted.
“He’s been treated successfully and has been drug-free, which has been substantiated by multiple tests,” Wolf said. “I would say the big disagreement was the issue of whether there needed to be probation or not, and we weren’t comfortable in view of the treatment, the improvement and the testimony that there was never any patient care affected, nor was he ever high or under the influence during patient care even on call.”
The board recommended that no disciplinary action be taken against Simon.
Ed Stannard can be reached at estannard@courant.com .
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