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News Release — January 25, 2005
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
January 25, 2005
Medical Board of California Accusation Leads to
Surrender of Riverside Physician's License
SACRAMENTO—Facing a formal Accusation of unprofessional conduct before the Medical Board of California, Riverside physician Philip Pierre-Louis, M.D. has surrendered his license to practice medicine. The stipulated surrender of his medical license was accepted by the Division of Medical Quality on December 23, 2004 and became effective on January 24, 2005.
On October 30, 2003, the Division of Medical Quality placed Pierre-Louis' medical license on four years' probation with terms and conditions, including that he satisfactorily complete the assessment portion of the Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE) offered at the University of San Diego School of Medicine. The Program consisted of a two-day assessment of Pierre-Louis' mental and physical health; basic clinical and communication skills common to all clinicians; medical knowledge, skill and judgment pertaining to his specialty or sub-specialty, and a minimum of a 40-hour program of clinical education in the area of practice in which he was alleged to be deficient. On November 12-13, 2003, Pierre-Louis completed the assessment portion of the program and on March 17, 2004, the PACE Program issued a report with the assessment results. The report indicated that Pierre-Louis performed poorly on nearly every practice area assessed and strongly suggested that he may be not competent to practice medicine safely.
Based in part on the report from the PACE program, the Office of the Attorney General, acting on behalf of the Medical Board of California, filed a petition for an order immediately suspending Pierre-Louis from the practice of medicine. That order was granted on May 26, 2004 and remained in effect until yesterday.
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