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News Release — March 10, 2005
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
March 10, 2005
Medical Board of California
Revokes License of Los Angeles Physician
SACRAMENTO—The Medical Board of California has revoked the medical license of Robert Braun, M.D. of Los Angeles. The decision becomes effective today at 5:00 p.m.
Pursuant to a Stipulated Settlement and Disciplinary Order in early 2000 in the Matter of the Accusation and Petition to Revoke Probation Against Robert Braun, M.D., the board placed Braun on five years' probation for unprofessional conduct. The grounds for disciplinary action were that Braun failed to have a third-party chaperone present when he examined a female patient in violation of his probation and for furnishing drugs in a used and improperly labeled container, also in violation of his probation. In the Stipulated Settlement and Disciplinary Order, Braun admitted truth to every allegation of the Accusation and Petition to Revoke Probation and agreed that he subjected his license to disciplinary action and also agreed to be bound by the Disciplinary Order.
In October 2001, before the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, in People v. Robert Braun, Case No. 1PN04589, although Braun was originally arrested for spousal battery, he was convicted on his plea of no contest to disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor. As a result of the plea, he was placed on informal probation for three years on condition, in part, that he enroll in a 12-month batterer's counseling program, not own or possess any dangerous weapons, not threaten or use force or violence against anyone, and obey all laws.
The board also accused Braun of unprofessional conduct in that he committed gross negligence in his care and treatment of an 11-year-old patient in March 2001. After performing and interpreting the patient's EKG, he failed to call and/or advise the referring physician that his patient had abnormal EKG results which constituted an extreme departure from the standard of care.
In addition, Braun also failed to meet the practice monitoring requirements imposed on May 20, 2000.
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The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers through the proper licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons and certain allied healthcare professions and through the vigorous, objective enforcement of the Medical Practice Act.
If you have a question or complaint about the healthcare you are receiving, the board encourages you to visit its Web site at www.caldocinfo.ca.gov or for questions call the Consumer Information Line at (916) 263-2382, or with complaints call (800) 633-2322.
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