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News Release — December 15, 2006
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
December 15, 2006
Medical Board of California Accusation
Leads to Surrender of Glendale Physician's License
SACRAMENTO—Facing charges of wrongdoing filed by the Medical Board of California, Glendale physician Anselmo Miguel Alliegro, M.D. surrendered his license to practice medicine. The stipulated surrender of his medical license was adopted on December 7, 2006 and became effective on December 14, 2006. Medical Board Executive Director Dave Thornton stated, "The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers. We work diligently to achieve our mission by vigorously enforcing the Medical Practice Act."
On December 10, 2001, the board filed an Accusation against Alliegro alleging violations of Business and Professions Code sections 2234(b)(c)(d) and 2266 (gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, incompetence, unprofessional conduct and inadequate medical records), and subsequently adopted a Stipulated Settlement and Disciplinary Order on July 26, 2004 that placed Alliegro's license on two years' probation with terms and conditions. Two of the conditions were that he enroll and successfully complete a clinical training or educational program equivalent to the Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE), and that a practice monitor would be assigned to him.
On December 14, 2005, the board filed a new charge against Alliegro, alleging he was incompetent and that he failed to successfully complete the PACE program. Pleadings filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings allege that the PACE evaluations showed that Alliegro had numerous deficiencies in the six "core clinical competencies" used by the program to determine a physician's competency. It was the conclusion of PACE evaluators that Alliegro is "an immediate danger to his patients. He is not aware of current knowledge in general medicine, and so it is impossible for him to deliver quality of care to his patients."
Alliegro had been suspended from the practice of medicine since December 19, 2005 based on incompetence (Business and Professions Code section 2234(d)).
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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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