Texas Medical Board suspends Victoria physician
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The Texas Medical Board temporarily barred a Victoria doctor from practicing.
Dr. Uma Rani Gullapalli, a physician in physiatry, was suspended Monday because her practice of medicine was a continuing threat to the public's welfare, according to a press release issued Thursday by the board.
The board also suspended her two pain management clinic certificates after an investigation found the clinics were not owned by Gullapalli, which is required by law.
Gullapalli was receiving $20,000 a month from the owner of Winrock Medical Clinic in Houston, where she works, according to order documentation.
If business was good, Gullapalli would receive a $5,000 bonus on top of the $20,000 a month, the document continued.
Gullapalli also admitted to charging patients $200 to $300 for monthly follow-up office visits, and in exchange, Gullapalli would mail the patients prescriptions, according to the order.
Gullapalli would also sign prescriptions but allow two unlicensed foreign medical graduates to examine patients and write the prescriptions.
The physician is listed as having her primary practice at 605 E. San Antonio St. in Victoria, but all phone call attempts were forwarded to an answering service without a voicemail on Thursday. Gullapalli also works at the Houston Pain and Rehabilitation Clinic.
Gullapalli could not be reached at either of her Houston offices. Her Winrock practice had a message saying it was closed until further notice.
Gullapalli will be on suspension until a disciplinary panel enters an order or until a subsequent order of the board is submitted.
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Start by checking some of the clinics in the surrounding small towns.
April 29, 2011 at 4:27 p.m.I totally agree. A common response heard from abusers is " My doctor wouldn't be giving them to me, if he didn't feel I needed them. How can you say I am abusing them?"
I feel for all of the patient's once seen by this physician. They are going to have to realize they can't solve their problems by taking pills nor can they forget the past.... Can't pay a bill or save money, but they will quickly pay $200-300 faithfully every month.
Now if they can find all of the other doctor's in houston who are just like this one, we can help clean up the Crossroads area.
How ironic, Houston is where this physician's has other offices as well. Hat's off to all the Great Physician's in our area who probaly figured this out.
April 29, 2011 at 2:04 p.m.It's good news for the community when a pill mill is closed down.
The legal distribution of dangerous drugs to addicts by unscrupulous physicians who only want money deteriorates the family. It goes undiscovered and overlooked by local govt. Judges award custody of minor children to a drug addicted parent whose insatiable addiction is under the radar simply because it was a "physician" who continually prescribes his/her narcotic of choice.
Most people would be amazed at the number of physicians who are so willing to continue writing prescriptions as long as their patient can pay for the office visit.
Doctors' records should be scrutinized more closely to uncover more of these practices.
April 29, 2011 at 9:22 a.m.