Probation Committee
This committee monitors the compliance of licensees who have been disciplined and placed under conditions or license probation in Final Orders. The committee reviews required reports of compliance and requires personal appearances from probationers as part of ongoing monitoring, until such time as the conditions of probation are fulfilled. The committee presents recommendations to the full Board regarding further action when a licensee is determined to be out of compliance, or to restore full licensure when all conditions have been satisfactorily completed.
Staff Contact: Towanda Burnett
Chair Brigitte Goersch, Consumer Member
Member(s) Jorge J. Lopez, M.D.
Steven Rosenberg, M.D.
Rules/Legislative Committee
This committee develops recommendations for amendment of Board rules or creation of new rules, to clarify standards or to impose requirements to strengthen patient protection and quality of care. This committee also makes recommendations to the full board regarding bills filed with the legislature.
Staff Contact: Crystal Sanford
Chair Sarvam TerKonda, M.D.
Member(s) Kevin Cairns, M.D.
Shailesh Gupta, M.D.
Jorge Lopez, M.D.
Andre Perez, Consumer Member
Steven Rosenberg, M.D.
Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D.
Council on Physician Assistants
The Council on Physician Assistants makes recommendations to the department on the licensure of physician assistants. It develops rules regulating the use of physician assistants by physicians and makes recommendations to the Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine regarding all matters relating to physician assistants. It addresses concerns and problems of practicing physician assistants in order to improve safety in the clinical practice of a licensed physician assistant.
Staff Contact: Wendy Alls
Chair Hector Vila, M.D., Chair
Member(s) Dayne Alonso, P.A. Vice Chair
Jorge Lopez, M.D.
Vacant
Joel Rose, D.O.
Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine’s Joint Committee on Medical Marijuana
This committee was tasked with developing a consent form so the law could be implemented and qualified physicians could begin complying with the requirements for issuing a physician certification to a qualified patient. The Committee would be working on specific provisions of SB8-A passed during the 2017 Special Legislative Session and related to the medical use of marijuana.
Staff Contact: Crystal Sanford
Chair Sandra Schwemmer, D.O.
Member(s) Jorge Lopez, M.D. - Vice Chair
Michelle Mendez, D.O.
Joel Rose, D.O.
Steven Rosenberg, M.D.
Sarvam TerKonda, M.D.
Surgical Care and Quality Assurance Committee
This committee reviews the Board’s rules relating to standard of care for office surgery to determine necessary and appropriate revisions to strengthen patient safety and minimize the risk factors that contribute to adverse patient incidents. This committee addresses issues related to quality of care and standards of practice and formulates policy recommendations for the full Board’s consideration and studies quality of care issues as they arise.
Staff Contact: Crystal Sanford
Chair Jorge Lopez, M.D.
Member(s) Hector Vila, M.D. - Vice Chair
Kevin Cairns, M.D.
Brigitte Goersch
Robert London, M.D.
Sarvam TerKonda, M.D.
Anna Hayden, D.O.
Joel Rose, D.O.
Sandra Schwemmer, D.O.
Physician Certification Pattern Review Panel
Section 381.986, Florida Statutes requires the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to jointly create a physician certification pattern review panel that shall review all physician certifications submitted to the medical marijuana use registry. The panel shall track and report the number of physician certifications and the qualifying medical conditions, dosage, supply amount, and form of marijuana certified. The panel shall report the data both by individual qualified physician and in the aggregate, by county, and statewide. The physician certification pattern review panel shall, beginning January 1, 2018, submit an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Staff Contact: Crystal Sanford
Chair Sandra Schwemmer, D.O.
Member(s) Jorge Lopez, M.D. – Vice Chair
Michelle Mendez, D.O.
Joel Rose, D.O.
Steven Rosenberg, M.D.
Sarvam TerKonda, M.D.
Credentials Committee
This committee interviews license applicants whose prior history, including malpractice cases, raises questions of concern regarding the ability to practice with skill and safety, or questions about an applicant’s performance in medical school or prior practice in other jurisdictions. The committee reports to the full board with recommendations on approval or denial of applications.
Staff Contact: Wendy Alls
Chair Robert London, M.D.
Member(s) Magdalena Averhoff, M.D. - Vice Chair
Scot Ackerman, M.D.
Andre Perez, Consumer Member
Hector Vila, M.D.
Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D.
Rotating Member(s) February - Vacant
April – Sarvam TerKonda, M.D.
June – Steven Rosenberg, M.D.
August – Jorge Lopez, M.D.
October – Steven Rosenberg, M.D.
Anesthesiologist Assistant Joint Committee
This committee interviews license applicants whose prior history, including malpractice cases, raises questions of concern regarding the ability to practice with skill and safety, or questions about an Anesthesiology Assistant applicant’s performance in school or prior practice in other jurisdictions. This committee also makes recommendations for rule creation and/or changes relating to the regulation of this profession.
Staff Contact: Wendy Alls
Chair Hector Vila, M.D.
Member(s) Brigette Goersch, Consumer member
Joel Rose, D.O.
