TMB executive director to step down in August
posted 04.22.08
Donald Patrick, M.D., J.D., will retire from his post as executive director of the Texas Medical Board on Aug. 28, his 70th birthday, he told the board’s executive committee on April 10. Patrick has been the head of the medical board since 2001. During his tenure, he gained a reputation for strictly enforcing rules and disciplinary actions against doctors, reversing previous criticism that the TMB was too lax on sanctions. Disciplinary actions against doctors nearly tripled under his lead, from 105 in 2001 to more than 300 in 2007, according to the Texas Medical Board Statistics Fiscal Years 2001-2007.
The TMB’s executive committee has begun the search for a replacement and, in a press release, said that Director of Enforcement Mari Robinson will serve as the interim executive director if one has not been appointed by August.
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