Virginia suspends license of pediatrician accused of abusing patients
A Virginia pediatrician who had been accused of abusing teenage female patients and a young mom has had his medical license temporarily suspended, NBC News confirmed Friday.
A Virginia pediatrician who had been accused of abusing teenage female patients and a young mom has had his medical license temporarily suspended, NBC News confirmed Friday.
Dr. Martin Seth Forman, who had until recently worked for Reston Pediatrics in Lansdowne, which is about 40 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., was informed of the decision in a May 7 letter from the state’s Department of Health Professions, a copy of which was obtained by NBC News.
Dr. Martin Seth Forman.Reston Pediatrics via Facebook“Based on the information considered, and having determined that your practice poses a substantial danger to the public health and safety, the [Virginia Board of Medicine] voted to summarily suspend your license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia pending a hearing,” the letter states. The Department of Health Professions cited in its letter four separate incidents of Forman’s alleged sexual misconduct.
“Effective immediately,” the letter goes on to state, “it shall be unlawful for you to practice medicine or hold yourself out as a licensed physician in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
Forman, 71, who has never been charged with a crime, has not publicly responded to the accusations against him or returned phone calls for comment.
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