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The Board office received a letter from Mary Fahey, MPHP via fax on 05/04/2015, advising that Dr. John Medley, M.D. a current “ILOD” status had informed her that he had relapsed over the weekend of April 25-26, 2015.

Dr. Medley had lost his grandmother on the weekend above and he began to drink and relapsed on alcohol. According to MPHP, the doctor had been struggling with the grief of the loss of his family member and realized he must take a leave of absence from his job and return to treatment at Pine Grove in Mississippi.

The doctor contacted his supervisor and advised him of the problem and his plans. There were no patient issues as he was off for the weekend.

Mary Fahey contacted the doctor’s counselor at Pine Grove and as of the admission date, they recommended a 6-8 week …show more content…

Medley contacted me on July 6th and we set up a meeting at MPHP office in St. Louis for July 14th.

INTERVIEW OF DR. JOHN H. MEDLEY, MD

Dr. Medley met with me at approximately 11:00 am on July 14th, 2015 at the office of MPHP in St. Louis, MO. Present was the doctor, Bob Bondurant, Mary Fahey and myself.

I asked the doctor how long he was at Pine Grove and he advised 8 weeks. May 7th through July 2nd 2015. He has seen his Psychiatrist, attending more than the 3 weekly 12 step meetings required by Pine Grove and will be tested weekly for alcohol for 52 weeks. He was being tested 26 times a year.

The doctor gave me a fit to practice letter from Dr. Peter Kamp, MD Psychiatrist at Pine Grove and Leah Claire Bennett, PhD the Clinical Director at Pine Grove.

The letter is dated July 2, 2015 and states the doctor is cleared to return to the practice of medicine with monitoring under the MPHP. There are 6 guidelines and recommendations noted.

In summary, follow the guidelines and recommendations from MPHP; follow the monitoring contract with MPHP including drug screens that should include Phosphatidylethanol and Ethyl Glucuronide screens as well as periodic hair

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