"His intimate sexual relationship with her was completely intertwined with both her medical care and her employment in his medical practice," records state, while presenting portions of some of the 5,000 text messages between the two. Some of their sexual encounters took place in the facilities' offices during business hours, the board found. He also treated her prior to the relationship and after it ended. The relationship took place from October 2015 through December 2017, during which Gianelle treated her as an office patient six times, according to documents in the case. The "individual," as she is referred to in board documents, was diagnosed with a "very serious" medical condition in 2013 requiring continual medical and surgical treatment in subsequent years. Relationship 'completely intertwined' with medical care, employment The Board of Physicians disciplinary board charged Gianelle on May 25, 2021. An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint had been filed by the individual in October 2018. 24, 2019, self reported to the Board his sexual relationship of two years with a female employee who he also treated as an urgent care doctor. He did not have any prior disciplinary history with the board and his cooperation with the panel in its proceedings was noted.ĬOURTS: Former Berlin town manager pleads guilty in embezzlementĪ board-certified physician since 1993, he is president and sole owner of six Your Doc's In urgent care facilities, located in north and south Salisbury, West Ocean City, Pocomoke City, Cambridge and Easton. He must also pay a civil fine of $15,000 within two years to the board. A minimum three-year probation period will follow. After the 30-day suspension has passed and he has completed the terms of his suspension, Gianelle may petition for termination of the suspension. The board ordered his medical license suspended for a minimum of 30 days, which went into effect Nov. 10 by a disciplinary panel of the Maryland Board of Physicians of "moral and unprofessional in the conduct of medicine based" and that the doctor "violated" the board's sexual misconduct regulations that prohibit a health care practitioner from engaging in sexual behavior with a current patient, according to the Maryland State Board of Physicians final decision and order in the case. 15, 2022.Ī local physician and owner of multiple Your Doc's In locations on the Eastern Shore has been had his license temporarily suspended by the Maryland Board of Physicians concerning a consensual sexual relationship he had with an employee who he also treated. The order to removed the suspension, thereby moving him to "probation" status for three years was issued Dec. 16, 2023, lists Walter Gianelle's medical license status as being on "probation", in accordance with the ruling addressed in the article below. UPDATE: The Maryland Board of Physicians' website as of Feb.
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