State suspends medical license of Staunton physician

The state board of medicine on Tuesday suspended the license of a Staunton physician entangled in accusations of sexual battery, drug use and verbal abuse of patients, including a 5-year-old boy.

Charles K. Weisman, 45, engaged in sexual contact with patients and former employees, smoked marijuana in his office, falsified records, wrote questionable prescriptions and encouraged employees to lie to police when investigations closed in, according to the Virginia Board of Medicine.

The board declared that Weisman's continued practice of medicine poses a danger to public health.

Weisman denied the long list of charges cited in the board's 20-page case summary.

"I'll be fully exonerated," he said. "It's all a lie."

Weisman, a physician at Blue Ridge Family Practice, will defend himself during a formal hearing Sept. 18 at the Department of Health Professions offices in Richmond. He is due in court in Staunton five days later on sexual-battery charges stemming from two ex-employees' claims that he improperly touched them.

The board voted 13-1 to suspend his license. Weisman said a nurse practitioner will care for his patients.

The board charges that Weisman:

• engaged in sexual contact with five patients, including some employees, leading to criminal charges in two cases;

• used Adderall prescribed to his wife;

• cursed at patients, including a 5-year-old boy;

• wrote prescriptions to six patients without adequate diagnoses or testing, or to patients he suspected of drug abuse;

• failed to maintain accurate medical records for 16 patients; and

• improperly delegated work to unlicensed staff.

Twenty-three patients, identified as A through W, are listed in board documents.

Weisman "engaged in an egregious pattern of disruptive behavior," according to the board. He faces a possible fine and probation.

Reached by phone, Weisman said he had not read the board's most recent public release. Listening to the claims as they were read to him, the physician described many as "false" and others as having been "taken out of context."

Weisman completed medical residency training in 2005 after struggling at programs in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, according to the board. He has practiced in Staunton for more than three years, he said.

Tony Gonzalez is a staff writer for The News Virginian in Waynesboro.