Dr. Cerel has come to view, as of late. A few comments stored up directed me to two locations. The Mass Board of Registration, and "rateMDs".
The Mass Board of Registration had this to say:
Hospital Discipline:
This section contains several categories of disciplinary actions taken by Massachusetts hospitals during the past ten years which are specifically required by law to be released in the physician's profile. 
1. Facility: Nashoba Valley Medical Center
Action Begin Date: 2/10/2005
Action End Date: 6/20/2005
Action: Other
Basis or Allegation:
- Failure to follow internal by-laws, rules, etc.
- Interpersonal skills/personal behavior
- Delay in treatment
- Lack of informed consent-surgery related
- Failure to prescribe
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2. Facility: Emerson Hospital
Action Begin Date: 2/17/2005
Action End Date: 3/16/2005
Action: Suspension of right or privilege
Basis or Allegation:
- Failure to follow internal by-laws, rules, etc.
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Board Discipline:
This section includes final disciplinary actions taken by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine during the past ten years.
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1. Date: 3/16/2005
Case #: 2007-024
Action: Practice Restrictions 
I would say that he's on staff, with no restrictions, other than what was imposed by the Mass Board. Unless there's something current, the last action was three years ago. However, that put him on training wheels. Wonder when that ends?
RateMDs.com had this:
He has privleges in one hospital, and is rated 2.3 on a 5pt scale.
54 comments:
This story is far from over and the only reason NVMC suspended Dr. Cerel in February 2005 was due to the fact that hospital employees had reported Dr. Cerel to the Board of Medicine in order to protect the PATIENTS and STAFF at NVMC. (This suspension did not occur until 7 months after the BORM had stated its own investigation). In August 2004 the Board of Medicine was sending suponeas fast and furious to NVMC and Essent Healthcare had to take some action to save face. Andrei Soran and his senior management team "swept 62 incident reports" right under the rug to keep the only cardiologist sending patients to NVMC for testing in businees. Would you want to shut down that money machine?? At a Medical Staff meeting Dr. Cerel went after one of his own( one of the good-old-boys club) and that is when the Medical Executive Committee finally took action. At this point the Board of Medicine gave him the option to Voluntarily Give Up His License or they were going to take it away. This can all be confirmed in the "Statement of Allegations" issued by the BORM which is 3 pages in length. These legal documnets are public record and can be requested thru the Public Information Coordinator at the BORM. This case is NOT CLOSED and Dr.Cerel still has his final discipline from the BORM to face in the near future. Once the residents of the Nashoba Valley know the truth and that it was the healthcare professionals of their community that had to go out on a limb to protect them not the HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION or PHYSICIANS there will be little faith left in NVMC. Also, Emerson Hospital never gave Dr. Cerel his priveleges back after his suspension at their hospital. Just read his practice restrictions and you will know why.
There is a long list of physicians on the medical staff of NVMC who have been under investigation and disciplined by the Mass Board of Medicine the last several years. Dr. Brian Ackerman, Dr. Robert Borden, Dr. Adam Cerel, Dr. Terrence Hack, Dr. John Katzenberg, Dr. Rimas Maurukas, and Dr. William Monafo. Seems like a large number for such a small hospital. Ackerman, Borden and Monafo turned in resignations( to terminate their investigations) which is considered a final board discipline. Maurukas received a revocation, Hack a reprimand and fine, Katzenberg probation and costs,and the jury is still out on Cerel. The Mass Board of Medicine Physician Profile link is listed on this blogs homepage. Feel free to view each physician and form your own conclusion. One has to wonder how all these jokers ended up at NVMC????
I HEAR YOU ANONYMOUS AND HOW CORRECT YOU ARE... I HAVE HAD MANY YEARS OF DEALING WITH A CEREL AND I MUST SAY THAT HE IS A NUT CASE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TAKING THE BOM SO LONG TO GET RID OF HIM THE MAN IS A MENACE. AS HEALTHCARE PROFFESIONALS WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE TO PROTECT THEM AND WHO BUT US IS GOING TO DO THAT?? THE BOM OR NVMC OR HOW ABOUT BI HOSPITAL THAT WAS FULISH ENOUGH TO TAKE HIM IN JUST TO GET HIS PATIENT BASE AND NOW DON'T HAVE THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO GET RID OF HIM FOR THE GOOD OF THE PATIENTS, I DARE SAY NOT. THOSE OF US THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR LIVES DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE CHARGE. WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS TO GET THIS MOVING AND WE WILL USE ALL WE HAVE TO REMOVE THIS DANGEROUS MAN FROM THE AREA. HOW CAN THEY OVERLOOK THE STATEMENT THAT DR CEREL MADE ABOUT SOMEDAY BEING ON THE ROOF AT NVMC AND PICKING PEOPLE OFF?? DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A SAIN MAN TO YOU? NOT TO ME.THIS DWEEB HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN AMUCK LONG ENOUGH. HOW MANY MORE FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE TO LOSE AT HIS HANDS BEFORE THEY TAKE HIM OUT. DR'S ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UPSTANDING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WELL I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS MAN HAVING A TRIST WITH IS RECEPTIONIST IN HIS OFFICE FOR OVER 5 YEARS AND CRYING TO THE HELP THAT HE IS COMMITED TO HIS WIFE AND FAMILY IS UPSTANDING BEHAVIOR. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PHOTOS FLOATING AROUND TO SHOW HIS VEHICLE AT HER CONDO. SHAME ON NVMC, BI, AND THE BOM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOBS IN PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS SUPPORTED THEM FOR SO MANY YEARS.WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO WAKE SOMEONE UP THAT WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND CLEAN THINGS UP. I HAVE JUST ONE THING TO SAY TO A CEREL.... WAKE UP TOTO YOUR NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THAT IS WHERE HE WAS SENT TO BE REHABED IN 2005. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THAT WAS, HE IS STILL BEHAVING THE EXACT SAME WAY HE DID BEFORE HE WENT. MORE TO COME AT A LATER DATE AFTER YOU ALL HAVE HAD TIME TO DIGEST ALL OF THIS. JUST PLEASE TAKE MY PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND GET OUT AWAY FROM HIM ASAP BEFORE HE DOES HARM TO YOU.
According to the Massachusetts Board Of Registration in Medicine Statement of Allegations Dr.Adam Cerel has been charged with DISRUPTING THE FUNCTION OF NASHOBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER which had the potential to affect patient care, and conduct that undermines the public confidence in the integrity of the medical profession. The leadership of NVMC failed miserably and should be held accountable for their failure to protect the patients. E$$ent had only one thing in mind, their pocketbooks!!!!
The Practice Restrictions put in place for Dr. Cerel required him to have a mentor to monitor his practice in regards to his conduct and clinical judgement. Just so happens that this physician is a member of NVMC's Medical Staff , Dr. John Katzenberg. This physician had his own case before the Mass Board of Medicine because he was self medicating with controlled substances and became chemically dependent. Sounds like Nut 1 is watching Nut 2 and not a good situation for the patients at NVMC. Dr. Cerel got rid of his first mentor Dr. George Stedman and it was rumored that Stedman was counting his patients. Remember Cerel is only allowed to see 30 patients a day, but that was never going to happen. So Cerel gave Stedman the boot and brought in Katzenberg. Sure hope Dr. Katzenberg has reported truthfully in his quarterly reports to Physicain Health Services and the Board of Medicine or he is going to have to answer to the public.
It is not surprising that the healthcare professionals were the ones to step up to the plate in the matter of Dr. Cerel. The hospitals interests are strictly financial. If they are making money they will go to great lengths to protect a physician even changing the bylaws or replacing the peer review committee. The physicians may be personally liable for actions they take against another physician, especially if they compete with them in any way. I say hooray for the health care professionals who have the guts to be patient advocates.
IN REGARDS TO DR ADAM W CEREL. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE HYPOCRATIC OATH THAT DR'S HAVE TO TAKE. WAS HE ASLEEP DURING THAT PART? BY THE SOUNDS OF THE COMMENTS ABOVE HE NEVER EVEN ATTENDED THAT PART OF THE CCEREMONY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE BOM ALLOWING ANOTHER DR IN TROUBLE BE HIS MENTOR/MONITOR. I CALL THAT THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND. PRETTY OBVIOUS YOU SCRATCH MY BACK I'LL SCRATCH YOURS SITUATION. WHY IS HE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE WHO DOES THAT JOB. IT SHOULD BE SOMEONE UNBIASED THAT WILL REPORT HONESTLY TO THE BOM, DR KATZ SURLY WAS LACING IN THAT DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT NVMC, BI,AND THE BOM ALL NEED TO BE INVESTGATED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH REGARD TO KEEPING SUCH A DANGEROUS MAN ON STAFF. ARE YOU WAITING FOR OUR OWN COLUMBINE SITUATION????? HE IS BI-POLAR AND MANIC AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE STAFF AND PATIENTS. WHEN THIS ALL COMES TO BLOWS HE'S NOT GOING TO GO QUIETLY AND HE'LL TAKE ANYONE HE CAN DOWN WITH HIM BECAUSE HE NEVER ADMITS WHEN HE'S WRONG IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSES FAULT.
I realize that you have a bone to pick with Cerel, and there probably is a lot there to pick at, but, the RateMDs site was obviously flooded with your commentary, and if there are opposing views, they get buried by them.
If he did indicate that he had an affinity for the rooftop and Winchesters, more than just hospital administration should be looking at him.
To have his credentials pulled by Emmerson is a feat in itself, based on the volume of business he probably did there.
That being said, beating us to death with commentary doesn't do it justice. Space it out, reference it, and keep a cool head. (I know, pot and kettle....)
....frank
One has to wonder how all these jokers ended up at NVMC????
If they don't end up at NVMC they end up at MVH. There is one surgeon at MVH that 98% of his patients come back infected and MVH doesn't address the issue with him because when the patient's returns infected they required either outpatient services or emergency room services and that increase the number of outpatient and that means money. Currently they don't have an infection control department (wait when they did have an infection control department they swept the issues under the rug). The Q.A. Director has no clue the only thing she is good at is sweeping issues under the rug which she is usually given her direction from the CEO. Someone has to look into what goes on at MVH and especially the leadership.
MVH is no different when the City of Haverhill own it (Hale Hospital). If someone looked into what goes on at MVH regarding how the patients are treated or how the place is ran it would be closed down.
I have to agree with you regarding NVMC and Dr. Cerel.
1. We have had it with Dr. Cerel. My husband was diagnosed with a very significant mitral valve problem which required surgery. He had a repair at BI and the follow-up with Dr. Cerel has been all downhill. My husband has had significant breathing problems and this jack ass just told him today that he has CHF. He keeps increasing his Lasix and my husband gets more and more dehydrated and is so dizzy he can't even function. We are going to go to a cardiologist at a competent hospital and get a second opinion at this point. My husband is suffering greatly and was told before the surgery he would be just fine. By the way, if he has CHF, why are his ankles not swollen, his blood pressure strong, and his oxygenation excellent?
2. I keep having a radiologist there, Dr. MaryLou Bakalos, finding things wrong with my x-rays. I had a chest xray after having heart palpitations and she saw an "enlarged" hilum and called my Primary Doctor's office in a panic stating I needed to have a CT scan. Well - I was exposed to needless radiation because this woman cannot read an x-ray!
The second event was my recent mammogram which Dr. Bakalos claimed I had "masses" in both breasts. She got my film from a previous test, which was negative for anything and guess what? She claimed there was a mass there that was missed.
I had a repeat mammogram and the second radiologist did not find anything but a "normal" lymph node but thought we should check again in six months anyway.
I instead decided I had better not wait in case there is something. So I went to my primary and he referred my to a very competent breast cancer surgeon at UMASS and he stated to me he did not know what could have caused the reaction because the breast tissue looked normal and the so called mass was a normal lymph node. He was sort of shaking his head about this.
3. The emergency room is another joke. SOme of the physicians are ok, but once in a while you get someone who is incompetent. Dr. Murray is one such doctor and there is a nurse there named Sam - who is so rude to family members. My husband was there one night and this Sam character treated my like I was dirt. He could not even get an IV started on my husband.
This hospital should consider closing its doors since the only department really making money is the Radiology Department!
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I applaud you and your family for taking your medical care away from Nashoba Valley Medical Center. You deserve to receive and have access to HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE. Please get a second opinion for your husband as soon as possible and a third opinion if necessary. (NOT AT NVMC) When you request your records from Dr. Cerel chances are he will start calling your husband at home or work and try and "brow beat" him into not leaving his practice. Some time ago Dr. Cerel showed up at a patients house because they wanted to change physicians. Leave now and don't look back. Dr. Cerel constantly calling patients is listed in the "Statement of Allegations" issued by the Board of Medicine. As previously stated in this blog Dr. Cerel has to be monitored for his clinical judgement and your husband needs a new set of eyes to look at his care.Best of luck.
As for the Radiology Department,in the summer of 2006 Essent Healthcare allowed an unlicensed and non-certified radiology technologist to perform imaging on patients for approximately 4 months. It is against the law to permit a radiologic technologist to work in Massachusetts without a valid license. The Department of Public Health(DPH) started an investigation and issued a Notice of Violation to NVMC on June 29, 2007. The DPH assessed a civil penalty to NVMC for violating 105 CMR 120.403 (A)(1)(b) by permitting a staff member to work as a radiologic technologist without a valid license from the department. NVMC was issued a Severity Level 1 Violation and payed a fine of $2500 and was required to put a Plan of Correction in place. NVMC is a small hospital and this should have never happened. The technologist was issued an immediate CEASE AND DESIST ORDER and would face criminal charges if she continued to engage in further employment.
At this point Nashoba Valley Medical Center is struggling to provide quality healthcare to the communities it serves. But,we are fortunate to live in Masachusetts and have access to reputable healthcare facilities within a one hour drive. Many local residents are making the drive and are so much better off. I sincerely wish both you and your husband the best. There are competent and safe practioners out there you just have to do your homework and find them.
Court dates have been set for January 2009
Board of Registration in Medicine
Petitioner
vs.
Dr. Adam Wheeler Cerel
Respondent
Rumor has it a bus will be leaving from downtown Ayer with family, friends and supporters of all the state witnesses. Who knows there could be a need for 2 buses. The group of "Citizens for Quality Healthcare in the Nashoba Valley" is growing rapidly. STAY TUNED
WELL, THAT IS QUITE A STORY. I AM ALSO AN UNWILLING VICTIM OF DR CEREL AND DR BACALOS. I RECENTLY HAD A MAMO AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE AND GOT A CALL 3 DAYS LATER TELLING ME I NEEDED A BIOPSY. I'M NOT ONE TO JUST JUMP INTO ANYTHING AND REFERRED MYSELF TO A BREAST SPECIALIST AT EMERSON HOSPITAL AND WILL BE SEEING HER AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
RE: CEREL HE IS STILL RUNNING AMUCK AT NVMC AND CAUSING HAVOCK. HE STRUTS AROUND LIKE NOTHING IS GOING ON WHEN WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT A DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR JAN 09 FOR HIS HEARING/TRIAL. I WILL BE THERE TO TESTIFY AS I WAS NOT ONLY A PATIENT BUT WORKED FOR HIM FOR 11/2 YEARS. WHAT I SAW AND LIVED EVERYDAY IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE BUT I STAYED FOR THE SAFTEY OF MY PATIENTS UNTIL HE JUST GOT SO OUT OF CONTROL I HAD TO LEAVE. I WAS 1 OF 50+ WOMEN THAT WORKED FOR HIM IN THAT OFFICE AND LEFT BECAUSE OF HIS POOR ETHICS AND POOR QUALITY OF CARE TO THE PATIENTS. THANK GOD YOU HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM HIM. THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD CARDIOLIGISTS AT NVMC MEDICAL BUILDING THEY ARE MERRIMACK CARDIOLOGY DR KIRK MACNAUGHT AND OMAR ALI ARE AWESOME THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN CHELMSFORD AS WELL AND THERE ARE 12 MORE DOCTORS THERE ALL CARDIOLOGISTS. THEY GO TO LOWELL GEN,LEAHY CLINIC AND ANOTHER HOSPITAL IN LOWELL THAT ESCAPES ME. THEY ARE TRULY WONDERFUL AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT A REAL DR IS LIKE. DR CEREL IS GOING TO GET HIS BECAUSE WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AND IT'S COMMING LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT EVIDENCE IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE BOM. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AND PLEASE READERS TAKE HEED IN WHAT YOU ARE READING THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS. WHAT A SHAME THAT THE STAFF AND PATIENTS HAVE TO DO THE JOB OF THE HOSPITAL CEO AND REPORT TO THE BOM WHEN THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF HIS ACTIONS, SHAME ON THEM.... CC
The NVMC staff, patients and physicians told Eseent Healthcare and senior management 62 times ( by writing Incident Reports)that something was terribly wrong and they still never reported Cerel to the Massachusetts Board of Medicine. E$$ent Healtcares total disregard for the safety of patients (their coustomers) is totally inexcuseable. Thank goodness the healthcare workers went above and beyond to protect the good people that live in these communities. I just hope they have all found new jobs and continue to advocate for the patients. SHAME ON NVMC!!!! The Department of Public Health needs to investigate this as well and hold Essent accountable for this system failure.
The physicians on the medical staff at Nashoba Valley Medical Center just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Dr. Gary Asher, who practices family medicine in Lunenburg, was reprimanded by the Mass Board of Medicine for sending drug samples to his brother and sister-in-law in Texas.It is against the law to send certain kinds of drugs for more than immediate treatment to non-patients.Asher sent samples of medications to treat high cholesterol, erectile dysfunction, osteopenia,and anxiety to his realtives, who were not his patients, for about 5 years. Dr.Asher is employed by Nashoba Valley Healthcare, the Essent owned physicain group. It will be interesting to see if the hospital administration and medical executive committee step up to the plate and take action against Dr.Asher for this recent BORM discipline. To read entire case got to www.massmedboard.org, click Public Information, and go to right of screen and click Disciplinary and Other Board Actions.
Nashoba Valley Medical Center physician strikes again!!!
Last week 75 year old Dr.Robert Borden was arraigned in Ayer District Court for 24 counts of obtaining a drug by fraud and one count of conspiracy, along with Patricia Pacheco, 39, 0f Revere. Borden is facing charges that he wrote two-dozen fraudulent Oxycodone prescriptions for an addicted Revere woman, who used her daughter's name to conceal what they were doing. Borden resigned his license on May 7, 2008 which avoided an investigation by the state's Board of Registration in Medicine.Borden was released on personal recognizance, and his tial is scheduled for December 9, 2008. There are now a total of 8 physicians associated with NVMC that have been "bad boys". This is having a huge affect on the Quality of Care taking place in the Nashoba Valley and something needs to be done. There aren't many choices left at NVMC if you want a doc with a clean slate.
OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE... THESE CHARGES AGAINST THESE DOCTORS ARE BAD ENOUGH BUT THEN YOU HAVE CEREL LEFT TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS AND HE IS TRULY A DANGEROUS MAN. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO MAKE OUR COMUNITY SAFE IF YOUR ILL. AT THIS POINT I WILL NOT GO TO NASHOBA FOR ANY THING WHICH MEANS CLOSE TO AN HOUR TRAVEL TIME TO GET TO A SAFE HOSPITAL. IT'S NOT RIGHT I COULD BE DEAD BEFORE I EVER GET THERE. ALL BECAUSR A CEREL IS STILL TROLLING THE HALLS. WHY DOESNT HE JUST GO LIVE UNDER A BRIDGE WITH THE OTHER TROLLS AND LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY ALONE. COME ON ESSENT BIG SHOTS LETS GET ON THE BALL AND BOUNCE THE TRUE SICKOES OUT OF NVMC. GROW A SET AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE OF NVMC. PATIENTS AND STAFF....
My husband is finally under the care of a decent cardiologist and he is feeling a lot better on a different med regimen. An echo revealed that his has a normal ejection fraction and hardly any valve leakage.
Cerel was going to send my husband back to Boston to go back under the knife!!! He was refusing to change his meds - just kept increasing them causing CHF-like symptoms - kept telling him his leak was still huge, and has caused us a lot of personal damage.
Glad we left. Yes -we did get the brow beating - multiple harassing phone calls from his office and him - but finally my husband dealt with him. We will never look back!
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There are a number of us who have been wondering what happened with your husbands care. We are so HAPPY to hear he is doing well and on the road to a full recovery. It is disturbing to know that another family has been subjected to Cerel's unethical and substandard care. Thank goodness your husband stood up to Cerel and got away from that dysfunctional office. Cerel has been operating this way for a long time and there are many sad stories out there. When things settle down you may want to report what has transpired to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Dr. Cerel had no right to harass your family like he did and he should be held accountable. Dr. Cerel will be in court in January and February of 2009 to answer to a number of allegations and hopefully when all is said and done he will no longer have a license to practice medicine.
Please keep us updated on your husbands progress. Happy holidays to you and your family.
I would like to thank Frank for starting and continuing with this blog. Through this blog a family in the Nashoba Valley was able to connect with others who have witnessed and received poor care from Dr. Cerel. It just may have saved this mans life.
To 5:57pm
Sure sounnds like you did the right thing and found a new cardiologist. Dr.Cerel is an employee of the Cardiovascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Nashoba. The medical director of that office is Dr. Panos Papageorgiou and he needs to know what type of care your husband received from Dr. Cerel. Please write a a letter to Dr. Papageorgiou and let him know what your family has been through.The harassment, poor care etc. Send a copy to the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconees Medical Center whose name is Paul Levy. Mr. Levy has his own blog called Running a Hospital that is very interesting. He believes in transparency in medicine and seems very sincere on his blog. I sincerely wish better days for your husband and family. The best thing you did was get away from Dr. Cerel.
AMENDMENT TO STATEMENT OF ALLEGATIONS
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine has issued a new set of allegations in the form of an admendment to Dr.Adam Cerel. I must say they are quite damaging. All events took place while patients were admitted to Nashoba Valley Medical Center or present at the hospital for dianostic testing. I am in a state of disbelief to know that Essent Healthcare has not SUSPENDED this physician from their medical staff based on these new allegations. This Amendment can be requested from the Public Information Coordinator at the Board of Medicine. These are public documents and every citizen has a right to obtain them. Essent CEO and President Michael Browder and Board of Directors Chairman Bryan Cressy need to remove this physician from hospital property immediately.Patients at Nashoba Valley Medical Center are not safe.
Number 64 in the AMENDMENT TO STATEMENT OF ALLEGATIONS states
64. In an undated memo to the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, the Respondent offered a written statement regarding the "Events of April 5, 2007." Appears Mr. Roach was very aware of the events taking place in his hospital in regards to Dr.Cerel. These events have resulted in Dr. Cerel being charged with the following.
67. The Respondent's behavior was unethical in that he told the nurse caring for Patient N to write a fradulent order in the medical record.
68. The Respondent's behavior was disruptive and interfered with the doctor patient relationship when he examined Patient N without an order from Patient N's PCP.
69. The Respondent violated Patient N's confidentiality by accessing her medical record, interviewing her, and examining her without authorization.
To this day Dr. Cerel is still allowed to patrol the floors of Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Essent Healthcare has done absolutely nothing to protect the patients in a facility that they own. The publics trust has been violated and it is time for individuals to be held accountable for their failures. The patients deserve no less.
When is this Cerel Joker's hearing? Has it happened yet?
I was talking with a friend of mine and she was called by Dr. Cerel after he had read a routine cardiac test she had done at Nashoba. She said the call was out of the blue and he was claiming she had all these valve issues and got her into her practice. Talk about being non-ethical! I told her she would be better off going somewhere else. Hopefully she will go to her husband's cardiologist at a competent hospital...
CEREL'S CASE IS NEXT WEEK 1-26-090THRU 1-29-09 AND 2-9 THRU 2-12-09 AT THE OFFICE OF DARLA PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US THERE AS IT SHOULD BE EXTREMELY INTERESTING. HE HAS NOT CANCELLED ANY PTS AS OF YET FOR NEXT WEEK AND HAS ACCUALLY BOOKED SOME SO MY FEELING IS HE WON'T SHOW. ANOTHER POOPOO AT THE BOARD FROM HIM. THIS GUY IS TOTALLY WACKED AND NEEDS TO GO TO KANSAS WITH TOTO AND SEE THE WIZARD AND LEAVE HIS LICENSE TO PRACTICE WITH THE BOM.
Dr. Adam W. Cerel's legal proceedings are to take place on January 26, 27, 28 29, and February 9, 10, 11, 12. All start at 10:OO am at The Divsion of Administrative Law Appeals at 98th North Washington Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA. These proceedngs are open to the public. This is a very big case as you can tell by the number of days scheduled for testimony. It appears there will be many healthcare professionals and physicians testifying for the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts.Expert witnesses will be heard as well tuned. As an aside, Dr. Robert Borden's criminal trial is January 26th in Ayer District Court. Two of Nashoba's finest before the judge on the same day. The SAGA continues in the Nashoba Valley!!!
It is very disturbing to know that Nashoba Valley Medical Center allows these types of events to go on with no discipline to the physician. So much for the safety and well being of patients.
Should they close this hospital?
Essent seems to staff it with student nurses from a mediocre nursing school - Atlantic Union. My mother, who used to work at another hospital, said she cringed when they showed up.
How do the cardiac nurses in rehab deal with Dr. Cerel? They shure msut see alot...
FRANK, I TRULY FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE FORE FRONT OF THIS BLOG, THIS CASE IS GOING TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION THAT WILL SHAKE ALL OF ESSENTS FACILITYS OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS. ANOTHER DAY AT NVMC. THEY LOST POWER MID MORNING TODAY AND ENDED UP HAVING TO EVACUATE THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GENERATORS TO KEEP THE PLACE RUNNING PATIENTS HAD TO BE TRANSFERED OUT TO OTHER FACILITIES. . SO NOW NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE DOCTORS GIVING SUB STANDARD CARE BUT THEY CAN'T EVEN KEEP THE HOSPITAL SAFE FOR THE PATIENTS. WITH CEREL ROAMING AROUND AND NO POWER WHO DO YOU THINK IS AT RISK?? YES, THE PATIENTS AGAIN. .. HOW SAD. CC
If I understand it right, this is not the first time they have had to do this. They have lost power on a number of occasions,separate from this incidence.
I would not want to be in surgery and have this happen. Of course I would not have surgery here. I'd worry about MRSA or something like that. It is bad enough this is showing up in excellent hospitals...
can the Board of registration take Cerel's license away if he fails to appear?
FROM WHERE I SIT NVMC CEO STEVE ROACH SHOULD THINK MORE ABOUT GOOD PATIENT CARE AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT CHEAP HELP. THE POOR GIRLS IN EKG CRINGE WHEN THEY HEAR HIM COMMING AND THEY TOLERATE ALOT OF ABUSE FROM HIM. SHOULD THEY CLOSE THE HOSPITAL? I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO THE COMMUNITIES AND ELDERLY THAT LIVE HERE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD DARE TAKE IT OVER WITH IT IN THE STATE IT'S IN. THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS AND MR. ROACH BETTER SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE BEFORE IT'S TO LATE AND HE LOSES HIS 6 FIGURE SALARY.
If Cerel doesn't show up it is definetly another strike against him. He didn't follow his PRACTICE RESTRICTIONS which were Board of Medicine orders and he continues to do whatever he wants. Always has, always will. Stay Tuned. Only 4 days til the hearing.
COURT DATES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
At the 11th hour Dr. Cerel has decided not to face his acusers and has supposedly admitted to some wrongdoing. The case is now in the hands of the judge to determine finding of facts and conclusion of law. The decision will be posted on The Division of Administrative Law Appeal. To find web site type in( dala mass gov ). After this decision it is back to the Board of Medicine for the final discipline. In other words more waiting and Cerel still in practice. Will this saga ever end and will it be in the best interest of the patients? The Board of Medicine does a great job protecting the physicians license and to hell with the safety of the public.
If you read through a lot of the actions against physicians on the BOM website, seems like a lot of them get second chances.
This state is in rough shape too.
Hopefully, Cerel will have to pay stiff fines AND lose his license. I bet he only pays fines though...
Cerel was given a second chance by the BORM. He entered into an Agreement for Practice Restrictions and didn't follow one of them. Have you ever heard of a cardiologist seeing 70 patients in one day ? This went on 5 days a week. Pure insanity. Most docs average 23 patients in a 8 hour day. Cerel was also performing his own diagnostics in his office as well. He deserves to lose his license but being one of the "good old boys club"makes you entitled to many things. If it were in any other profession you would have been history long ago.
I agree with you. A nurse would have had their license revoked with such behavior.
How can any Doctor see 70 patients in a day? That is just pure greed. (And see a girlfriend on the side. No wonder why Cerel always looks like he rolled out of bed.)
We keep getting bills for co-pays we have paid. We are going to go through each bill in detail, make copies of our receipts and report Cerel to our insurance company.
Is there any word on sanctions against this fool?
I WAS A PATIENT OF DR. GARY ASHER'S. I LEFT BECAUSE OF AN ABUSIVE SITUATION. I URGE ALL PATIENTS TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DEALING WITH HIM. HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT HIMSELF.
YOU KNOW THIS IS BECOMEING A BIT RIDICULOUS. WHY HAS NVMC AND BI NOT SUSPENDED CEREL'S RIGHTS PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THIS MESS. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR HIM TO GET THE ALMIGHTY BUCK. HE HAS TO MAKE UP FOR THE 35-40 PTS THAT THE BI FORBIDS HIM TO SEE EVERY DAY. YES I CAN TESTAFY THAT HE WAS SEEING UP TO 70 PTS A DAY I LIVED IT. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO COMPLAIN TO THE BOM AND THEIR INS CO SO HE CAN BE STOPPED. HE CHARGES FOR A FULL ULTRSOUND WHEN HE DOES A 5 MIN ONE A REAL ONE TAKES 40-45 MIN. THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ESPECIALLY MEDICARE. IT'S CALLED INS FRAUD. AS FAR AS THE GIRLFRIEND I HAVE PHOTOS PROVING THAT TO AND GAVE HIM 2 OF THEM THEY ENDED UP IN THE BIOHAZARD CONTAINER. HE KNOWS THEIR ARE 14 MORE WHERE THEY CAME FROM. WHAT EVER HAPPED TO THE HIPOCRATIC OATH??? HE MUST HAVE BEEN TROLLING THE HALLS AT THE HOSP LOOKING FOR PTS TO STEAL THE DAY THEY LEARNED THAT. NVMC WONDERS WHY THEY HAVE SO FEW PTS LEFT......DUH..... YOU HAVE CEREL ON STAFF AND THEY ALL KNOW WHAT A WACK JOB HE IS. CC
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The case is in the hands of the judge at the Massachusetts Division of Administrative Law Appeal. No decision yet. It will be posted on the dala mass gov web site. It may take some time. Then it goes back to the Board of Medicine to determine sanctions. I applaud you for reviewing all your bills and reporting him to your insurance company. Be sure to look at the office visit level, usually 1 thru 5. If he only spent 5 minutes in the room with you he shouldn't be billing for a 15 to 20 minute visit or longer. (Level 5 is the most time, complexity, etc.) He orders test galore on patients. Regular stress tests, nuclear stress tests , echos, holter monitors every 3 to 6 months whether the patient needs it or not. Total abuse of the healthcare system and he has been doing this for a long time.
any updates? Has a decision been made?
A jury trial was held against Dr. Gary Asher and found him neglegent to a patient who died of prostrate cancer because Dr. Asher does not believe that PSA testing is accurate. He claims PSA testing is not part of the STANDARD OF CARE FOR FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIANS.
Be aware men of 50 yrs old and older. INSIST ON PSA TEST, a simple blood test can determmine
early stages of prostrate cancer and EARLY STAGES ARE CUREABLE
We got a letter today stating that Dr. Cerel is not longer part of the Cardiovascular Institute at BI. Think he got booted?
i KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HE DID GET THE BOOT.... JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE DALA WEB SITE, BECAUSE THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE THAT THE BOM HAS PROVEN THEIR CASE AND DALA WILL BE POSTING IT SOON ON THE WEBSITE. WE CAN ALL SEE THE ALLIGATIONS AND WHAT HE ADMITS TO AND WHAT ELSE DALA SAYS HE'S GUILTY OF. NOW THE BOM NEEDS TO DECIDE ON APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DO????? STAY TUNED......
ACCORING TO STEVE ROACH CEREL BRINGS IN ALOT OF MONEY ( with unnecessary testing) TO NVMC SO THEY NEED HIM ON BOARD TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE TROUBLE THEY ARE IN. SO WHAT ABOUT THE PATIENTS THAT ARE BEING PUT AT RISK BY HAVING THESE TESTS AND THE INS CO THAT ARE BEING CHARGED? AND WE WONDER WHY INS COSTS ARE SO HIGH. GET RID OF THEDANGER AND WE WON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. SEND STEVE AND ADAM TO PLAY GOLF AND HOPEFULLY THEY DO THAT BETTER THAN THE JOBS THEY HAVE NOW. HEY DR CEREL CAN YOU SAY BI-POLAR. GO BACK TO KANSAS AND SEE THE WIZARD BECEAUSE HE MISSED THE DIAGNOSIS THE 1RST TIME, SCHITZOPHRENIC SHOULD BE ADDED TO IT.
I am surprised Cerel lasted as long as he did with the folks from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, CVI at Nashoba. 19 months to be exact and I'm sure it was pure "HELL" the entire time. The CVI had many restrictions on him as well as the Board of Medicine restrictions.This was all for the safety of the patients but he doesn't listen to anyone and no one is going to tell him how to practice medicine. His days are numbered because the Division of Administrative Law Appeals decision is out and should be on their website soon for everyone to read. Check DALA MASS GOV
The Nashoba Valley Medical Center didn't waste any time renting him office space 2 doors down from the CVI. Essent has so many empty suites in their medical office buildings they will take money from anyone. And now they have their " Gravy Maker" back running around the hospital ordering unnecessay tests and procedures and stealing other cardiologists patients.
Hopefully the patients will stay with the CVI and not follow Cerel for the 4th time. He is an unsafe practitioner and he will soon be facing the BIG BOYS at the Board of Medicine for his final discipline. There is a final bomb about to be dropped and no one deserves it more than him. Stay Tuned this is an active investigation and the residents of the Nashoba Valley deserve better.
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Who did the letter come from Cerel or the CVI ? Rumor has it Cerel is sending out letters to his patients with a release for the patient to sign to get the medical records from the CVI at Nashoba. Do you know this is the 4th time he has moved his practice at Nashoba Valley Medical Center. First he couldn't get along with Dr. Hack, then he was employed by Nashoba and Essent, then he went into private practice and Dr.Kehraj joined him and it only lasted 6 weeks, and then in November 2007 he became an employee of the BI and that didn't last. The man is a NUT and he needs to go. Sooner than Later.
The letter we got came from the CVI with a release if you wanted to follow Dr. Cerel. YIKES!!! Who would want to - he is a crack pot. We have not received any letters from Cerel's office with a release.
I have to say the guy has chutzpah to get fired from the BI and go to work 2 doors down from there. I could not do it, but then I am not a nut.
THANK GOD YOU HAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO GET OUT. WE SHOULD HAVE THE PUNISHMENT RULING BY SEPT 16 AND IT WILL BE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER. LET'S HOPE THEY DO THE RIGHT THING. GO TO VITALS.COM AND RATE HIM. HIS INFO IS ALL INCORRECT AND THE OTHER POSTS ARE VERY INTERESTING. I LEFT ONE. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND AS SOON AS I HAVE A DECISION I WILL POST IT.
The Cardiovasuclar Institute of Beth Isreal Deaconnes Medical Center at Nashoba gave Cerel the boot as of July 1,2009. Nashoba Valley Medical Center couldn't take Cerel's money fast enough and rented the vacant suite to him 2 doors down from the CVI. Cerel is back in solo practice totally unsupervised and ordering tests and procedures galore at Nashoba Valley Mediacl Center. Steve Roach and company couldn't be happier because NVMC is holding on by a thread and they want the revenue. This "SAGA" is coming to an end very soon and we can only hope and pray that the Massachusetts Board of Registration is going to make the Nashoba Valley a safer place for the good people that live in this area. You will see this story in the Boston Globe and you won't believe it when you read it. This has been going on for 5 and a half years and the publics trust has been violated in many ways. STAY TUNED
Nashoba Valley Medical Center has an INPATIENT total of 5. Yes, I said 5 patients. I guess the
"Ayer is to stale" for the area residents. Obviously, they are going elsewhere for their care.
It is really sad that what used to be a nice, community hospital has been eroding since Beth Israel Deaconess. The slide continues...
Very sad because there are some worthwhile and good practitioners at the hospital. Dr. Simpson is very good, The staff at the Diabetes Center is excellent, some of the radiology department is good. The ER is a mixed bag - sometimes there are good docs on duty and some good nurses - but there are also some bad ones - that I question whether they really are a nurse...
How can they justify some of their administration when there is no patients????
IN THE MATTER OF DR. ADAM W. CEREL
FINAL DECISION AND ORDER
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
1. Termination of Voluntary
Agreement for Practice
Restrictions
2. Indefinite Suspension
3. Stayed Suspension
4. Probation
To view documents go to
A. www.massmedboard.org
B. Public Information
C. Disciplinary and Other Board
Actions February 24, 2010
Not all the documents have been posted yet. The "Professional Practice Plan" Cerel is ordered to follow should appear soon. The patients can all feel safe now. Dr. Cerel is under the care of a psychiatrist.
Question of the day? How long before Cerel violates his probation agreement????
I am a doctor on staff at NVMC. As much as I might agree with what is said here. All that comes to mind is people throwing stones. I was personally involved in this matter and am impressed with how well the facts are presented. Someone seems to have some inside info. But what is missing is truly the experience of walking in the shoes of these folks. And to throw stones with such certainty and self-rightousnes shows me that basically there is a lot of anger here being expressed intellectually.
Dr. Cerel's biggest crime was that he could not say no.
He was a workaholic.
Most doctor's want to go home and not see the patient today; don't want to be bothered when you call them; have a mentality of doing less not more.
Dr. Cerel was quite the opposite.
You could call have any time of day.
He was always receptive.
Always interested.
But unfortunately this was an impossible situation when he became the only cardiologist that the fp's were using.
But to this day, he is the hardest working; most caring; easiest to call and reach; always willing to help; go to kinda guy.
So, sorry folks. Yes there is more to this story
OOOOk, so if he was so available why did he NOT answer his pages when he got them? Always interested because that is more co-pays in his pocket. There are plenty of other great Cardiologists on staff at NVMC and they are there whenever called.This man is so money hungry he goes into patient rooms and does consults on other Dr's patients and trys to steal them, he chases patient into the parking lot so they won't leave and harrases them with constant phone calls and appt cards in the mail even after they tell him they don't want to see him any longer. What it all boils down to is he is so money hungry that he will beg, borrow and steal to get as many patients in his office so he can bill insurance companies and collect co-pays from as many patients as possible in a day. I consider this 'GREED". I will agree with one thing the last writer said, "YES, THERE IS PLENTY MORE TO THE STORY" that he does not want out.
Yes, there is more to the story and the final chapter has not been written.
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