Showing posts with label Tomah VA Hospital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tomah VA Hospital. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2016

VA Candy Man Doc's License Suspended by Medical Board!

Board suspends medical license of ex-Tomah VA chief of staff 
Associated Press 
MARCH 16, 2016
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board has suspended the medical license of the former chief of staff of the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The board suspended Dr. David Houlihan's medical license after a hearing Wednesday. 

Houlihan was nicknamed "candy man" by some patients for allegedly handing out excess narcotics. read more here

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Veterans Widow Shocked "Candy Man" Doctor Starting Practice

Fired 'Candy Man' Tomah VA chief of staff to start own practice
WTMJ Exclusive
Michelle Richards
Feb 3, 2016

TOMAH - The wife of a veteran who died from an overdose at the Tomah VA was shocked to learn the former chief of staff, whom veterans nicknamed "Candy Man," may soon be prescribing drugs to others.

Dr. David Houlihan was fired last fall after an investigation into over-prescribing painkillers at the VA Medical Center.

WTMJ has learned Houlihan is soliciting new patients in LaCrosse while also being considered for a job at a practice in Minnesota.

"I am shocked," Heather Simcakoski told WTMJ. Simcakoski's husband, Jason, died from an overdose in 2014. "I am just shocked to know he would be able to open a practice."

Houlihan has not been charged. Calls to his practice were redirected to another practice in Minnesota.
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