Douglas Zelisko
Inside Investigator
Psychiatrist Zelisko has his medical license revoked in bizarre, troubling case
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Connecticut psychiatrist Dr. Douglas Zelisko – who is alleged to have defrauded patients and supplied them with illicit drugs in one of the most bizarre and troubling cases in recent history – had his medical license revoked by the Connecticut Board of Medical Examiners after he failed to show up for his own hearing.
During the September 3 hearing of the board, Zelisko showed up late via phone call and requested a time extension so he could return with a lawyer, but neither he nor an attorney on his behalf was present on the 24th. Zelisko did not submit anything to the board contesting the charges, thus allowing the charges to be “deemed admitted.”
Department of Public Health officials presented twenty-one charges against Zelisko that included foisting his romantic partner, Aleixander Puerta, onto patients as a certified life coach and therapist, ordering controlled substances in patients’ names but having those drugs delivered to his home for his and Puerta’s use, fraudulently billing patients, and Puerta and Zelisko supplying to and using illicit street drugs with patients.
The board found all twenty-one charges were true and proven by a preponderance of the evidence…
Excerpted from:Psychiatrist Zelisko has his medical license revoked in bizarre, troubling case
By Marc E. Fitch
Inside Investigator
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