State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #24 of 51
Maryland
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Maryland is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.73
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 75
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 34,348
- Licensed physicians
- #24
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Maryland ranks #24 of 51 at 0.73 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Maryland boards reported 75 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 34,348 licensed physicians (0.73 per 1,000; national average 0.81). Public Citizen HRG rates measure enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence. The live HHS OIG LEIE extract currently lists 898 federal exclusions tied to Maryland.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Maryland ranks #24 of 51 on RATE at 0.73 per 1,000 (10% below national) and #16 on serious-action VOLUME (75 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.73
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #24
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.90x
- Vs national average rate
- 898
- Federal LEIE exclusions in-state
Rates are annual averages of serious public board actions (2021-2023) over licensed physicians; LEIE exclusions are the live federal extract as of August 2026. Higher rates describe board enforcement intensity, not prevalence of misconduct.
Board docket plate
Board MD · Maryland 0.73/1k · #24/51
RATE-PAR · VOL-HIGH · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-MD
- RATE-PAR Near par
- VOL-HIGH Vol #16
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
- BOARD-MD MD
Nearest rate peer: California (+0.00/1k)
Instrument codes from this board’s Public Citizen HRG rate, serious-action volume dual, LEIE authority family, federal-exclusion density, and jurisdiction code - not a physician-quality grade.
How 898 Maryland LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of HHS OIG LEIE statutory headings for this state, not the raw top-N category ChartBar below.
Rate neighbourhood around Maryland
Maryland LEIE exclusion reasons
Source: HHS Office of Inspector General, List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) + Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Physician Discipline data Maryland physician disciplinary actions (2021-2023) + active OIG LEIE exclusions · 2024 OIG LEIE updated monthly; FSMB Physician Data Center publishes the consolidated state board action data. Disciplinary action rates normalize against active physician licensee counts at the state level.
Thin serious-action volume
Maryland board standing
75 serious actions: bottom-third volume among ranked boards. LEIE extract: 898 federal exclusions tied to Maryland.
Mid-pack rate 0.73/1k across 34,348 physicians but only 75 serious actions. Public Citizen HRG rates measure board intensity, not care quality.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in Maryland
898 individuals and entities in Maryland are currently excluded from Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal healthcare programs by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Category totals sit in the ChartBar above; this table is the live row sample.
| Name | Category | Exclusion Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jariatu Jalloh | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Glory Tochukwu Okonkwo | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Gifty Adoley Adotey | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Shekita Gore | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Samuel Osi Okocha | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| James Curtis Ii Roberson | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Veronica Ampomah | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Gift Onyinye Chinyelu | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Samantha Roberts Cook | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-06-18 |
| Robert Benjamin Jackson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Michele Rae Rule | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Destiny Danielle Creegan | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Michelle Anne Deaton | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Sylvia Farmah | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Mary Waluma Fomban | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Maryland: 898.
Official medical board record
Maryland Board of Physicians publishes license and disciplinary orders for Maryland. File complaints via its published channel ((410) 764-4777).
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide states with similar board discipline profiles
Cross-state peers matched on Public Citizen serious-action rate and volume, not the sequential rank browse.
Similar serious-action rate (per 1,000 physicians)
- California · 0.73/1k · 364 serious actions
- Tennessee · 0.72/1k · 61 serious actions
- Oklahoma · 0.69/1k · 35 serious actions
- Missouri · 0.69/1k · 65 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- North Carolina · 82 serious actions · 0.64/1k
- Alabama · 83 serious actions · 1.34/1k
- Missouri · 65 serious actions · 0.69/1k
- Kentucky · 87 serious actions · 1.29/1k
Data currency: Physician disciplinary actions compiled from Federation of State Medical Boards records, reflecting data through 2023, last refreshed May 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
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According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and the HHS Office of Inspector General, serious board-action rates and federal exclusions are published in fixed reporting windows. Every figure on PlainDiscipline is rebuilt from those Public Citizen / FSMB board-rate tables and the OIG LEIE extract; no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on public regulatory source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. Data current as of August 2026.
Board rates and LEIE exclusions are published regulatory counts for a fixed reporting window - not physician-quality rankings, medical advice, licensing recommendations, or real-time board-case status. Data changelog