State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #19 of 51
Virginia
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Virginia is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.85
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 114
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 44,832
- Licensed physicians
- #19
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Virginia ranks #19 of 51 at 0.85 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Virginia boards reported 114 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 44,832 licensed physicians (0.85 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 1,604 federal exclusions tied to Virginia.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Virginia ranks #19 of 51 on RATE at 0.85 per 1,000 (5% above national) and #10 on serious-action VOLUME (114 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.85
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #19
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.05x
- Vs national average rate
- 1,604
- 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 VA · Virginia 0.85/1k · #19/51
RATE-PAR · VOL-MEGA · DUAL-SPLIT · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-VA
- RATE-PAR Near par
- VOL-MEGA Vol #10
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- LICENSE-LED License-led
- LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
- BOARD-VA VA
Nearest rate peer: Florida (+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 1,604 Virginia 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 Virginia
Virginia 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 Virginia 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.
High-rate enforcement band
Virginia in the high-rate third
0.85 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#19 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,604 federal exclusions tied to Virginia.
Virginia Board of Medicine posts serious actions at 1.05× the national 0.81/1k baseline . Higher rates describe enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in Virginia
1,604 individuals and entities in Virginia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Manfred Akers | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Dawn Michelle Blair | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Vicky S Bryant | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Oludare I Ewetusa | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| James Thomas Harris | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Chikaodili D Ileka | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Elfeck Silla Jeng | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Amy Lafoon | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| George Nathaniel Boykins | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Vicki Lynn Dowdy | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Elizabeth Duke Ilome | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Brandie Lee | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Carolyn Pennell | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Maureen Nkeiruka Pius | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Eno Kenddrie Utuk | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Virginia: 1,604.
Official medical board record
Virginia Board of Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for Virginia. File complaints via its published channel ((804) 367-4600).
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)
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Washington · 116 serious actions · 1.17/1k
- Colorado · 98 serious actions · 1.07/1k
- Arizona · 96 serious actions · 0.97/1k
- 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