Mark Sivieri, MD is a doctor at Turning Point Integrative Health Centers in Maryland. “Integrative health” is a marketing term frequently used by quacks. Despite repeated misconduct, Sivieri kept his medical license.
2013 Discipline
In 2013, the Maryland Board of Physicians reprimanded Sivieri regarding his treatment of three patients. The Board found that Sivieri violated the Maryland Health Occupations Code by:
- Failing to meet the standard of quality care, and
- Failing to maintain adequate medical records.
The disciplinary action describes how Sivieri overprescribed drugs for the three patients. The Medical Board of California also reprimanded Sivieri.
2023 discipline
Mark Sivieri was found guilty of unprofessional conduct and willfully making or filing a false report or record in the practice of medicine.
The Maryland Board of Physicians summarized the misconduct as follows:
The Board’s investigation determined that in or around February 2021, the Respondent provided a prescription for the Medication for Family Member 1, a patient who had never been diagnosed with the condition or had symptoms of the condition for which the Respondent was prescribing.
The Respondent prescribed the Medication to Family Member 1 without performing an examination of her at or around that time. The Respondent then wrote a second prescription of the Medication for Family Member 1 in or around October 2021, in a quantity that was far in excess of his dosage instructions, with multiple refills.
The Respondent prescribed the Medication in Family Member 1’s name, even though the prescription was written in a quantity that allowed for it to be available for other family members, and despite being placed on notice by Family Member 1 that she intended to give or make the Medication available to her other family members. Despite this, the Respondent prescribed the Medication, even though:
- (a) he had no physician-patient relationship with some of the family members who had access to the Medication;
- (b) he had not diagnosed any of the family members with the condition;
- (c) none of the family members reported symptoms of the condition;
- (d) he had not examined any of the family members at or around the time he prescribed the Medication; and
- (e) he did not give instructions to all of the family members for usage of the Medication.
The Respondent made a material misrepresentation when prescribing the Medication in Family Member 1’s name, which was actually meant to be available for her other family members.
Documents
Maryland Board of Physicians: Dr. Mark Sivieri Discipline, 2023
Maryland Board of Physicians: Dr. Mark Sivieri Discipline, 2013
Maryland Board of Physicians: Mark Sivieri Charges, 2013
Medical Board of California: Mark Sivieri Reprimand, 2013