Doctor Agrees Not to Practice in RI as He Is Sued for "Invasive Sexual Procedures" in MA UPDATED

Doctor Agrees Not to Practice in RI as He Is Sued for "Invasive Sexual Procedures" in MA UPDATED

A doctor in Rhode Island has “voluntarily” surrendered his license — and is now facing a lawsuit in Massachusetts. 

According to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), Derrick Todd is a physician who previously held a license to practice medicine in Rhode Island starting in July 2022. 

Todd “voluntarily entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to cease the practice of medicine in Massachusetts, effective on September 7, 2023," according to RIDOH. 

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RIDOH continued:

“As part of the Massachusetts voluntary agreement, Dr. Todd consented to not practice medicine in any other state until modification or termination of the agreement by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Medicine, or until the Massachusetts board takes other action against his license to practice medicine," according to the voluntary surrender of Todd's license in Rhode Island on October 6.

 

Doc Faces Legal Action in MA

On Tuesday, a former patient in Boston sued Todd.

NBC Boston reports:

"A woman who says she's a survivor of sexual assault by a Boston-based doctor who treated her has filed a civil lawsuit against him and medical institutions where he's practiced.

Marianne DiTrani spoke at a news conference in Boston Tuesday after filing the lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against rheumatologist Dr. Derrick Todd, Brigham and Women's Hospital and other organizations, alleging he performed invasive and sexual procedures with no medical purpose and that the organizations knew about it.

Todd, who was a rheumatologist at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, is accused of performing inappropriate pelvic and breast examinations on patients. He's agreed not to practice medicine while a state board investigates a matter involving him.

Todd reached out to DiTrani to say he'd been recommended to treat her, according to the lawsuit, and that, starting with her first appointment in November, 'Todd began subjecting her to a course of predatory grooming, boundary violating, mental, emotional, and physical sexual abuse that was masked by his position of power and authority.'"

NBC Boston continued: 

"Brigham said it has been reaching out to patients and giving them the opportunity to discuss any concerns they may have about care they received as it continues to investigate allegations against Todd."

RIDOH did not respond to questions regarding Todd’s practice in Rhode Island at time of publication. 

 

RIDOH on Record

"Derrick Todd had a license in Rhode Island; however, he never gave the BMLD a practice location in Rhode Island. With so many physicians providing care via telemedicine, many Rhode Island-licensed physicians do not have a physical office in Rhode Island. If a physician is only providing care via telemedicine to patients located in Rhode Island, Rhode Island grants them a license if they meet all of our qualifications. We do not allow them to prescribe controlled substances (i.e., RIDOH would not grant them a Controlled Substances Registration [CSR].). Derrick Todd does not have a CSR in Rhode Island," RIDOH spokesperson Annmarie Beardsworth. 

"Should we receive any complaints from patients who received care from him in Rhode Island, RIDOH’s BMLD would investigate those complaints. Since he does not have a practice address in Rhode Island, we have no way to reach out to patients proactively."

 

First published 10/10/2023 3:03 PM

Updated  10/10/2023 9:02 PM