sexual misconduct complaint<\/a> filed by a patient. It conducted videoconference hearings on June 6 and July 7, 2025.<\/p>\nAccording to the complaint, Carroll provided wellness exams and prescribed medication to the patient during 15 visits between April 28, 2021, and July 1, 2024.<\/p>\n
The complaint alleged that Carroll was aware of the patient\u2019s diagnoses of bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, alcohol dependence, and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the complaint alleged Carroll was aware the patient\u2019s medical history included two suicide attempts.<\/p>\n
According to SMBO documents, Carroll touched the patient\u2019s nipples during a July 1, 2024, office visit. Carroll testified that the patient said he had nipple piercings and one had ripped out.<\/p>\n
He acknowledged the patient did not complain of having problems with either nipple piercing nor ask Carroll to examine them. However, he said he asked to look at the patient\u2019s nipples because he did not know when the ripping occurred in relation to the office visit.<\/p>\n
According to the documents, after the patient left the office that day, Carroll started a lengthy text message exchange over the next several days. During that exchange, Carroll repeatedly invited the patient to his office after hours and shared his sexual performance, preferences, history, and detailed pornographic references.<\/p>\n
Carroll testified that the patient reminded him of a good friend, and the doctor wanted to try \u201cto establish a friendship outside of the office.\u201d<\/p>\n
He testified he did not intend to have a sexual relationship with the patient when he started texting him and that \u201cit just snowballed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The patient testified that he texted Carroll because \u201cit was nice having someone to talk to\u201d and that he did not socialize much. However, he said Carroll kept steering the conversation \u201cback to a sexual intent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Exploiting the physician\/patient relationship<\/p>\n
According to the board\u2019s report, Carroll used his time on administrative leave to \u201cimprove many aspects of his life, including his health, spiritual life, family relationships, and friendships.\u201d<\/p>\n
It noted that if Carroll returned to practice, he would work fewer than the 80- to 90-hour weeks he previously worked.<\/p>\n
Carroll assured the board he would not engage in future boundary violations, saying, \u201cself-care was virtually completely absent in my life. \u2026 I see a difference in terms of where to set the boundaries. \u2026 I don\u2019t see the need to work like I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four medical practitioners and another patient testified on Carroll\u2019s behalf, saying the allegations were shocking, out of character, and did not change their opinion of Carroll.<\/p>\n
In recommending revoking Carroll\u2019s license, the board said Carroll \u201cexploited a patient he knew to be vulnerable, a person with a history of mental-health and addiction issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
The board said it is irrelevant that the patient participated in the text exchange.<\/p>\n
Regarding Carroll\u2019s examination of the patient\u2019s nipples, the board said that, given the totality of the circumstances, Carroll had no legitimate medical purpose in examining or touching the patient\u2019s nipples.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Carroll asking about the meaning of Patient 1\u2019s earrings combined with his text messages, in particular the one in which he admitted to a nipple fetish, along with Dr. Carroll\u2019s repeated requests for Patient 1 to come to his office and asking about Patient 1\u2019s sexual history and preferences, make it clear that Dr. Carroll was attempting to initiate a sexual relationship with Patient 1,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOUNT VERNON \u2014 A Knox County physician lost his license after the State Medical Board of Ohio ruled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[145114,204,103,397,396,61,60,145115],"class_list":["post-309182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-dr-frederick-carroll","tag-featured","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-knox-community-hospital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Dr. Frederick Carroll.<\/p>\n