BROWNSVILLE DOCTORS LORENZO PELLY AND CARLOS BARBA DISCIPLINED FOR INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND OTHER ISSUES BY TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD

 

Dr. Lorenzo Pelly M.D., Lic. No. G2453, Brownsville On August 20, 2021. 

The Board and Lorenzo Pelly, M.D., 2012 Valley Baptist Physician of the Year, entered into an Agreed Order requiring him to within one year and three attempts pass the Medical Jurisprudence Exam. 

Dr. Pelly must have his practice monitored by another physician for eight consecutive monitoring cycles; and within one year complete at least 28 hours of CME, divided as follows: eight hours in medical recordkeeping, four hours in professional communication, eight hours in risk management and eight hours in addressing complications in complex patients. 

The Board found Dr. Pelly failed to adequately and timely evaluate and treat a patient’s acute kidney injury; failed to timely assess, order treatment and a gastroenterologist consultation for a second patient; failed to timely assess a third patient after they were admitted to intensive care in critical condition; failed to maintain adequate and complete medical records. 

In June 2018 Dr. Pelly was required by his employer to take a course after inappropriately touching a nurse.

Dr. Carlos Alberto Barba

Dr. Carlos Alberto Barba M.D., Lic. No. P7385, Brownsville. 

On August 20, 2021, the Board and Carlos Alberto Barba, M.D., entered into an Agreed Order publicly reprimanding Dr. Barba.

The order requires Dr. Barba to have a chaperone present anytime he performs any examination on a female patient.

Within one year and no more than three attempts Dr. Barba must pass the Medical Jurisprudence Exam; within one year complete the professional boundaries course offered by the University of California San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) program.

Dr. Barbra has one year to complete at least 16 hours of CME, divided as follows: eight hours in ethics and eight hours in risk management. 

Within 90 days Dr. Barba must pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 and shall not be permitted to supervise or delegate prescriptive authority to a physician assistant or advanced practice nurse or supervise a surgical assistant. 

The Board found Dr. Barba engaged in sexual contact with a patient and made false and misleading statements to the Board and Peer Review Committee regarding the encounter. 

The order resolves a formal complaint filed at the State Office of Administrative Hearings.