reformer.com on August 26, 2011 reported that a well-known Brattleboro physician, Dr. John Bookwalter, a thoracic surgeon at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, is facing 67 counts of unprofessional conduct and could have his license suspended or revoked by the Vermont Board of Medical Practice if found guilty. "This is a matter of procedure and not of patient care," Bookwalter told the Reformer on Thursday. "No patient was harmed in any way and no patient ever complained." Bookwalter allegedly wrote prescriptions to himself and to four members of his family, according to documents filed with the Vermont Board of Medical Practice. He also allegedly improperly prescribed medications, failed to take or record vital signs when prescribing drugs to his patients, and failed to order or record laboratory tests while treating some of his patients, records show.

The original article can be found at reformer.com.