Overview
- An order issued Dec. 30 bars Dr. Azul Jaffer from treating patients until the board takes further action.
- Board records cite seven incidents from July 3 to Aug. 12 in which staff reported impairment, including liquor found on-site and observations of intoxication during procedures.
- A Fort Bend County grand jury indicted Jaffer, and Sugar Land police arrested him Dec. 22 on a felony charge tied to an Aug. 12 surgery.
- Houston Methodist Sugar Land suspended his hospital privileges pending its investigation.
- A temporary suspension hearing will be scheduled with at least 10 days’ notice unless he waives it.