STATE COLLEGE — An orthopedic surgeon from Centre County has been suspended by the PA Board of Medicine following writing prescriptions to a woman who was not a patient of his.
Kenneth Cherry’s suspension comes after facing charges for prescription fraud after Cherry allegedly wrote prescriptions for opioids for a woman he was involved with.
According to officials, Cherry’s suspension will last for a period of 30 months.
Officials say the suspension happened in September and is retroactive to July 2017.
Cherry will be able to resume practicing medicine in January 2020.