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REPORTED

IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND

No.624

September Term, 2006 ______________________________________ Alen J. Salerian v. Maryland State Board of Physicians ______________________________________ _ Murp hy, C.J., Krauser, Barbera, JJ.

Opinion by Krauser, J.

Filed: September 26, 2007

REPORTED

IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND

No. 624

September Term, 2006 ______________________________________ Alen J. Salerian v. Maryland State Board of Physicians _______________________________________

Murp hy, C.J., Krauser, Barbera, JJ.

Opinion by Krauser, J.

Filed:

Appellan t, Alen S alerian, M .D., a psychiatrist licensed in Maryland, was engaged by the defense in a federal esp ionage ca se to perfo rm a foren sic psychiatric ev aluation of "Evalu ee," the defendant in that case.1 During the course of his engagement, appellant disclosed information that he had learned from Evaluee to Evaluee's wife and then, after he had been discharged by both Evaluee and his counsel, revealed this and other information about Evaluee to local, national, and international media outlets. Atto rneys for Evalu ee and his w ife thereafte r filed a com plaint agains t appellant w ith the Maryland State Bo ard of Physicians ("Boa rd"), appellee. After an investigation, the Board brought charges against appellant. A hearing followed, at the conclusion of which the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") issued a proposed decision finding appellant guilty of "immoral or unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine," in violation of Maryland Code (1981, 2005 Repl. Vol., 2006 Supp.)

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