Warren Doctor's License Suspended, Gave Opioids To Drug Ring: AG

WARREN, NJ — A Warren doctor had his medical license permanently revoked by the state Board of Medical Examiners as a result for supplying a drug ring with tens of thousands of high-dose pills of the highly addictive opioid painkiller oxycodone, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Thursday.

Dr. George Beecher, 78, of New Providence, who formerly had an ear, nose, and throat practice in Warren, agreed to surrender his medical licenses for permanent revocation under a plea agreement reached with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice last month.

Beecher was previously sentenced to 10 years in state prison in December 2018 after pleading guilty to second-degree charges of conspiracy and distribution of oxycodone. (See Related: Warren Doctor Sentenced For Giving Pain Pills To Drug Ring: AG)

"There is no room in New Jersey’s medical profession for physicians who break the law," said Grewal.

"The doctor-patient relationship is rooted in trust, a trust that is undermined when doctors abandon their professional ethics in pursuit of self-serving criminal activities," said Paul R. Rodríguez, acting director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. "We believe the vast majority of physicians in this state uphold the highest standards of practice. By bringing enforcement actions such as these, we are protecting the public as well as the integrity of the medical profession."

(Image via Attorney General's Office: Dr. George Beecher, 78, of New Providence, who was an ear, nose and throat specialist and formerly had a practice in Warren.)

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