Bergen Podiatrist's License Revoked Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

A Bergen County-based podiatrist had his medical license revoked after he allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with a patient, said state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman.

Dr. Frederick Weintraub also displayed lewd behavior with female medical staff at a non-profit and practiced medicine after his medical license was temporarily suspended, Hoffman said.

Hoffman filed a two-count complaint in December 2012 alleging that Weintraub “groped and fondled” a patient’s breast during an office visit earlier that year.

it was also alleged that Weintraub, multiple times, groped and made sexual references and innuendo with female staff members at a non-profit where Weintraub provided on-site podiatric services for developmentally disabled patients, Hoffman said in the complaint.

Following a hearing of a committee of the state Board of Medical Examiners, Weintraub’s medical license was temporarily suspended.

Weintraub continued to provide podiatric services, Hoffman said. He allegedly wrote prescriptions for “controlled dangerous substances” and evaluated and treated a patient.

Hoffman amended the complaint to include the new allegations against Weintraub.

A Consent Order, which the state board approved, orders Weintraub surrender his license to practice podiatry in New Jersey and that it be revoked with prejudice permanently, Hoffman said.

Weintraub will not be allowed to reapply for a license.

“Weintraub’s conduct was a blatant violation of his oath to ‘do no harm.’ Weintraub’s pattern of inappropriate sexual misconduct is clearly unacceptable and the board’s action ensures that he will never practice medicine in this state again,” said Hoffman.