Former 'Dr. Al' Denies Illegally Operating Wyckoff Health Clinic: Report

A former doctor formally denied charges this week that he was illegally operating a health clinic in Wyckoff under another name.

Alan L. Lupinacci, 69, of Roseland, appeared in state Superior Court Monday. His attorney, Miles Feinstein, entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of his client, NorthJersey.com reported.

Lupinacci is charged with impersonation, practice of medicine by an unlicensed person, theft by deception, financial facilitation of criminal activity and corruptly operating the Institute of Natural Health and Wellness to derive a benefit in excess of $75,000, and contempt for disobeying a judicial order, the website reported. Authorities filed the charges against Lipinacci in 2012.

Lupinacci lost his medical license in 1995 after he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of criminal sexual contact with female patients. In 2003, Lupinacci then began practicing out of the Wyckoff Health Shoppe on Wyckoff Avenue. A court order prohibited Lupinacci from practicing medicine or using a title that indicated he had a medical license.

Police allege that Lupinacci had continued practicing since 2010 out of on Cedar Hill Avenue, where he identified himself as Dr. Alan Woods. Lupinacci allegedly made more than $80,000 from clients who believed he was a doctor.

Molinelli also said that Lupinacci was holding a weekly call-in radio show on WMCA New York 570 AM as “Dr. Al,” in which he would answer medical questions from listeners.