UPDATE 11/7/11 @ 10:15 a.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The medical license of a Barboursville doctor remains suspended following a hearing Friday.

In August, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy suspended Dr. Philip Fisher's license.

Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

In September, the Board held a hearing on the charges. During that hearing Dr. Fisher testified in his own defense.

Earlier this month, the Board held a conference call to review the Hearing Examiner’s report. During the call they decided to not take action after Dr. Fisher’s attorney objected based on an act of law, according to the Board's spokesperson.

Friday, the Board voted to continue the suspension during their regularly scheduled meeting at the Greenbrier. Dr. Fisher’s attorney told the board he was appealing their decision.

The Board will now conduct another hearing on the appeal. No word when that will happen.

In December, DEA agents and police raided two of Dr. Fisher's offices in Barboursville. At this time, no criminal charges have been filed in the case.

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In August, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy suspended the license of Dr. Philip Fisher.

In their written order, Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

In September, the Board held a hearing on the charges. During that hearing Dr. Fisher testified in his own defense.

Thursday, the Board held a conference call to review the Hearing Examiner’s report. During the call they decided to not take action after Dr. Fisher’s attorney objected based on an act of law, according to the Board's spokesperson.

As a result, the issue is now on the agenda of their next regularly scheduled meeting which is November 11. At that time they are expected to make their recommendation on Fisher’s license.

In December, DEA agents and police raided two of Dr. Fisher's offices in Barboursville. At this time, no criminal charges have been filed in the case.

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Last month, a hearing for Dr. Philip Fisher was held in front of the Board of Osteopathy. The board says Dr. Fisher engaged in "conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct." The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

It has been a month since that hearing ended and after a month of review, the Hearing Examiner has given it's report back to the board. In that review, the examiner is expected to suggest her recommendations to the board about Dr. Fisher.

In the meantime, Dr. Fisher's license remains suspended. It was taken away in August by the Board of Osteopathy.

WSAZ.com is told a conference call will be scheduled within a week for the board's final decision on Dr. Fisher's suspension.

In December, DEA agents and police raided two of Dr. Fisher's offices in Barboursville. At this time, no criminal charges have been filed in the case.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information on this case.

In August, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy suspended the license of Dr. Philip Fisher.

In their written order, Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

Dr. Fisher testified in his own defense before the board Thursday night near the end of the two day hearing in Charleston. The testimony lasted nearly 90 minutes.

The next step in the process is for the Hearing Examiner to make her recommendation to the Board. This is not expected until October 24. After that, the Board of Osteopathy will make their final decision. Dr. Fisher’s license remains suspended until that decision is made.

In December, DEA agents and police raided his two offices in Barboursville.

At this time, no criminal charges have been filed in the case.

In August, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy suspended the license of Dr. Philip Fisher.

In their written order, Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

A spokesperson for the Board says two patients, the mother of deceased patient and a former office worker testified as Board witnesses Thursday morning.

At 2 p.m. witnesses who support Dr. Fisher will testify before the board.

The hearing is expected to wrap-up late Thursday night.

An independent hearing examiner will then have 5 day to make their recommendation to the Board who will then vote on the matter.

The hearing began Wednesday afternoon.

The hearing is separate from the December 2010 office raid from the Drug Enforcement Agency and an ongoing federal investigation targeting Dr. Fisher.

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A state medical board says yes, while Dr. Philip Fisher's lawyers say no -- that's not the case.

On Wednesday, a license suspension hearing began -- while a federal investigation continues.

Peggy Wysong is the sister of one of what the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy says are seven overdose death victims who died because Dr. Phillip Fisher allegedly prescribed dangerous amounts of pain pills without sufficient patient monitoring.

In a board hearing room, Wysong testified that she found an incredible amount of long-expired narcotics in her dead sister’s home -- many prescribed by her sister's boyfriend and boss, Dr. Fisher.

Fisher's lawyers say no, maintaining that the doctor did all he could for those seven overdose patients, and they were likely responsible for their own deaths.

“This is a high-risk population, Attorney Jack Kessler said. "They are going through terrible pain, and there are often suicides.”

Tri-State Airport Police Chief Ken Adams testified that in April 2010 a bag belonging to Fisher was loaded with a variety of pain medications belonging to someone else.

"He said, 'First, I'm going to destroy them,' then he said, 'I’m delivering them' and in the same sentence he said, 'I'm carrying them.' ”

Fisher told Adams the pills were for his own pain management.

The two-day license hearing is separate from the December 2010 office raid from the Drug Enforcement Agency and an ongoing federal investigation targeting Dr. Fisher.

The board claims Fisher has had romantic involvement with numerous patients, and drugs allegedly were involved.

Fisher's lawyer says they were former patients, and no drugs were involved.

In August, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy suspended the Barboursville doctor’s license.

In their written order, Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

In December, DEA agents and police raided his two offices in Barboursville.

Dr. Fisher had continued to practice until the board issued their order last month.

The two-day appeals hearing is taking place in Charleston at the Board's office. We’re told a number of Dr. Fisher’s former patients will testify during the hearing.

At this time, no criminal charges have been filed against Dr. Fisher.

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Last month, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy suspended Fisher’s license.

In their written order, Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

In December, DEA agents and police raided his two offices in Barboursville.

Dr. Fisher had continued to practice until the board issued their order last month.

At this time, no criminal charges have been filed against Dr. Fisher.

The Board made the decision during their meeting on Thursday.

In a written order, Board members said they found probable cause that Dr. Fisher had engaged in “conduct, practices and acts that constitute professional negligence, violations of the rules of the Board, and a willful departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.” The Board also issued a Statement of Charges against Dr. Fisher that included 21 counts.

The order also requires Dr. Fisher to make provisions for his patients to obtain copies of their care and treatment.

A spokesperson for the Board of Osteopathy says Dr. Fisher has 15 days to schedule a hearing on the charges. As of Monday morning, a hearing had not been scheduled.

Dr. Fisher has continued to practice at his two offices in Barboursville since a December raid by DEA agents and police.

At that time, an attorney for WV Board of Osteopathy said an investigation into patient complaints against the pain management specialist found probable cause to file a 15 count statement of charges.

At this time, no criminal charges have been filed against Dr. Fisher.

We have the latest on Dr. Philip Fisher - who is also under federal investigation.

“The doctor is required to exercise some judgment on whether the refill is appropriate,” Attorney Doren Burrell said.

So, did that happen with Dr. Philip Fisher?

The WV Board of Osteopathy’s attorney says an investigation into patient complaints against the pain management specialist found probable cause to file a 15 count statement of charges.
The doctor's offices were raided by the DEA in December.

The highlighted board charges found Dr. Fisher;
signed prescription forms containing no patient information or limitations on drugs provided. They say he he authorized unlicensed employees to complete prescription refills made false statements and deceit in his application for a license.

We asked the medical board attorney how those activities compare - to how the majority of West Virginia osteopaths conduct business.

Doran Burrell said; “he did something that for a doctor under ordinary practice would not be appropriate.”

The board charges do not reflect on the 14 overdose deaths that are part of the federal investigation.

The U.S. attorney's office has no comment on where that probe stands.

WSAZ.com called Dr. Fisher's office for a comment on the charges.

First, they hung up, then, they called back and said he had no comment.

Attorneys for Dr. Fisher and the medical board are now discussing a date for a hearing - and a decision on the doctor's West Virginia medical license.

"My husband definitely sees a huge difference," says Johnda Thompson. "He notices that I've been much sicker. The pain has been almost unbearable"

Johnda Thompson moved to West Virginia three years ago, and has a lot of problems with her neck, back and knees. A few months ago, she was referred to Fisher.

"I'm in a series of shots right now which, truthfully, have made me a little worse off in my neck," says Johnda. "I've literally been sick, nauseous because of the pain."

It is complaints like Johnda's filed with the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy that's landed Dr. Fisher in the middle of a federal investigation.

Business is back open as usual at Fisher's two businesses -- Huntington Spine Rehab and Pain Center and R.E.S.T., Rest Ensured Sleep Technologies.

No charges have been filed against Fisher.

An affidavit filed Thursday in the Southern District of West Virginia's U.S. District Court, accuses an osteopathic doctor out of Barboursville of abusing his medical licenses to the point of causing death.

The man in question is Dr. Philip Fisher. According to the affidavit, Fisher ran two businesses next to each other -- The Huntington Spine Rehab and Pain Center and R.E.S.T, Rest Ensured Sleep Technologies.

Police searched both of Dr. Fisher's offices and his home in Barboursville last week, taking everything from patient files and billing information, to calendars and pre-signed or filled out prescription pads.

According to the affidavit, Dr. Fisher unlawfully obtained controlled substances from patients and re-distributed them to girlfriends and other people.

He's also accused of keeping the drugs for himself, and conspiring to misuse his DEA registration to get controlled substances to patients.

In the affidavit, the investigation shows Fisher playing a role in the overdose deaths of 14 people, including the death of a former girlfriend.

Complaints filed with the West Virginia Board of osteopathic Medicine date back to March 2006, where many of them refer to Dr. Fisher becoming romantically involved with female patients who received narcotic prescriptions from him.

One complaint even alleges that Dr. Fisher "drew smiley faces on patients' buttocks and utilized industrial, non-medical super glue from a local store to inject into patients."

In April, two vials of oxycodone and hydrocodone were found in Fisher's bags at Huntington's Tri-State Airport. Police say, Fisher told authorities they were for his pain management after surviving a plane crash in January. Two other people were hurt when the plane, registered to Fisher, went down in eastern Iowa.

The West Virginia State Police along with the DEA are heading up this case.

KWWL reports all all three were taken to the hospital in critical condition Saturday night. However, area hospitals say Phillip Fisher and Marcia Fisher are in fair condition Sunday, while Gary Fisher is in serious condition.

The release says the accident was just west of the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.

The single-engine plane was carrying three passengers. The pilot was a 48-year-old male. The two passengers were a 58-year-old male and a 57-year-old female. All three were taken to area hospitals. Their names have not been released yet.

However, the plane was registered to Philip Fisher of Barboursville. He is a doctor at the Huntington Spine Rehab and Pain Center, and his secretary tells WSAZ.com that he was in the accident; Dr. Fisher is in the hospital.

The press release says:
"The Airport's Public Safety Department was notified just before 8 p.m. by air traffic control that it had lost contact with the Cessna aircraft a half-mile from the airport.... There was significant damage to the aircraft, including front-end damage and one of the wings was torn off the body of the aircraft."

The release also says the two passengers had to be pulled from the plane.

The FAA is supposed to be sending a crew to the scene Sunday to investigate.

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The secretary says Dr. Fisher is a rehabilitation doctor at the clinic, which is on Route 60 in Barboursville.

The clinic's secretary confirms that Dr. Fisher is in the hospital, but could not comment further.

Airport spokeswoman Pat Hinman says the privately owned plane crashed around 8 p.m. Saturday, injuring all the people who were on board. She says authorities are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.

Identities of those injured have not been released.

Federal Aviation Administration records show the fixed-wing, single-engine Cessna is registered to Philip Fisher of Barboursville, West Virginia.

Hinman said the plane was apparently trying to land at Cedar Rapids after being diverted on its way to Monticello, Iowa.

Two people were taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics with critical injuries. Another person was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with less serious injuries.

Rescue crews had to free one person from the wreckage. We don't know what caused the plane to crash.

Visibility at the Eastern Iowa Airport was at three miles at the time of the crash. A Federal Aviation Administration official will be at the scene Sunday to investigate the crash.

A check of the plane's registration shows it's a 1978 Cessna registered to Phillip Fisher of Barboursville, West Virginia.

The plane took off from Milton, West Virginia, made a stop outside Cincinnati and was headed to Monticello before being diverted.