A spine surgeon in New York was fined $22,000 and barred from administering pediatric vaccines over claims related to his own child’s vaccinations, Newsday reported March 13.
Salvatore Palumbo, MD, reached a settlement with state investigators but denied the charges that he claimed to give a child a vaccine but then never did, the report said. According to Newsweek Dr. Palumbo’s own son was the child in question and the vaccines were given to him.
However the health department said he registered his practice with the state’s electronic immunization system in August to create a “false immunization history” to get the child enrolled in preschool.
Dr. Palumbo said in the report that he settled the case to avoid criminal charges and that he chose to vaccinate his own child since his pediatrician was in Manhattan. Dr. Palumbo’s attorney described the case as a “record-keeping issue,” the report said.
