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SCHENECTADY---The son of Schenectady County Surrogate Court judge Barry Kramer has voluntarily placed his license to practice medicine on the state’s inactive list.
Bryan C. Kramer of Clifton Park who has practiced at the Vascular Group in Schenectady since 2002, is also listed as the assistant professor surgery at the facility.
Stacy Freitag, 37, a licensed practical nurse at the Vascular Group was arrested on Feb. 6 and charged with conspiring with 13 others over a 19-month period to possess and distribute the narcotic painkiller hydrocodone.
Kramer has not been charged but said that he understood that the New York State Board of Professional Medical Conduct was investigating “certain aspects of my medical practice to determine if I may have engaged in professional misconduct”.
He made his request for inactive status on Feb. 17. He has been on a leave of absence from the practice since Feb. 1.
He may not practice medicine at any facility pending the outcome of the misconduct investigation.
Freitag has also been charged with possessing more than two ounces of hydrocodone and of writing illegal prescriptions for the drug in December, 2004. Court records also indicate that she allegedly falsified records Jan. 6 in an attempt to conceal the other crimes.
Eric Koch, 35, who has the same address of Freitag has been charged with fourth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Court papers show that he allegedly possessed the drug at Tower Auto Sales in Schenectady in January.
Freitag was reportedly suspended from The Vascular Group the day after she was arrested. She had been employed there as a nurse for about five years.
Freitag was one of two medical professionals arrested in the prescription drug sweep.
Joan Killeen, 40, of Amsterdam, a nurse at Ellis Hospital for about seven years, was charged with one count each of first degree falsifying business records and petty larceny.
It is alleged that Killeen made a chart entry indicating she was giving 4 mg of morphine to a patient but instead kept it for herself. No medication had been prescribed. After the hospital discovered the incident and reported it to the Health Department, Killeen was suspended. 2-25-06
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