By Greg Groeller, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 6--Two Central Florida doctors were disciplined by the state Board of Medicine last week.
Dr. Eva Jennifer Salamon of Winter Park was accused by lawyers for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, which regulates doctors, of circumcising a baby without the consent of his parents.
Salamon was ordered to pay fines and fees of $5,889, take five hours of training in risk management, give a one-hour lecture in wrong-patient surgery, and perform 20 hours of community service.
Dr. Alma Berrios of Orlando was accused of botching the biopsies of at least two lumps in a patient's breasts. Berrios mistakenly performed biopsies of the tissue surrounding the lumps, rather than of the lumps themselves, AHCA's lawyers said.
Berrios was ordered to pay $1,200 to cover the cost of the investigation. She also received a letter of concern from the board.
Salamon and Berrios were among at least 30 doctors who faced the board at a two-day hearing in Jacksonville on Friday and Saturday. The board consists of 12 doctors and three consumer advocates from across the state.
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