Utah psychiatrist loses licenses in two states

On March 19, 2014, the Medical Board of California placed an immediate suspension on the license of psychiatrist Thomas K. Trauba.

This action was in response to the February 11, 2014 suspension of his license by the medical licensing authority of the state of Utah, whose document in the matter states that between approximately June 2011 and June 2013, Trauba overprescribed controlled substances, including morphine, oxycodone and oxycontin to a number of patients and failed to properly document in the patients’ records sufficient reason to justify the amounts and frequency at which he prescribed.