Towson Pain Doctor Charged In Drug Conspiracy

BALTIMORE, MD — A Towson doctor has been charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone, according to court records.

Prosecutors allege Norman Rosen prescribed oxycodone "outside the scope of the professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose."

Rosen, who lives in Towson, was the medical director of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management, a clinic with offices in Owings Mills and Towson specializing in treating chronic pain from age, injury or other conditions.

In 2017, Rosen was reprimanded by the Maryland State Board of Physicians for unprofessional conduct, stemming from lack of supervision of opioid patients and not accounting for patient risk factors.

His practice was reportedly raided in 2018 by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

In 2019, Rosen's medical license expired, according to WBAL.

His partner and associate medical director Howard Hoffberg, who lives in Reisterstown, was sentenced in February to serve eight months for taking $66,000 in bribes from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a fentanyl-based drug. The kickback scheme involved a drug designed to treat breakthrough pain in cancer patients, and prosecutors said Hoffberg prescribed it at the practice for patients not suffering from cancer who were on federal insurance programs.

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