- Board of Registration in Medicine
Wakefield — At its meeting on August 13, 2020, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine took disciplinary action against the medical licenses of Anil K. Nair, M.D. and Gary H. Asher, M.D.
The Board summarily suspended Dr. Anil K. Nair’s medical license after finding that he poses an immediate and serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare. The Board alleges that Dr. Nair engaged in sexual misconduct with an intern working in his office. Dr. Nair has the right to a hearing at the Division of Administrative Law Appeals within seven days. Dr. Nair, a board-certified neurologist, was first licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts in December 2006. Until the summary suspension of his license, Dr. Nair practiced medicine in a private office in Quincy. Dr. Nair also has active licenses to practice medicine in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The Board accepted Dr. Gary H. Asher’s resignation of his medical license. Resignation is a disciplinary action that permanently removes a physician from the practice of medicine. Dr. Asher was first licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth in April 1976. He last practiced medicine at a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Acton in April 2017.
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine licenses more than 40,000 physicians, osteopaths and acupuncturists. The Board was created in 1894 to protect the public health and safety by setting standards for the practice of medicine and ensuring that doctors who practice in the Commonwealth are appropriately qualified and competent. The Board investigates complaints and determines sanctions. More information is available at www.mass.gov/massmedboard, or you may contact the Board at borimmedia@massmail.state.ma.us