Brian Monahan out as attending physician to Congress amid Pentagon investigation
Summary
- Rear Adm. Brian Monahan, the attending physician to Congress and the Supreme Court since 2009, is no longer serving with the Office of Attending Physician.
- His departure came the same week a Defense Department inspector general report found insufficient oversight of Navy personnel assigned to the office.
- The report also found the office's pharmacy missed inspections and inventories required by law, and a February inspection found shortages and discrepancies in controlled substances.
- U.S. officials say allegations against Monahan include managing a toxic work environment, dispensing medications to lawmakers and staff without prescriptions, and lax oversight of controlled substances.
- It remains unclear whether he was fired or resigned; his departure came more than a year after the Pentagon opened its investigation into alleged misconduct at the office.
Reactions
- Monahan said in a voicemail message, "I am no longer serving with the Office of Attending Physicians."
- The inspector general's report warned that without clinical quality management oversight, Navy personnel "may face unclear guidance, inconsistent standards, and pressure" to deviate from medical requirements.
- Monahan and Navy representatives did not respond to questions about whether he was fired or resigned, and the Defense Department referred questions to the Navy.
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Rear Adm. Brian Monahan is no longer the attending physician for Congress and the Supreme Court, more than a year after the Pentagon opened an investigation into alleged misconduct at the Office of Attending Physician.
U.S. officials said Monahan resigned amid military investigations into allegations of misconduct, including lax drug handling.
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- Brian Monahan out as attending physician to Congress amid Pentagon probe
Brian Monahan had led the Office of Attending Physician since 2009, and his departure came the same week a Defense Department inspector general report found insufficient oversight of the office and its pharmacy. The page also reports two more measles deaths in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia's chief executive, Pope Leo XIV's homecoming in Chiclayo, Peru, a record marine heat wave off California, rare Mid-Atlantic tornadoes, and a Moscow car bombing that seriously injured Sergei Zavorotny.
Congress’s Top Doctor Resigns Amid IG Findings of Lax Drug Handling
The Wall Street Journal reports that Rear Adm. Brian Monahan, the attending physician for Congress, has resigned amid military investigations into allegations of misconduct. U.S. officials say the allegations include managing a toxic work environment, dispensing medications to lawmakers and their staff without prescriptions, and lax oversight of controlled substances.
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