Medical Board panel hears oral argument over license denial for Dr. Sean James Seaburn

The Medical Board of California Panel B heard oral argument Feb. 12, 2025, on whether to adopt a proposed decision denying an application for a full medical license by Sean James Seaburn, M.D., after earlier proceedings in which he admitted to giving false testimony under oath.

The question before the panel was whether Seaburn’s admitted dishonesty is substantially related to the qualifications, functions or duties of a physician and therefore a valid basis to deny licensure under the Business and Professions Code. The board took the case under submission after argument and closed the record; panel members will deliberate in closed session and will mail a written decision to the parties.

At the hearing, Jeff Lewis, counsel for the applicant, argued the board lacked jurisdiction to deny licensure based on the prior proceedings and that the allegedly dishonest statements were not connected to the practice of medicine. “Statements whether they are false or not are not any more connected to the practice of medicine than the conduct…