Board grants license waiver, approves consent order, issues subpoenas and multiple continuances

The Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure approved several licensure and enforcement actions during its meeting, including a waiver granting an unrestricted Mississippi license to a radiation oncologist, adoption of a consent order for a physician with prior neurologic illness, issuance of two investigative subpoenas, and continuances in multiple disciplinary matters.

The board considered an appeal from Dr. Ishwara Kumar Mundra, a radiation oncologist practicing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center who held a limited institutional license and sought a waiver to obtain a permanent unrestricted Mississippi license. Counsel for Dr. Mundra, Doug Mercier, told the board that Dr. Mundra had become board certified by the American Board of Radiology and had obtained unrestricted licenses in Florida and Connecticut since the executive committee's earlier denial.…