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Virginia Board of Dentistry committee orders Dr. Nadia Abdul-Ghafoor to complete four hours of risk‑management continuing education
Summary
At a March 20, 2026 meeting, the Virginia Board of Dentistry Special Conference Committee "C" deliberated in closed session and imposed a sanction in Case No. 237638 requiring Dr. Nadia Abdul-Ghafoor to complete four hours of continuing education in risk management; the committee adopted the decision and approved related minutes.
The Virginia Board of Dentistry Special Conference Committee "C" on March 20, 2026, ordered Dr. Nadia Abdul‑Ghafoor, D.D.S., to complete four hours of continuing education in the subject of risk management as a sanction in Case No. 237638. The committee convened at 10:00 a.m. at the Department of Health Professions' Perimeter Center in Henrico and adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
Dr. Nadia Abdul‑Ghafoor appeared before the committee with counsel C. Carter Lee to address allegations set out in a Notice of the Board dated September 24, 2025. The committee received statements from Dr. Abdul‑Ghafoor and her counsel and then moved to deliberate the matter in closed session under § 2.2‑3711(A)(27) of the Code of Virginia, a statutory exemption for deliberation leading to a decision in a disciplinary matter. Committee member Jennifer Szakaly, D.D.S., moved to convene the closed meeting; the motion was seconded and passed. The motion specified that Deputy Executive Director Erin T. Weaver and Discipline Case Manager Donna Lee attend the closed meeting because their presence was necessary for deliberations.
After deliberations, the committee reconvened in open session and certified that it had discussed only matters lawfully exempted under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The sanctions reported by Deputy Executive Director Erin T. Weaver were that Dr. Abdul‑Ghafoor must successfully complete four hours of continuing education in risk management. Dr. Szakaly then moved to adopt the Committee's decision; the motion was seconded and passed. The minutes do not record the name of the member who seconded those motions.
The committee also approved the minutes from an Informal Conference conducted on February 20, 2026, on a motion by Dr. Szakaly that was seconded and carried. With all business concluded the committee adjourned at 11:15 a.m. The minutes bear the signature line of J. Michael Martinez de Andino, J.D., Chair.
The record provided in the minutes does not specify any additional conditions, a timeline for completing the continuing education, or any further monitoring or reporting requirements beyond successful completion of the four hours; those details were not specified in the minutes.
