WORTHAM, Texas — A Frisco, Texas physician's medical license was temporarily suspended after a patient died at a med spa where he was serving as medical director, according to the Texas Medical Board.
According to a report by the Disciplinary Panel of the Texas Medical Board, the Board entered an Order of Temporary Suspension for the license of Michael Patrick Gallagher, M.D. on Oct. 12, 2023.
According to the Board, Gallagher was serving as Medical Director of Luxe Med Spa in Wortham, Texas, on July 10, 2023, when a patient reportedly died after receiving IV therapy from the spa's owner, Amber Johnson.
The Board claimed the patient -- who was identified by Wortham Police Department as Jenifer Cleveland of Fairfield -- received an IV infusion containing Vitamin B complex, ascorbic acid, cyanocobalamin and TPN electrolytes.
"TPN electrolyte solution requires a prescription and is known to cause complications due to potassium chloride in it," the document states.
Johnson was allegedly able to order TPN and other prescription solutions using Gallagher's credentials. Shortly after the IV therapy was given, Cleveland was found unresponsive.
She was then taken to a hospital in Mexia, Texas where she later died, according to police. An autopsy is still pending.
The Order of Suspension states Luxe "did not have any protocols, policies or procedures pertaining to the administration of IV therapy," except to "vaguely inform Luxe's patients of the IV therapy process".
The Order claims the staff at Luxe Med Spa were performing treatments that required medical licensure, yet there were no medically licensed or experienced personnel present at the facility when IV therapy was being administered, which the Medical Board stated put patients at risk.
The Board stated Gallagher allowed an unlicensed delegate, Johnson, to administer prescription drugs to a patient "without the establishment of a physician-patient relationship."
The Order states Gallagher's actions present a "continuing threat to the public health, safety and welfare of Texas citizens."
Based on the evidence, the Texas Medical Board stated Gallagher violated multiple sections of the Medical Practice Act, which resulted in the Board temporarily suspending his medical license.
A hearing on the Application for Temporary Suspension will reportedly be scheduled before a Disciplinary Panel of the Board. Until then, the Order states Gallagher's medical license will remain suspended.
No further information is available at this time.
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