Four Doctors Charged in Connection with Prescribing Controlled Substances

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- In October of 2018, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office received federal grant funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in order to investigate and prosecute prescription drug diversion in the county. As part of the project, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office began to compile data on overdose deaths, overdose hospitalizations and other reports from the Department of Public Safety to identify concerning medical practices. Four doctors were identified and on June 26. 2019 search warrants were executed at their offices and medical and other records were seized. After additional investigation, charges were brought against all four of those doctors.

Dr. Miguel Flores has been charged with one count of committing unprofessional or dishonorable conduct by prescribing to a person who Dr. Flores knew or should have known was an abuser of controlled substances and one count for prescribing without a valid medical purpose. His office is located in Conroe, Texas. These counts are related to one overdose death.

Dr. Fadi Ghanein was charged with three counts of committing unprofessional or dishonorable conduct by prescribing to a person who Dr. Fadi (than= knew or should have brown was an abuser of controlled substances and three courts of prescribing without a valid medical purpose. His office is in the Woodlands, Texas. These counts are related to three overdose deaths.

Dr. Hussamarldin Al-Khadour was charged with one count of operating a pain management clinic without being properly registered and one count for writing a false or fictitious prescription. His office is located in Shenandoah, Texas 77384.

Dr. Emad Bishai was charged with four counts of committing unprofessional or dishonorable conduct by prescribing to a person who Dr. Bishai knew or should have known was an abuser of controlled substances and four counts of prescribing without a valid medical purpose. His office is located in the Woodlands, Texas. These counts are related to four overdose deaths. Dr. Bishai has also been charged with improperly delegating professional medical responsibility that stems from his practice of pre-signing Schedule II prescription forms.

Dr. Bishai's office building has also been seized by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in a civil asset forfeiture suit for being used in the commission of or acquired with proceeds from engaging in organized criminal activity, various violations of the Texas Health and Safety Code and insurance fraud.

Montgomery County District Attorney's Office Investigator, Joe Nichols, has been leading the investigation of all four doctors. Many other Montgomery County law enforcement agencies have participated in the investigation of these doctors. including the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Conroe Police Department, Shenandoah Police Department and Montgomery County Precinct One Constable's.
The District Attorney's Office is actively looking for any information related to these particular doctors or other doctors who may be involved in similar practices.

ADA Tamara Holland: 'The excessive prescribing of highly addictive controlled substances has been major fuel added to the fire of the opioid epidemic our nation faces. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is committed to doing whatever it can to address this deadly, criminal conduct.'