Report of Regents Professional Practice Executive Session Committee to The Board of Regents
Regents Committee on Professional Practice Members
Regent Norwood, Co-Chair, Regent Mannion, Co-Chair, Vice Chancellor Chin, Regent Cea, Regent Wills, Regent Catania, Regent Hale, Regent Pratts, Regent Krist, Regent Wiley
The Professional Practice Committee held its scheduled meeting on November 4, 2025. All members were present. Chancellor Lester W. Young, Regent Susan W. Mittler, Regent Aramina Vega Ferrer, Regent Shino Tanikawa, Regent Seema Rivera, and Regent Felicia Thomas-Williams, also attended the meeting, but did not vote on any action.
ACTION ITEMS
Professional Discipline Cases [PPC (A) 1 – 3]
The Committee recommends that the reports of the Regents Review Committees, including rulings, findings of fact, determinations as to guilt, and recommendations, by unanimous or majority vote, contained in those reports which have been distributed to you, be accepted in 3 cases. In addition, your Committee recommends, upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Professions, that 26 consent order applications, and that 6 surrender applications be granted, with Regent Brian Krist dissenting in 2 consent order cases (Calendar Nos. 34904 and 34748).
These recommendations are made following the review of 35 cases involving seven licensed practical nurses, five registered professional nurses, four certified public accountants, four dental hygienists, two licensed clinical social workers, two massage therapists, one architect, one land surveyor, one licensed master social worker who is also a licensed clinical social worker, one marriage and family therapist, one occupational therapist who is also an occupational therapy assistant, one pharmacist, one pharmacy, and one respiratory therapy technician who is also a respiratory therapist.
The Professional Practice Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on November 4, 2025, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.
Restorations [PPC (A) 4 - 7]
The Committee recommends that the application of Amgad A. Hessein for the restoration of his license to practice as a physician in New York State be denied.
The Committee recommends that the application of Zahid Imran for the restoration of his license to practice as a physician in New York State be denied.
The Committee recommends that the application of Leslie D. Theodore for the restoration of his license to practice as a physician in New York State be denied.
The Committee recommends that the application of Tariq Yousef for the restoration of his license to practice as a physician in New York State be granted.
MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD
The Professional Practice Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on November 4, 2025, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.
MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION
Deputy Commissioner David Hamilton reviewed the items on the Consent Agenda.