JALLER

Disciplinary Action against Daniel A. Jaller, M.D.

In 2015, the Maryland State Board of Physicians charged Daniel A. Jaller, M.D. with failing to meet the standard of care in his management of six patients whom he had treated for Lyme disease, bartoneliosis, and/or babesiosis without adequate evidence that they had these conditions. The statement of charges indicates that (a) in 2009, the board expressed concern about his treatment of patients he had diagnosed with Lyme disease and (b) in 2013, the board learned that Jaller had surrendered participation in an insurance program while being investigated for inappropriately treating patients. As noted below, the board’s investigation concluded: Jaller’s diagnoses were based on negative or indeterminate blood tests and, in some cases, without objective evidence of infection (such as tick bites) in the patient’s history. Jaller …