General Surgeon Loses Authorization to Treat Injured Workers

The Workers’ Compensation Board has temporarily suspended general surgeon Dr. Ogedi Ohajekwe’s authorization to treat injured workers and perform independent medical examinations. The suspension went into effect Monday, board Chair Clarissa M. Rodriguez said in Subject No. 046-1004, and any reports he submits after that day are invalid. Ohajekwe’s practice address is 1 Pondfield Road, West Suite 51A, Bronxville. The suspension stems from a 2015 order by the state Department of Health’s Board for Professional Medical Conduct, which subjected Ohajekwe to “pr...