Hisbay Ali

Las Vegas Review Journal
Emergency action suspends license of Las Vegas psychiatrist
By Mary Hynes
November 4, 2024

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In an unusual move, a Nevada medical board immediately suspended the license of a Las Vegas psychiatrist for behavior it says risks the health and safety of the public.

In October, an investigative committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners issued an order of summary suspension of the license of Dr. Hisbay Ali. The order states that Ali had initiated a sexual relationship with a patient and illegally prescribed a controlled substance to a second patient.

It also states that Ali failed to report to the board, as required by law, a domestic violence arrest in 2022 and a DUI arrest following a single-car crash in April of this year.

The investigative committee found “that the health, safety and welfare of the public is at imminent or continued risk of harm if Respondent (Ali) is permitted to continue practicing medicine,” the suspension order dated Oct. 11 states…

The order states that in mid-March 2022, Ali had a sexual relationship with a patient.

Before then, he texted her to initiate “an inappropriate conversation to seduce (her) into a sexual relationship with him.”

The patient attempted to end the sexual relationship, the order states. Ali “repeatedly sent text messages to her and threatened to show up at her residence.”

She asked repeatedly to be left alone and ultimately told him she would call the police if he persisted.

Still, he sent her letters and flowers, on one occasion delivering the flowers in person to her home, according to the order…