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July 2, 2025 – Andrew Voegel-Podadera was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge. An anesthesiologist resident, stole medication from both children and adult patients over the course of a year, and would sometimes administer it intravenously while working, “Drug addiction spares no one. It can impact anyone. And the literature, in particular, shows greater incidents of drug addiction among medical practitioners than other segments of society because of their exposure and access,” his attorney, Ronald J. Friedman, told McClatchy News by phone July 2. “Dr. Voegel is responding to the matter as best as he can. He’s enrolling in a Washington Physicians Health Program in Washington state designed to help medical professionals stabilize and treat their addiction.”
