Dr. Robert Perry Campbell, MD, recently associated with the RAM Clinic in SE Portland, has had his license to practice medical revoked by the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners.
The OMB case review of Dr. Campbell “reveals a pattern of failing to comply with Federal opioid treatment standards and poor clinical practice care in regard to his management of patients receiving Suboxone or Subtext (Schedule III, Buprenorphine)…” More, Dr. Campbell “Over the course of the past seven years, Licensee (Dr. Campbell) has exhibited a pattern of risky behavior and sexual compulsivity, to include picking up prostitutes, sometimes for the ostensible reason of ‘rescue.'”
The case review is lengthy, thorough, and illustrates both a bad doctor and a vigilant state office. Please take a moment to download and read the Actions Report linked below.
Campbell, Robert, Perry, MD; MD10884; Portland, OR
Licensee entered into a Stipulated Order with the Board on September 1, 2011. In this Order Licensee agrees to permanently surrender his license under investigation and agrees he will never apply for a license to practice medicine in the state of Oregon or any location within the jurisdiction of the United States. The Emergency Suspension Order will be terminated.
READ – Actions taken by the Oregon Medical Board on September 15, 2011.
READ – Oregon Medical Board disciplines doctors, others; cites problems including negligence to bad prescribing, Oregonian September 19, 2011
Dr. Campbell,
In Dr. Campbell defense, My son had a severe drug addiction. After calling many doctor’s that would not
help, Because I did not have enough money. In an effort to save my son’s life, I was elated to have
called DR.Campbell and explained my son’s issues, he agreed to see us, Dr.Campbell , Asked what I could
afford, I’m disabled and could spare 50.00. He had weekly visits with me and my son, got him off opiates,
and never asked for money, I gave him what money I could give which was’nt much. He was always
professional at our appointment’s. My son has been on suboxin close to a year and is doing great. But
since Dr. Cambell closed his practice , I have been having a hard time finding a doctor to continue his
prescription, After finding this site I’m very surprised and appalled nobody has stepped up in his
defense. What ever Dr. Campbells addictions are, I can attest to the fact that as an addiction Dr., he is
the reason my son has survived ,and I will allways be greatfull for his help, in saving my son.
My only hope is that he is able to go on and put this behind him, and enjoy the rest of his life with no
regret’s !!! He is a good man, GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY. Very respectfully Sean and Penny
I am a client (or patient) at a Portland methadone & Suboxone clinic. I do not know Dr. Campbell, so I cannot defend him or criticize him.
But I just read the post by Sean & Penny, and I was moved. I’ve attended 3 clinics in 2 states over the past 15+ years. Only one of those clinics — a nonprofit, affiliated with a public university in another state — would even entertain the notion of providing pro-bono treatment to anyone. So the fact that Dr. Campbell did that does, I think, demonstrate a degree of compassion that is sometimes difficult to find at these clinics. And, last I heard, Suboxone was extremely expensive compared to methadone.
But I must add one more note. Sean’s mother, Penny, deserves some recognition for supporting her son, and for going out to see doctors to plead for help for Sean. I have an incredibly loving mother, but I don’t think she would have done that for me. And I think I can say with confidence that no doctor, not even Dr. Campbell, would have helped Sean for little-to-no-money if Sean did not have the strong & active support of his mother. I hope both Penny & Sean are doing well.
with him. should know that Dr. Campbell alone did not save her son. She, Penny, was critically important
I was a patient of Dr.Campbell for over a year and I feel the need to leave this feedback he is a great doctor for addiction he truly truly cared about our addictions and helping us maintaine a healthy life if it was for him I don’t know where or if I would be here now. He was extremely affordable and always worked with me on my appointments because if my strict work they would not always give me the time off. Also like the last comment I do not have much money or insurance he would just let me pay whatever I could with a smile on his face he is a great man he also did the same for my brother. I think it is bullshit what happens to him and now me my brother and 100 or so other people are screwed and cannot find a doctor and highly risk a relapse. We need more doctors like him 90% of doctors all they care about us the money. And frown upon us. I can’t even tell you how much attitude I have gotten from receptionist and doctors that I have been calling in my desperate search for a new doctor. Doctor Campbell took me in on a 1 hour notice and saved my life with only have of the money he asked for the first visit tell me how many doctors out there do you think would do that? Most likely non if not very few. Thank you for everything Dr.Campbell I hope you see this if anyone can help please email me at jimplaxco@Comcast.net.
Dr. Campbell was the only Dr ive ever known who cared more about helping people than he did making money. He made it possible for average people supporting themselves to get help.
I’ve known Dr. Campbell for two years. He was sincere and spoke from the heart. I am appalled by this due to hypocrisy. You people make it all about politics and those that don’t fit your “standard” you penalize and ostracize. It truly sickens me. There is no other affordable doctors. I saw a different doctor who was a complete fool. Knew half of what Dr. Campbell did, would not prescribe the generic making it nearly unaffordable. So much to the point that many addicts decide it’s just cheaper to use again. The difference between when I went in and now is night and day. Thank GOD he was compassionate and WHO CARES if he didn’t want to deal with insurance companies?! The other doctor I saw said that made him suspicious! That’s what compassion it seen as these days in every form in regards to those who hold authority over peoples jobs. If they don’t follow a straight line they’re out. This is why Ron Paul, who actually practiced medicine for years at a catholic church making three dollars an hour. He had compassion and someone like him will never be president. Watch that man speak. He is sincere, speaks from the heart and no one has succeeded in “stumping him” for a second. That’s what gets me. But those who try to help us never have a happy ending. We always punish the people who try to help us: Jesus, John Lennon, Ghandi, JFK, Martin Luther King, and a plethora of others… How can I compare Dr. Campbell to icons and history changers like that? Because I’m comparing compassion to greed. I have a TERRIBLE anxiety disorder and have been on clonazepam for years. Mixing that with suboxone when i don’t get remotely high or sedated on either didn’t mean that I had to go off it and again: that made him suspicious. He was concerned at first but after a few visits it was abundantly clear that I was not one to be taken off of my anxiety medicine. In the possible side effect it can slow the breathing. So there are arbitrary rules about which side effects are apropriate. For some reason, impotence, weight gain, hair loss and so on are perfectly acceptable side effects to prescribe. We go off chances knowingly and hope for the best. If there is a negative reaction they try something else. Things are not black and white and Dr. Robert Capbell knew that. And penalize his practice for picking up “working girls”!? He’s not “on the clock”. For christ sake ALL those girls are addicts and any compassionate person will try and help the ones they think they can. God knows I do to any addict I meet who wants to kick. Now I have no reference to give the addicts that NONE of have fucking insurance for gods sake and can not afford your 150 dollar monthly visits and name brand suboxone. No addict except the “I’m a working person with insurance and got addicted to smack”. No, his people were the misfits, the poor, the underdogs. Us addicts. And to ANY of you judging him: is it getting lonely up there on your high horse? Because I knew him and knew him well. He never game me a pill and let me loose and clueless. He set up plans and made sure I went to meetings. Every other doctor I’ve seen sets me loose after perscribing me things for my mental health when I’m the one who needs compassion the most. Many addicts are mentally ill. We self medicate. Dr. Campbell knew that, he understood addiction on a personal level which only made him all the more compassionate. Shame on you. Taking away a mans lively hood. His NAME. Even if he did pick up a prostitute I don’t believe that merits taking away everything he has. Also, I know it was seen that those on suboxone like me who were on it for extended periods of time. Yes, it was maintenance,. They use methadone for maintenance why not be able to use a drug that doesn’t have the ups and downs and is drastically safer. One that keeps people even keel and gives their life back? Because when it runs out many of us relapse. We go back to using and go back to the only affordable doctor there is. Which now does not exist. The board will never comprehend the fallout all of the majority have had and continue to have. If so you would never slander and take away everything a man has because he didn’t walk a straight enough line. He was never guilty of malpractice. Which means he wasn’t a surgeon who cut into an artery. He helped people and if those people didn’t have happy endings it was in no way his fault. HE WORKED WITH MEN BECAUSE OF THE JUNKY WOMEN WHO CAN CALL “SEXUAL ASSULT” WHEN HE TURNS THEM DOWN. A junkie can make complaints and calls in a heart beat if they don’t get what they wanted. I’m sure not every accusation was or played out the way they said or perceived it as happening. Look, I’m sorry this is so lengthy but in the end he helped a great many of us. And now many of us are lost with our very lives in danger. I am lucky I still have about one hundred days on my prescription. Because I can not bear the sickness and will use when it happens and lose everything all over again. That includes my child most of all. You’ve done a real service to your community “doctors board” or however the hell it works. You should be real proud.
I was a patient of “Dr” Campbell. He was nothing more than a glorified drug dealer and was prescribing me combinations of medicines that were potentially fatal. I am glad his license was revoked.
I saw Dr Campbell for several years. He is an angel who truly cares. It took six months to find a new Dr. He helped me by calling Medicare……they were going to pull my suboxone….he convinced them that I was successful and going to PSU and working full time. I found a new Dr who is okay but not like Campbell…
Ryan, If you had to see Campbell in the first place, he was probably your last hope after trying numerous other providers and begging them to do things for you that they denied. Campbell probably took pity after your pleading like the other doctors didn’t. That’s what finally did this guy in. He was a total bleeding heart sucker of a doc who wanted to help everyone even after he burnt himself out treating sad sacks like you and even though nobody bothered to help him. Campbell helped literally thousands of addicts to better their lives. Its my guess that you have helped nobody. Not even yourself. And, you blame the doctors. You are probably still to this day darkening the doorstep of other doctor’s offices, begging for help and waiting to roll them under the bus for the problems that you have gotten yourself into. Good luck finding your way out. You sound like a real victim. I’ll bet Dr. Campbell would still wish you the best even now.
I don’t know Doctor Campbell but it sounds like he is the kind of Doctor we all look for and cjan never find.Why would they take away the mans livelyhood just for helping people in need
I didn’t know him either,but compared to the doctors now at methadone clinics he sounds wonderful. Now these doctors want to take someone off anxiety.pain and headache meds. Which caused someone clean thirty years to relapse. I wish more doctors had a heart. Sadly,they dont.
The Good Doctor was no saint, he was human. That’s what made him a compassionate dr. It’s unfortunate that he was involved with the notoriously crooked mess of a methadone clinic. The people running that place were just plain horrible. They have been taking advantage of a vulnerable client base for more than a decade. RAM clinic should have been shut down years ago, like one of the previous times they were in trouble with the Feds for shady dealings. Like diverting the medicine to the black market or to their addicted family members whom they also allowed to be employed AT the clinic, giving them even more access to the opiates, which they abused. All of this is public record and we’ll known to those of us effected. If Dr.Campbell never worked at RAM, he would probably still be helping people today.
Dr campbell was the best doctor i ever had
Lol. I’ve partied with that Dr. Campbell so many times its not even funny. The money that he made (which bought me many months of bar time) and all the hilarious stories about homeless drug addicts begging for methadone was just passing the time, for me. Plus the heroin they would confiscate from patients at times brought us many fun and high times. I give two shits about him. As soon as the money was gone, so was he, and so was I. Don’t let this bullshit multiply…