Michael A. Patterson, formerly a Bartlett physician, is now serving 16 years in federal prison for several violations of the Controlled Substance Act involving prescription narcotics.
The sentence was announced in late July.
His Nov. 2011 indictment noted that he practiced medicine under the trade name Bartlett Psychiatric Center, PC, at an office on Kirby-Whitten Road. His medical license was revoked on March 22, 2011 by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners. He pleaded guilty to Counts 2 and 37 of his Nov. 21, 2011, indictment for illegally distributing Oxycodone and illegally distributing hydrocodone tablets.
In March of 2012, Patterson was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Mississippi and charged with violating the Controlled Substances Act. That case was transferred to Memphis, and Patterson pleaded guilty to knowingly using a revoked registration number in order to dispense a prescription for a Schedule IV narcotic.
In addition to the prison sentence, Senior U.S. District Judge Jon Phipps McCalla ordered Patterson to serve eight years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
“Licensed professionals who nefariously hide behind their titles and white jackets to illegally distribute prescription drugs are just as much ‘drug dealers’ as those who deal crack cocaine on our streets,” said U.S. Attorney Stanton.
Shelby County sheriff William Oldham said, “Criminal activity of any kind will not be tolerated by those individuals who willingly choose to violate the law.”
