Former OB-GYN pleads guilty to prescribing high amounts of opioid [Video]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia doctor has pleaded guilty to drug charges after being accused of prescribing excessive dosages of opioids to patients for years.  

Lino Cueto Montilla was a licensed obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) who did not specialize in pain management, nor did he receive any formal training on how to treat patients suffering from chronic pain, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of Virginia. He was charged with “maintaining a drug-involved premises.” 

From 1999 to 2015, Montilla worked as an OB-GYN with Fairfax OB-GYN Associates, which rarely required him to prescribe pain medication to his patients. In 2016, Montilla began treating patients at Fairfax Pain Clinic (FPC) , a facility that specializes in pain management. 

From January 2016 through September 2020, Montilla worked as the …