{"id":776379,"date":"2026-05-06T03:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/776379\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:34:13","slug":"chicago-doctor-michael-close-charged-with-practicing-medicine-without-license-in-indiana-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/776379\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago doctor Michael Close charged with practicing medicine without license in Indiana \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chicago doctor was charged after allegedly giving IV treatments from a home in northern Indiana without a license to practice medicine in the state, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/2026\/05\/04\/doctor-charged-with-practicing-medicine-without-license-warsaw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNDU,<\/a> the NBC affiliate in South Bend. <\/p>\n<p>Michael Close, 62, was charged with two counts of practicing medicine without a license and unlawful possession or use of a legend drug. He also faces a battery charge.<\/p>\n<p>Citing court documents, WNDU reported investigators received a letter raising concerns about a woman\u2019s welfare, claiming Close was injecting her with IV NAD treatments at a Warsaw, Indiana, home. Under state regulations, such treatments typically require physician oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Police said a detective went to the residence, where syringes and vials were discovered inside Close&#8217;s car. He admitted injecting the woman to police, but said he administered the vitamin B-12. He also admitted his medical license had been suspended. <\/p>\n<p>According to his website, Close bills himself as a neurologic specialist who &#8220;delivers advanced restorative medicine through personalized NAD+ therapies&#8221; and lists an office at 4906 N. Western Ave. in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>However, his license in Illinois remains suspended, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Most recently, Close was suspended March 3, 2026, for a minimum of 12 months, with the department citing a violation of a 2021 consent order. <\/p>\n<p>Records showed Close&#8217;s license was suspended in 2013 for failure to account for over 21,000 dosage units of controlled substances. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chicago doctor was charged after allegedly giving IV treatments from a home in northern Indiana without a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":776380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,1035,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-776379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-crime-and-courts","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116525535487029789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}