1Trenton, NJ – A Bergen County physician accused of running a high-volume pill mill and trading opioid prescriptions for sexual favors has had his medical license temporarily suspended by New Jersey’s State Board of Medical Examiners, officials announced Tuesday.

Ritesh Kalra, an internist who practiced in Fair Lawn, is facing federal charges that include illegally distributing opioids and defrauding Medicaid. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey filed a five-count complaint against Kalra, alleging he issued over 31,000 oxycodone prescriptions from January 2019 to February 2025 — sometimes more than 50 in a single day.

According to federal authorities, Kalra wrote prescriptions for patients he had reason to believe were abusing or diverting the drugs and, in at

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