License suspended for pill-pushing sex fiend NJ doctor, fed and state officials say Erin Vogt Published: August 13, 2025 NJ doctor accused of swapping opioids for sexual favors (Photo credit: njinternalmedicine.com)

A New Jersey doctor accused of prescribing opioids in exchange for sexual favors from patients has seen his license to work suspended by state officials.

Ritesh Kalra , whose office is in Bergen County, also allegedly defrauded New Jersey Medicaid by billing for visits that never happened, according to federal prosecutors.

Kalra, a Secaucus resident, appeared last month in Newark federal court, facing three counts of illegal opioid distribution and two counts of healthcare fraud.

The primary care and internal medicine physician has run his practice in Fair Lawn

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