Plano-area rehab specialist Dr. Karthik Sampath has lost his Texas medical license after a July 2024 run-in at a Legacy West bar where he was allegedly drunk, using racial slurs, and making violent threats. The state action lands on top of a trail of arrests, regulatory orders, and civil judgments that stretches back more than a decade. Despite that history, event bios show Sampath was still appearing at public events in North Texas as late as the second half of 2024.
The Texas Medical Board made it official at its fall meeting. In a bulletin summarizing actions taken at the Oct. 17, 2025 meeting, the Texas Medical Board lists Sampath among the physicians whose licenses were revoked at that session.
Federal provider records back up the paper trail. Sampath is shown with Texas license number Q1734 and an active National Provider Identifier tied to a Dallas practice address. The listing shows 550 E. Ann Arbor Ave in Dallas and confirms the Texas license number Q1734.
Background And Administrative Record
Administrative filings reviewed by reporters say Sampath was arrested for public intoxication and assault in July 2024 after an altercation at Earls Kitchen + Bar in Legacy West. According to those documents, the alleged victim told investigators that Sampath used racial slurs and threatened to kill them during the incident.
The same filings, which were summarized and reported by D Magazine after review of State Office of Administrative Hearings materials and board records, outline a longer history of trouble. The record includes an agreed licensure order linked to his initial Texas license in 2014, a residency probation around 2011, DUI arrests, and a 2020 civil judgment in Illinois.
According to that reporting, texts in the administrative record were cited in the filings as evidence of recent illicit substance use. The materials also state that Sampath declined a voluntary interim monitoring agreement and told the board he would forfeit his license.
Board Action And What It Means
By listing Sampath among its revocations, the board has stripped him of the authority to hold an active Texas physician license for as long as that action remains in place. The Oct. 17 vote is recorded in the board's meeting bulletin, which notes two revocations at that session, including Sampath.
The Texas Medical Board regularly posts public summaries after each meeting, along with guidance on what different kinds of discipline mean for doctors and patients. Once final, disciplinary decisions are reflected in the agency's public records, where members of the public can verify a doctor's status.
Where He Practiced
Public provider listings tie Sampath to outpatient work in North Texas. His federal NPI record shows a Dallas practice address at 550 E. Ann Arbor Ave.
For readers who want to dig into the paperwork themselves, the NPI record and the Texas Medical Board's meeting bulletin are the key public documents that spell out his license number, practice location, and the formal board action.
