Overview
- The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine revoked Dr. Jacquelyn Starer’s right to renew her medical license, announcing the July 16 disciplinary decision after reviewing video and court findings of her actions inside the Capitol.
- Prosecutors and court records say Starer struck a Metropolitan Police officer in the Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, conduct they said helped inflame the crowd during the breach.
- Starer pleaded guilty in 2024 to two felony counts, including civil disorder and assaulting officers, plus related misdemeanors, and received a nine-month sentence that outlets variously described as prison time or home confinement.
- President Trump issued a pardon covering Starer after his second inauguration, but the state board said its license action is an administrative professional finding that does not depend on the criminal outcome.
- Starer is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with a subspecialty in addiction medicine who had entered a voluntary agreement not to practice after her arrest and was listed as no longer active at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital; the board’s move blocks her path to resume clinical work and highlights how regulators can act separately from the courts.