Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, June 14, 1993 TAG: 9306140302
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Medium
Dr. Jill T. Flood, who last fall opened southeastern Virginia's second in-vitro fertilization clinic, owes the government almost $127,000 for the principal amount and more than $250,000 in interest, said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Melson.
U.S. District Judge John A. MacKenzie found Flood liable in April for breaching the terms of a National Health Service Corps scholarship program. Melson said Tuesday that Flood did not appeal the decision.
Flood's office said Wednesday she was out of town until next week.
Recipients of the federal scholarships agree to serve one year in areas lacking enough doctors for each year in which they get money toward their medical training. Flood received assistance during three years that she attended Eastern Virginia Medical School, Melson said.
After she graduated in 1982, she received a four-year deferment of her service to become a resident in obstetrics in Pennsylvania, Melson said.
A few months before the deferment was to end, she applied for a National Research Service Award. Since she could have fulfilled the obligations of both scholarships at the same time, she received a deferment on her first service until a decision about the second scholarship was made, Melson said.
But Flood did not receive the second scholarship and never notified officials of the National Health Service Corps, Melson said.
Flood has worked at Eastern Virginia Medical School and at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Melson said.
In 1989, she was assigned by the National Health Service Corps to work in Princess Anne, Md., but she failed to show up, Melson said.
Flood contended that she requested credit for her research and teaching, Melson said. But MacKenzie rejected that argument.
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