Dr. Ron Elfenbein

Dr. Ron Elfenbein is a Maryland emergency room physician who became a national voice during the COVID-19 pandemic, running multiple testing and monoclonal antibody treatment centers in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was recognized for his service with citations from the Maryland Governor, Maryland General Assembly, and the Maryland State Medical Society. Despite this record, he was indicted in April 2022 on healthcare fraud charges—an action that occurred before prosecutors had reviewed any patient charts.

Dr. Elfenbein endured a three-week trial in 2023 and was initially convicted. Months later, Chief Judge James Bredar issued a 93-page opinion completely acquitting him, finding that “no reasonable jury” could have found guilt because the coding decisions at issue were legally permissible and supported by expert testimony. The judge also granted a new trial in the alternative, criticizing the government’s evidence as “atmospheric,” lacking factual and regulatory foundation.

In 2025, the Fourth Circuit reversed the acquittal, placing Dr. Elfenbein back in jeopardy and facing a second trial. His counsel argues that the original prosecution was politically motivated—launched shortly after Dr. Elfenbein publicly criticized the Biden Administration’s decision to halt monoclonal antibody treatments. Letters from former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich describe Dr. Elfenbein as a man of integrity, a community pillar, and someone who was blindsided by an indictment that devastated his family, career, and finances.

Dr. Elfenbein is now seeking intervention to end what he and his supporters call a clear case of lawfare—an unnecessary, unjust, and harmful continuation of a prosecution that the trial judge already found was legally unsupported.