PSYCH DRUGS
California Psychiatrist William Munn Ends 43 years of Psychiatry – Surrenders License – put public health at risk by excessively prescribing drugs to five patients
Daily Republic Psychiatrist surrenders license, ends 43-year practice By Ryan McCarthy October 30, 2015 FAIRFIELD — A psychiatrist in private practice since 1972 has surrendered his license and can no longer practice, according to the Medical Board of California, which said William Munn put public health at risk by excessively prescribing drugs to five patients. The state agency’s decision became effective at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Medical Board, on Oct. 21, adopted a settlement Munn signed with the state that included surrendering his physician and surgeon certificates and his admitting the allegations against him. Munn’s license was temporarily suspended in [...]
William Munn, California psychiatrist, license was suspended for prescribing large amounts of commonly abused prescription drugs to multiple patients – some of whom were known substance abusers
Daily Republic Fairfield psychiatrist signs disciplinary pact By Ryan McCarthy September 19, 2015 FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield psychiatrist whose license was temporarily suspended for the manner in which he prescribed drugs to five patients has reached a settlement with the state. Dr. William Munn signed the settlement and disciplinary order Aug. 31 and agreed to be bound by the California Medical Board’s decision. The agreement is subject to state review, after which the document will become public. The agreement canceled an Oakland hearing scheduled to start Sept. 8 before an administrative law judge. Munn, in private practice since 1972 at [...]
Alfonso Guzman, Puerto Rican psychiatrist, Gets Prison Time – Prescribed Drugs to Undercover Agent who repeatedly said he had no physical or mental symptoms
Google Translation above, original Spanish version below. Primera Hora Federal sentence of two years in prison psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid By Mariana Cobian September 8, 2015 The doctor issued false to the Office of Workers' Compensation Program medical reports. Psychiatrist Alfonso Guzman "I want to say that I admire him as a professional. But I admire him as a witness in this case." So Federal Judge Daniel R. Dominguez concluded the sentencing against Madrid psychiatrist Alfonso Guzman, who imposed a prison sentence of two years by issuing false medical reports to the Office of Workers' Compensation Program today, Tuesday ( [...]
Waldo Ellison, Virginia Beach Psychiatrist, settles $2 million lawsuit by parents of man who committed suicide after being prescribed escalating doses of Adderall. Ellison retired November 1, the day his license was suspended by the Virginia Board of Medicine
Virginian Pilot Lawsuit against former Va. Beach psychiatrist resolved out of court By Elizabeth Simpson The Virginian-Pilot July 6, 2015 Psychiatrist Waldo Ellison A lawsuit against a former Virginia Beach psychiatrist that was set to begin next week has been resolved out of court, according to a lawyer who represents the parents of Richard Fee, a Virginia Beach man who committed suicide in November 2011 after being prescribed escalating doses of Adderall. Robert Moreland, who represents Kathy and Rick Fee of Virginia Beach, said the resolution with former psychiatrist Waldo Ellison contains a clause to not reveal the terms [...]
Avijit Mitra, psychiatrist at Connecticut Valley Psych Hospital, improperly prescribed drugs to himself, his wife and others
New Haven Register Hamden psychiatrist must hire monitor; Stamford psychiatrist fined By Kate Farrish May 19, 2015 Avijit Mitra "practices" at Connecticut Valley Psych Hospital The state Medical Examining Board placed the medical license of a Hamden psychiatrist on probation for a year Tuesday and ordered him to hire a psychiatrist to supervise his practice. The psychiatrist, Dr. Avijit Mitra, who has an office in Woodbridge, has already paid $55,000 in state and federal fines for improperly prescribing controlled substances to himself, his wife and others, state records show. At its meeting in Hartford Tuesday, the board also fined [...]
Lisa Perdue, Texas psychiatrist resigns from Terrell State Psych Hospital, after confronted with disciplinary action for taking $615,525 from drug company – Forbidden by state health code
Texas Tribune Terrell State Psychiatrists Resign After Accusations by Ryan McCrimmon April 17, 2015 Psychiatrist Lisa Perdue Terrell State Psych Hospital Two psychiatrists at Terrell State Hospital resigned this week after being told they would face disciplinary action for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a pharmaceutical company to promote the drug Seroquel, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. According to agency documents, Dr. Anthony Claxton, the hospital's clinical director, and Dr. Lisa Perdue, a psychiatrist, received large amounts of money from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to promote the company’s drugs to other doctors [...]
Muhammad Choudhry, psychiatrist, routinely billed for 20 hours per day, Ohio permanently revoked his license. Now Illinois is investigating him for providing group therapy sessions to more than 100 Medicaid patients every other day in 2010 and 2011
Reuters Banned from Medicare, still billing Medicaid By M.B. Pell and Kristina Cooke April 29, 2015 Psychiatrist Muhammad Choudhry NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO – A doctor who took kickbacks from a Pennsylvania hospice involved in a multimillion-dollar fraud. An Ohio psychiatrist who billed for treating no-show patients. A Georgia optometrist who claimed he conducted 177 eye exams in one day. Their transgressions vary. What these doctors have in common is that each was paid by a state Medicaid health insurance program after being kicked out of another state’s Medicaid system or the federal Medicare program. That’s not supposed to happen. [...]
Stephen Olson, Minnesota psychiatrist, Violated Patient Safety Procedures during drug trials
Minnesota Public Radio News Review finds U of M psychiatry researcher violated patient safety procedures By Alex Friedrich May 15, 2015 Psychiatrist Stephen Olson An outside review commissioned by the University of Minnesota has found a university psychiatry researcher made three safety procedure violations during a 2007 study — two of them serious. The report by FTI Consulting, released Friday, says Dr. Stephen Olson failed to give a research subject important information about a drug he was taking. Olson and his team also inappropriately prepped the patient for the study before he agreed to participate. But the FTI Consulting [...]
Anthony Claxton, Texas Psychiatrist, Scheduled to retire in 76 days, But Resigns instead to avoid facing Disciplinary Charges for accepting $231,000 from Drug Company
Texas Tribune Terrell State Psychiatrists Resign After Accusations by Ryan McCrimmon April 17, 2015 Psychiatrist Anthony Claxton Two psychiatrists at Terrell State Hospital resigned this week after being told they would face disciplinary action for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a pharmaceutical company to promote the drug Seroquel, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. According to agency documents, Dr. Anthony Claxton, the hospital's clinical director, and Dr. Lisa Perdue, a psychiatrist, received large amounts of money from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to promote the company’s drugs to other doctors and state regulators. Claxton and Perdue [...]