SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
“Sexual misconduct is particularly damaging to the reputation of psychiatry because the damages to patients which result are mental and emotional in nature. If psychiatry loses the confidence of society, its ability to pursue its mission will be damaged.”
American Psychiatric Association
Approved by the Board of Trustees
March 1993
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Psychiatrist Aaron Voon will be sentenced in Australia – (a father caught Voon videotaping his son using a urinal)
Global News Former child psychiatrist Aaron Voon to be sentenced for porn-related charges in Australia By Caley Ramsay January 30, 2017 Aaron Szen Voon, 41, is charged with making and possessing child pornography as well as voyeurism. Aaron Szen Voon, 41, is charged with making and possessing child pornography as well as voyeurism. A former child psychiatrist who was arrested following an incident in a washroom at West Edmonton Mall last year will be sentenced in Australia on May 19. In December, 41-year-old Aaron Voon pleaded guilty to nine child-porn related charges in an Australian courtroom. Three of those charges [...]
Ontario Psychiatrist, Michael Porter, Stripped of License – Sexual Abuse of Patient
St. Catharines Standard Psychiatrist reprimanded, stripped of licence By Grant LaFleche, The Standard January 31, 2017 A former St. Catharines psychiatrist has been stripped of his medical licence by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for what the college deemed was “sexual abuse” of a patient. On Jan. 16, the college revoked Dr. Michael Porter of his licence at a reprimand hearing into Toronto. The revocation of Porter’s licence was ordered in September 2016 and the formal reprimand was enacted at the hearing this month. Porter was disciplined after repeatedly hugging a patient in a manner that, in [...]
Nagi Ghabbour, Toronto Psychiatrist, may be example in future patient sex cases
Toronto Star Disciplinary panel considers whether doctor should lose licence for dating former patient By Jacques Gallant - Legal Affairs Reporter February 22, 2017 Psychiatrist Nagi Ghabbour Should a psychiatrist who began dating his patient shortly after they stopped seeing each other professionally be allowed to keep his licence? That’s the question before a discipline panel of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which must determine if Toronto doctor Nagi Ghabbour should become the first physician in the province to have his licence yanked for becoming romantically involved with a former patient too soon after the end [...]
Ottawa Psychiatrist Gerald Powell – Guilty of Misconduct – for the second time in three years
OTTAWA SUN Ottawa psychiatrist guilty of second misconduct suspended, fined By Aedan Helmer January 11, 2017 339 Gilmour St., Ottawa, ON, Canada Ottawa psychiatrist Gerald Powell was found guilty of misconduct for the second time in three years, and on Tuesday was suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and ordered to pay $25,000 in fines for questionable billing practices. Powell, 59, is semi-retired and maintains a part-time practice at 339 Gilmour St. He was suspended and fined by the college in 2014 for carrying on romantic relationships with two former patients, with the original complainant [...]
Gerald Powell, Ottawa psychiatrist – incompetent per Discipline Committee
Ottawa Sun Ottawa psychiatrist faces new disciplinary hearing in January after prior suspension By Don Butler December 28, 2016 339 Gilmour St., Ottawa, ON, Canada Ottawa psychiatrist Gerald Powell is facing another hearing next month before the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, less than three years after his licence was suspended for nine months for romantic relationships with two former patients. At the Jan. 10 hearing, Powell will face allegations from the college’s inquiries, complaints and reports committee that he engaged in “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct” with respect to boundary issues with [...]
London (Canada) Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski, Convicted Sex Offender, Now out on the Street
London Free Press Abusive ex-doc gets parole; Stanley Dobrowolski, jailed for 18 voyeurism, assault convictions in 2014, granted release from prison last month January 6, 2017 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski The sex offending, disgraced former London psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski is out of prison and on parole. Parole documents show after serving more than half of his four-year sentence behind bars, Dobrowolski was granted statutory release Dec. 21. As part of his release, he's prohibited from having any contact with his victims or their families, giving medical or psychiatric advice and having or accessing pornography. His release comes six months [...]
Josip Pasic, Chicago Psychiatrist – License Suspended – Overprescribed Drugs and Sexually Molested Patients
abc7chicago.com REGULATORS: DOCTOR MOLESTED PATIENTS, OVERPRESCRIBED DRUGS December 15, 2016 CHICAGO -- Regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a Chicago psychiatrist accused of overprescribing narcotics and sexually molesting mentally ill patients. Dr. Josip Pasic engaged in sexual conduct with mentally ill patients to whom he also prescribed opioid painkillers and other drugs, according to an emergency order signed by Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's acting director, Jessica Baer. One patient, a recovering drug addict, told investigators he endured the doctor touching his groin because he needed his medication and it was difficult to find a doctor who [...]
Duttala Obul Reddy, Illinois Psychiatrist, agreed to pay $908,000 to settle fraud charges
State Journal Register Springfield psychiatrist agrees to pay $908,000 to settle federal civil complaint November 8, 2016 By Dean Olsen A Springfield psychiatrist whose medical license was taken away by the state for ethical violations has agreed to pay the federal government $908,000 to settle allegations that he falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid. Duttala Obul Reddy, 66, allegedly submitted bills for services provided at central Illinois nursing homes from January 2008 through February 2013, but the care either wasn’t provided to patients at those facilities or “had not been provided to the extent claimed,” according to news release issued Tuesday [...]