BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Edward Hallowell, Mass. Psychiatrist, “Expert on ADHD”, charged with grabbing butt
WCVB Edward Hallowell, noted psychiatrist, charged with indecent assault Hallowell a specialist in ADD, ADHD May 11, 2015 Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell WALTHAM, Mass. — A noted specialist in the fields of attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is facing charges related to the alleged groping of a woman. Dr. Edward M. Hallowell, who was in Waltham District Court on Monday for a hearing on the charge of indecent assault, is accused of squeezing the buttocks of a makeup artist last October. Watch NewsCenter 5's report Hallowell, a psychiatrist and instructor at Harvard Medical School, was videotaping an [...]
Lois Farquharson, 88-year-old Psychiatrist Wants out of Prison
PENNLIVE No immediate decision on former Philadelphia psychiatrist's bid for release from prison By Charles Thompson December 06, 2013 Psychiatrist Lois J. Farquharson The State Board of Pardons made no immediate decision Friday on a former Philadelphia psychiatrist's bid for commutation of a life sentence without parole for her role in the 1971 murder of a colleague at the Philadelphia State Hospital. The four-member board instead opted to take Lois J. Farquharson's request "under advisement," essentially giving them more time to review interviews, testimony and arguments presented in the case. Farquharson, now 88 and in frail health, was convicted [...]
Michael Cosgrove, California Psychiatrist, facing discipline – “he’d been drinking all night because he was depressed by the presidential election.”
NAPA Valley Register Napa State psychiatrist in Trump election funk faces accusation from medical board By Jennifer Huffman July 27, 2018 A Napa State Hospital psychiatrist, Michael J. Cosgrove M.D., faces disciplinary action by the California State Medical Board after being accused of unprofessional conduct involving alcohol. The charges, filed on July 11, stem from an incident on Nov. 9, 2016, the morning after President Trump’s election victory. At 9:05 a.m., Cosgrove was seen walking through a parking lot of Napa State Hospital on his way to work. He had worked at Napa State Hospital as a psychiatrist since 2009. [...]
Riaz Baber, Illinois Psychiatrist – records of over 10,000 patients found in his unsecured basement – “It has their birthdate, their social security number, what’s wrong with them, what they’re being treated for, and what medication,”
NBC Chicago Thousands of Medical Records Left Unsecured--So Who’s Investigating? By Phil Rogers July 23, 2018 Psychiatrist Riaz Baber Federal medical privacy rules, known as “HIPAA laws”, are designed to keep your medical information confidential. They can be aggravating, stopping you from getting even basic information about a sick relative, or earning a good scolding if you don’t stand behind the line at your pharmacy. But the penalties do not appear to be as severe for doctors themselves. Fully sixteen months after NBC 5 Investigates revealed a trove of medical records in a Naperville doctor’s unsecured basement, state and [...]
Ontario Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski brought shame to his “profession” – Imprisoned for sex assault on 16 people and voyeurism
THE CANADIAN PRESS Public reprimand for Ontario doctor who ‘brought shame to the profession’ through sexual abuse By Diana Mehta January 23, 2017 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski TORONTO — Ontario’s medical watchdog has issued a scathing reprimand against a psychiatrist who sexually abused multiple patients over more than a decade, saying the man brought shame to the profession. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario said Dr. Stanley Thomas Dobrowolski caused “deep anguish and lasting harm” to many patients for “selfish and perverse gratification.” Dobrowolski had appeared before the committee four times since 1994 but only had his [...]
Allan Khitab – Psychiatrist arrested again – long history of sexually abusing boys
DurhamRegion.com More sex abuse charges laid against former Cambridge hospital psychiatrist By Record Staff September 29, 2014 Psychiatrist Allan Khitab KITCHENER — A disgraced former Cambridge Memorial Hospital psychiatrist dogged for three decades by accusations of sexual abuse is facing another charge. Allan Khitab, 76, was arrested Friday and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference related to allegations involving one of his patients in the 1990s. The alleged victim is a male who was under the age of 14, police said. Khitab is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 14. In July, he was ordered to stand [...]
Florida Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman Sent to Prison for 16 years – cheated “seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines, where he was tracked down by the FBI”
The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY) HE GETS PRISON FOR ORGAN-TRANSPLANT CON; JEROME FELDMAN, WHOSE ESTRANGED WIFE LIVES IN BALDWINSVILLE, LURED FIVE SICK PEOPLE TO PHILIPPINES. By John O'Brien May 28, 2010 Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman A former psychiatrist was sent to prison for nearly 16 years Thursday for duping seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines. U.S. District Judge David Hurd sentenced Jerome Feldman to 15 years and 8 months in prison and ordered him to repay $2 million to the victims of the phony organ-transplant scheme and an earlier Medicare fraud [...]
Denise Graham, New Orleans Psychiatrist, disciplined for performing liposuction
The Times-Picayune New Orleans-area psychiatrist disciplined for performing cosmetic surgery January 04, 2013 By Laura Maggi Psychiatrist Denise Marie Graham The state licensing board for Louisiana doctors has found that a New Orleans-area psychiatrist improperly performed liposuction and offered "stem cell injection therapy" at a clinic where she worked. The physician, Denise Marie Graham, agreed in December to stop performing cosmetic surgery and other medical treatments outside her field of expertise, but kept her license to practice in the state. Graham moved out of Louisiana in August, telling the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners that she doesn't [...]
Psychiatrist Robert Browne, Hawaii, might get kicked out of cemetary
Hawaii News He sexually abused dozens of Hawaii boys over decades. And he's buried at Punchbowl July 6th 2018 By HNN Staff Psychiatrist Robert Brown Among the 55,000 service members laid to rest at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl is a child predator: Dr. Robert McCormick Browne. Those who were abused by the prominent psychiatrist, take issue that Punchbowl is his final resting place. "For me, I don't think he belongs there," said Alika Bajo, who was sexually abused by Browne in the 1970s at the age of 13. "That's where true heroes get buried." Browne's [...]
Mohamed Saleh, Jacksonville, Florida’s “Most Bizarre Shrink”
Folio Weekly Strange Days By Susan Cooper Eastman June 21-27, 2011 Jacksonville’s eccentric “Dr. Detox” has a run-in with regulators over abandoned medical records and equipment Psychiatrist Mohamed Saleh The last time Folio Weekly wrote about Jacksonville psychiatrist Dr. Mohamed Saleh (“Searching for Dr. Detox,” May 10), we noted he was both the city’s “most high-profile” and “most bizarre” shrink: a doctor who practices magic, sells custom-made men’s suits, battles with neighbors and hopes to make a fortune in spray-on tans. Things have gotten more complicated for the doctor in recent weeks, including accusations by a disgruntled former [...]