BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
John Christensen, Vancouver Psychiatrist – quadriplegia doesn’t stop his sexual misconduct
CBC Lawsuits claim Vancouver psychiatrist deceived care aides into sexual acts B.C. Supreme Court suits claim Dr. John Allan James Christensen hired women as home care aides By Jason Proctor May 11, 2018 Psychiatrist John Christensen Six women who claim they were employed as personal care aides are suing a disabled Vancouver psychiatrist for allegedly deceiving them into giving him sexual gratification. The women all filed lawsuits in B.C. Supreme Court last week against Dr. John Allan James Christensen. According to their notices of civil claim, Christensen is a quadriplegic "and hires personal care aides in order to assist [...]
Marco Chavez, San Diego psychiatrist, Drunk while “practicing” – license suspended
KGTV San Diego doctor's license suspended for reportedly practicing while intoxicated By Zac Self May 8, 2018 Psychiatrist Marco Chavez SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- A San Diego psychiatrist no longer has a license after authorities say he was intoxicated while practicing. According to the Medical Board of California, Marco Antonio Chavez’s license was suspended following an investigation. The investigation began after authorities say a patient reported that Chavez sent him a box of medication in 2017 that contained an empty vodka bottle. During one of several office visits, an investigator said Chavez appeared to be intoxicated. Documents show [...]
James Lincoln Duffy, NY Psychiatrist, Medical Director, under investigation for misconduct, surrendered license – failed to tell Putnam Hospital Center
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY) Hospital not told of license surrender By Melissa Klein May 17, 2002 CARMEL - When Dr. James Lincoln Duffy resigned as medical director of Putnam Hospital Center earlier this month, he told hospital officials he was leaving for personal reasons. Duffy, who was known as "Linc," did not say he had been under investigation by a state medical oversight board for misconduct and had agreed to surrender his medical license. "We were completely unaware of this," Marje Schneider, a hospital spokeswoman, said yesterday. Schneider said hospital officials learned of the allegations against Duffy last [...]
Brian Barash, Kansas Psychiatrist – sued for malpractice 13 times in Illinois
Kansas City Star HEALTH CARE Doc was sued for malpractice 13 times in Illinois. He's in 'good standing' in Missouri By Andy Marso March 25, 2018 Excerpt: Psychiatrist Brian Barash In the case of Gladstone psychiatrist Brian Barash, The Star found that his Kansas license page has no information at all about a public reprimand he got from the Missouri board in 2006. The Missouri licensing board found that in the early 2000s, Barash pre-signed blank prescription forms for patients being seen by an advanced practice nurse who worked with him at Comprehensive Psychiatric Associates. One of those patients [...]
Subramanyam Rajagopal, Nebraska Psychiatrist, mentally (paranoia) and physically unfit – shoots 5 times, wounding himself 4 times in police standoff
Lincoln Journal Star Grand jury to investigate death of Lincoln psychiatrist in weekend standoff near Nebraska 2 Riley Johnson March 26, 2018 Psychiatrist Subramanyam Rajagopal A grand jury will investigate the death of a 62-year-old psychiatrist found inside his south Lincoln home following a standoff with a police SWAT team over the weekend. Dr. Subramanyam Rajagopal died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his home at 4001 Gertie Ave. late Saturday, according to a Lincoln police report. Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister didn't identify Rajagopal during a news conference on the standoff Monday morning, but provided additional details into the [...]
Christopher Rowland, Massachusetts Psychiatrist – sentenced to home confinement – prescribed drugs to addicts – one died of an overdose
The Boston Globe Psychiatrist gets 1-year sentence By Judy Rakowsky November 22, 1996 Psychiatrist Christopher Rowland A Jamaica Plain psychiatrist was sentenced to a year's home confinement yesterday after admitting he prescribed addictive medication to drug-dependent patients, one of whom died of an overdose of heroin and tranquilizers within days of filling his last prescription. Christopher V. Rowland, 62, pleaded guilty in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham to writing illegal prescriptions and also agreed to forfeit his medical license. But relatives of James Romano, who had asked the Board of Registration in Medicine to stop Rowland from writing him [...]
Patricia Stamm, San Anselmo psychiatrist, prescribed more than 100 tablets a day of addictive painkillers to a woman later found disoriented in the middle of the street
Pacific Sun (Mill Valley, California) Bitter pills for San Rafael shrink - Psychiatrist gets painful lesson about prescribing painkillers By Ronnie Cohen July 30, 2010 - August 5, 2010 Psychiatrist Patricia Stamm The state medical board has placed a San Rafael psychiatrist on probation and ordered her to study ethics and prescribing practices after she allegedly prescribed more than 100 tablets a day of addictive painkillers to a woman later found disoriented in the middle of the street. Dr. Patricia Stamm faced losing her license to practice medicine in connection with her treatment of the 54-year-old woman who wound [...]
Russell Ferstandig, New Jersey Psychiatrist – patient claims Ferstandig sent him out to buy cocaine
The New York Times RICHARDSON ACCUSES DOCTOR May 7, 1987 Psychiatrist Russell Ferstandig Michael Ray Richardson, the talented but troubled playmaker who was suspended from the National Basketball Association because of repeated cocaine use, charged yesterday that a New Jersey psychiatrist treating him for addiction last year once sent him out to buy cocaine. ''He sent me to get the drug for lab purposes,'' Richardson said at a news conference called to announce a malpractice suit against Dr. Russell Ferstandig. ''He said he wanted to see what I was smoking and how he could treat me.'' Richardson, who says [...]
Korean Psych Kim Hyun Chul may be losing his license – diagnosed celeb without meeting face to face
allkpop Psychiatrist who publicly diagnosed Yoo Ah In with hypomania may be losing his license By jennywill March 12, 2018 Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul, who previously came under fire for publicly diagnosing actor Yoo Ah In of hypomania based solely on the actor's SNS activity, will be expelled from the Korean NeuroPsychiatric Association (KNPA). After Yoo Ah In became furious with the doctor, the doctor had tried to excuse himself by saying "But I did not become licensed so I could 'Stay put'. To me, it is a duty." He had ultimately deleted and apologized [...]
Eugene Dordoye, Ghana Psychiatrist – removed as head of Ankaful Psychiatry hospital – Workers rejoice
Ghana Guardian Ankaful hospital workers pleased with Medical Director's removal February 19, 2018 Psychiatrist Eugene Dordoye Workers at the Ankaful Psychiatry hospital in the Central Region have jumped to the happy news after the removal of the Medical Director Dr Eugene Dordoye. The staff at the hospital have complained bitterly about the kind of relations they get from Dr Dordoye, stating how negatively he interacts with them. They had gone on strike to protest for the removal of Dr Dordoye. Te Public Relations Officer (PRO), Emmanuel Ofori has said that they will have peace of mind to focus and [...]