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Video – Washington State Psychiatrist Said Farzad Made Bomb Threat – Doesn’t Remember – “Anger Induced Blackout” He says
Psychiatrist Said Farzad KIRO Tacoma psychiatrist accused of making bomb threats speaks out May 12, 2014 TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma psychiatrist accused of threatening to blow up an insurance office said he might have made the threat, but doesn’t remember doing it because of an anger-induced blackout. Dr. Said Farzad was arrested May 6 by Bothell police after he allegedly told a representative from Molina Health Care over the phone that, "I am five minutes away from Bothell and I will bomb you when I get there. I have a gun. I want to shoot your director. [...]
Child Porn Psychiatrist wants to “treat” again
Billings Gazette Billings psychiatrist again seeks reinstatement of his medical license By Cindy Uken Psychiatrist James Peak A Billings child and adolescent psychiatrist who spent time in prison for possessing child pornography is trying yet again to get his medical license back so he can return to practice. Dr. James H. Peak has petitioned the state Board of Medical Examiners to reinstate his license when it meets Friday in Helena. Peak is expected to appear before the board, according to a spokesman for the board. Peak, 52, did not return phone calls Wednesday. Peak’s quest to get back his [...]
Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski Gets the Slammer – Sexual Misconduct
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Sentenced to Four Years For Abusing Patients By Avery Moore May 15, 2014 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski (right) “He was my support system, my parent, my confidant, my compass and my guide. He was my cheerleader,” she said as she stood before the man she had put all her trust in for over two decades. A man who sexually violated her and failed her in her time of need. “Stanley Dobrowolski, I trusted you,” the woman –one of 22 women whose names are protected under a publication ban– told her former psychiatrist in court on Thursday while [...]
Johnathan Greenfield – Psychiatrist – Grand Theft Arrest
Westbocanews.com 6 Arrests: DUI, Theft and More by Warren Redlich May 17, 2014 Excerpt: Psychiatrist Johnathan Greenfield Last, Johnathan Greenfield ... 44, was arrested early Monday by Boca PD, also for grand theft of a motor vehicle. His reported address is in Seasons of Boca Raton. We’re not sure, but it looks like he is a psychiatrist operating out of St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach with a secondary office on 441 in West Boca. He was last in the news in 2010 related to an employee accused of writing bogus prescriptions.
NY Old Geezer Psychiatrist Kiyoshi Kimura – Illegally Sold Drug to Undercover Cop
Syracuse.com Syracuse psychiatrist, 82, accused of illegally selling prescription for drug used to treat heroin addictions By Jeff Stein April 15, 2014 Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh Syracuse, N.Y. -- A Syracuse doctor has been charged with illegally selling a prescription for Suboxone, a drug often used to treat heroin addictions, according to court documents. Kiyoshi Kimura, 82, was caught selling the prescription to an undercover detective with the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office for $350 on March 3, a criminal complaint says. The complaint against Kimura was publicly filed in City Criminal Court in early April. Kimura faces the [...]
Alaska Psychiatrist Shubhranjan Ghosh Nabbed in Medicaid Fraud Case – He billed $42,500 for “services” in his office while he was traveling internationally
KTUU Anchorage Psychiatrist Accused of Medicaid Fraud Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh faces four charges for alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, including billing fake patients Austin Baird Apr 16, 2014 Psychiatrist - Shubhranjan Ghosh ANCHORAGE - One day last summer, an employee who billed patients for psychiatrist Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh allegedly noticed something strange: a series of charges associated with a “patient” who had never been inside Ghosh's Anchorage office. Prosecutors say the discovery signaled the beginning of the end to what they call a large scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid, in which Ghosh is charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor. [...]
Wife Beating Psychiatrist Empee Vithayathil banned from psychiatry for a year
Cambridge News Wife-beating Cambridge psychiatrist Empee Vithayathil barred from profession for a year by Chris Havergal April 19, 2014 A psychiatrist who repeatedly assaulted his wife, breaking her ankle on one occasion, has been banned from the profession for a year. Cambridge-based Dr Empee Vithayathil, who was described as having ruled his household “with a rod of iron”, was suspended at the conclusion of a four-day hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. The hearing heard Dr Vithayathil had been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Cambridge Crown Court last year. He was also made subject [...]
New Trial Commences for Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – Sexual Assault on Two Male “Patients”
Sun News New trial opens for psychiatrist accused of sexual assault By Kevin Martin March 3rd, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY ─ Suffering from depression, one to the point of being suicidal, two male patients were taken advantage of sexually by a prominent psychiatrist, court heard Monday. In his opening address to a Calgary jury, Crown prosecutor Dallas Sopko detailed the case he and co-counsel Shane Parker hope to lead against Dr. Aubrey Levin. Levin faces two charges of sexual assault in connection with incidents at his Calgary offices inside the Peter Lougheed Hospital. Sopko said both men were [...]
Sydney psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan Gets Prison Time – Inappropriate Touching of Young Girls
Sydney Morning Herald Ong Ming Tan jailed for abusing trust of psychiatric patients By Louise Hall March 6, 2014 Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan. Photo: Nick Moir A psychiatrist who abused the trust of four young women with eating disorders by touching them inappropriately and making sexually suggestive comments during private therapy sessions has been sentenced to at least two years jail. Ong Ming Tan, 40, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated indecent assault against four patients who were under his care for serious mental illnesses, including anorexia. The abuse occurred at a private hospital and a private clinic [...]
Top Psychiatrist Paul Strickland Pleads Guilty to Biting Wife’s Face – now under investigation by his employers
Manchester Evening News Top psychiatrist ‘ashamed’ after attacking ex-wife when she started new relationship By Amy Glendinning 18 Feb 2014 Psychiatrist Paul Strickland NHS doctor Paul Strickland, 51, launched the attack after finding out his ex-wife had started dating a mutual friend A top psychiatrist who bit his ex-wife’s face and broke her glasses after discovering she was in a new relationship is ‘ashamed’ of his actions, a court heard. NHS doctor Paul Strickland, 51, launched the attack after finding out his ex-wife had started dating a mutual friend and believed she had been ‘gloating’ about it. He has [...]