The Associated Press
State Revokes Tsavaris’ Medical License
By Ken Klein
October 11, 1982
Psychiatrist Louis Tsavaris
Dr. Louis J. Tsavaris was barred from practicing medicine by the Florida Board of Medical Examiners at its meeting in Bal Harbour over the weekend.
Last year, Tsavaris was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury found him guilty in the death of Cassandra “Sally” Burton, who died in 1975. Tsavaris is being held at Avon Park Correctional Institution, his lawyer said.
Ms. Burton became one of Tsavaris’ patients in 1974, state records show. He denied killing Ms. Burton, who was found in her apartment with a telephone cord around her neck.
Frank Ragano, a Tampa trial lawyer representing Tsavaris, said the doctor is appealing the manslaughter conviction to the Florida Supreme Court. The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland has affirmed the conviction, the defense lawyer said.
Tsavaris was licensed to practice medicine in Florida 26 years ago. He started a psychiatry practice in Tampa in 1962.
Professional charges against Tsavaris included allegations that he had improper sexual activities with Ms. Burton in the mid-1970s and another female client in 1968.
However, the medical-examiner board adopted a state hearing officer’s report that dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct due to lack of evidence.
Tsavaris denied having sex with Ms. Burton, who had had an abortion shortly before she died.