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Christopher Doyle, Ontario Psychiatrist, in Hot Water – “inability to maintain a strict doctor-patient relationship”
Waterloo Region Record Cambridge doctor faces hearing by Johanna Weidner Jul 05, 2017 Ontario Psychiatrist Christopher Doyle CAMBRIDGE — A Cambridge psychiatrist is again facing allegations of professional misconduct. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario will hold a hearing to decide if Dr. Christopher Doyle committed acts of professional misconduct and if he's incompetent. A date has not yet been set. Doyle has taken a leave of absence from Cambridge Memorial Hospital while the matter is before the college. Doyle was hired by Cambridge Memorial in 2010, less than a year after being disciplined by the college [...]
John Stevens, English Psychiatrist, initially reluctant to help ill passenger on flight – then billed American Airlines four hours for his time
ILL British Medical Journal Doctor demands payment for helping airline passenger By Clare Dyer September 12, 1998 Psychiatrist John Stevens A doctor who answered an emergency call on a transatlantic flight will break new legal ground next month when he goes to court in a bid to force the airline to pay for his services. John Stevens, a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, was returning with his family from a holiday in California in January 1997 when the call for a doctor went out over the American Airlines jet’s public address system. Dr Stevens, who divides his time between Springfield [...]
Omar Hasan, WV Psychiatrist, found not credible by Board of Medicine after denying sexual relationship with patient
Register-Herald Beckley psychiatrist's license suspended due to inappropriate patient relationship By Wendy Holdren June 26, 2017 Psychiatrist Omar Hasan The West Virginia Board of Medicine has suspended for one year the license of a Beckley psychiatrist due to an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former patient. Dr. Omar Khalid Hasan of Raleigh Psychiatric Services denied the allegations, but after reviewing testimony presented at a four-day hearing, the board found “clear and convincing evidence” of the relationship. The board found that Hasan departed from the standards of acceptable medical practice in regard to his outside-the-office communications with the patient and [...]
Shoichiro Kaneko, Japanese Psychiatrist, Gets 5 year prison term – negligent in plowing his car into 5 people, killing one
The Mainichi Doctor handed 5-year prison term after epileptic fit led to fatal car crash June 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Shoichiro Kaneko A doctor who plowed his car into pedestrians in downtown Tokyo in 2015 after suffering an epileptic fit, killing one of them and injuring four others, was handed a five-year prison term on June 27. The Tokyo District Court convicted the defendant, 55-year-old Shoichiro Kaneko, of dangerous driving resulting in death and injury under the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Injury or Death on Others by Driving a Vehicle. Prosecutors had demanded that Kaneko be imprisoned for [...]
Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk of Chicago Fined $100,000 – Immigration Fraud
LAW360 Doc Giving Citizenship Test Waiver Gets Probation, $100K Fine By Jessica Corso May 22, 2017 Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced to three years probation and a $100,000 fine Monday by a judge who questioned why it took the federal government so long to indict him for trying to procure a U.S. citizenship test waiver for at least one immigrant patient. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said at a hearing Monday that three years of probation without home confinement was “sufficient but not greater than necessary” to punish Marek Walczyk for signing off on a waiver [...]
Faruk Abuzzahab, 85-year-old Minnesota Psychiatrist, “surrounded by controversy and complaints for decades”
Minneapolis WCCO Investigation Into Man’s Death Reveals Depth Of Minnesota’s Prescription Drug Problem By Liz Collin May 30, 2017 Psychiatrist Faruk Abuzzahab A Twin Cities family wants answers after they believe a psychiatrist went too far in prescribing medications to their son and brother. Mike Arens died 18 months ago. WCCO found the doctor writing his prescriptions has been in trouble before. WCCO investigates the psychiatrist who’s been on the state’s radar for decades and the upcoming changes to better track what medications Minnesotans take. Known for his generosity and signature smile, Mike Arens grew up the middle boy [...]
Henrik Day Poulsen, Controversial Danish Psychiatrist, gets massive criticism for “careless treatment of patients”
Translation provided by Ulrik Pedersen Avisen DK By Freja Wedenborg January 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen The controversial psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen is receiving criticism from the health care Disciplinary Board, which evaluates the complaint cases in health care. In one case he diagnosed a patient with paranoid schizophrenia after just one and a half hour consultation. This is the conclusion from the Board's decision in the complaint case, which has been publicised on the website www.sundhed.dk. Inadequate basis "it is the Disciplinary Committee's assessment that the diagnosis was made on an inadequate basis, because a conversation of [...]
Temitope Oluwagbemisola Ademola, Scottish Psychiatrist, convicted of assaulting patient , kicking her and covering her mouth to stop breathing
The Press and Journal NHS Grampian doctor suspended for assaulting disabled patient By Jon Hebditch June 8, 2017 Royal Cornhill Psychiatric Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland A former NHS Grampian doctor has been suspended after assaulting and threatening a disabled patient. Dr Temitope Oluwagbemisola Ademola has been disciplined by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) following her actions at Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen in December 2014 and January 2015. Dr Ademola was convicted in November, 2015 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court of assaulting a patient, known only as patient A, at the Bracken ward of the hospital – by kicking her on [...]
Jason Hui-Tek Yang, California Psychiatrist, convicted for involvement in insurance fraud
Business Insurance By Joyce Famakinwa June 8, 2017 The California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation said Wednesday it has suspended Pasadena, California-based psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in California’s workers compensation system. Dr. Yang was convicted in Riverside County Superior Court for his involvement in an insurance fraud conspiracy that involved referring patients for unnecessary care to justify workers comp billing, the California Department of Industrial Relations said in a statement. Dr. Yang has more than 2000 active workers comp liens with an estimated total claim value of more than $13.7 million, according to [...]