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Gerald Powell, Ottawa psychiatrist – incompetent per Discipline Committee
Ottawa Sun Ottawa psychiatrist faces new disciplinary hearing in January after prior suspension By Don Butler December 28, 2016 339 Gilmour St., Ottawa, ON, Canada Ottawa psychiatrist Gerald Powell is facing another hearing next month before the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, less than three years after his licence was suspended for nine months for romantic relationships with two former patients. At the Jan. 10 hearing, Powell will face allegations from the college’s inquiries, complaints and reports committee that he engaged in “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct” with respect to boundary issues with [...]
Japan to Punish 95 Psychiatrists for Illegally Obtaining Licenses – Many of the psychiatrists include heads of hospital psychiatric departments and owners of clinics
The Mainichi Ministry to punish 95 doctors over illicit acquisition of designated psychiatrist's licenses December 31, 2016 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version Executives of St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital bow in apology during a news conference in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 15. (The Asahi Shimbun) The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is expected to punish 95 doctors for illicitly obtaining and helping others obtain specially designated psychiatrist's licenses, and temporarily suspend most of them from practicing medicine in a move that could adversely affect regional health services. Eighty-nine of the doctors had their specially designated psychiatrist's [...]
Kenneth Pages
Numbers show link between drug company payments and how doctors write prescriptions Kathleen McGroryKathleen McGrory, Times Staff Writer March 17, 2016 Excerpt: ProPublica, based in New York City, describes itself as "an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest." Its analysis looked at about 150,000 doctors in five specialties: cardiovascular disease, family medicine, internal medicine, ophthalmology and psychiatry. More than 9,400 Florida doctors were included. Overall, the analysis found that doctors who received any type of compensation from the industry — even meals alone — were at least two times as likely to prescribe brand-name drugs [...]
London (Canada) Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski, Convicted Sex Offender, Now out on the Street
London Free Press Abusive ex-doc gets parole; Stanley Dobrowolski, jailed for 18 voyeurism, assault convictions in 2014, granted release from prison last month January 6, 2017 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski The sex offending, disgraced former London psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski is out of prison and on parole. Parole documents show after serving more than half of his four-year sentence behind bars, Dobrowolski was granted statutory release Dec. 21. As part of his release, he's prohibited from having any contact with his victims or their families, giving medical or psychiatric advice and having or accessing pornography. His release comes six months [...]
Perth Child Psychiatrist guilty of filming boys at urinals
PerthNow Perth child psychiatrist Aaron Voon admits to child pornography charges December 1, 2016 Perth child psychiatrist Aaron Voon A PERTH child psychiatrist arrested in Canada in May accused of filming a boy in a public toilet has pleaded guilty to a string of child pornography charges. Dr Aaron Szen Yang Voon, 41, pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court to nine separate charges, including filming boys at urinals and producing and possessing child pornography material in four countries: Canada, the US, New Zealand and Australia. He replied "guilty, your honour" nine times as magistrate Joe Chicchini read out charges [...]
Josip Pasic, Chicago Psychiatrist – License Suspended – Overprescribed Drugs and Sexually Molested Patients
abc7chicago.com REGULATORS: DOCTOR MOLESTED PATIENTS, OVERPRESCRIBED DRUGS December 15, 2016 CHICAGO -- Regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a Chicago psychiatrist accused of overprescribing narcotics and sexually molesting mentally ill patients. Dr. Josip Pasic engaged in sexual conduct with mentally ill patients to whom he also prescribed opioid painkillers and other drugs, according to an emergency order signed by Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's acting director, Jessica Baer. One patient, a recovering drug addict, told investigators he endured the doctor touching his groin because he needed his medication and it was difficult to find a doctor who [...]
Delia Podea, Romanian Psychiatrist, detained for 24 hours for bribery, forgery, and abuse of office
Romania-Insider.com New scandal in the Romanian health sector: Psychiatrists accused of using patients as guinea pigs By Irina Popescu June 1, 2016 Psychiatrist Delia Podea The Romanian authorities discover new problems in the local health sector each day. After the huge scandal around the diluted disinfectants used din hospitals for years and the case in which 77 oncologists have been charged with bribery, the prosecutors now investigate dozens of psychiatrists who allegedly used patients as guinea pigs. More than 250 patients admitted to hospitals and medical centers from nearly half of the country allegedly have become victims of the [...]
Avi Mitra, Connecticut Psychiatrist – restricted by Department of Public Health to protect the public
Connecticut med board revokes 1 doctor’s license; declines to lift order on Hamden psychiatrist By Kate Farrish, Conn. Health I-Team Writer November 16, 2016 Excerpt... Psychiatrist Avi Mitra The board also refused to lift state orders that Dr. Avijit Mitra, a Hamden psychiatrist, be barred from prescribing controlled substances for himself and his wife and that he be permanently restricted from prescribing Suboxone to anyone. Suboxone is used to treat drug addiction. His lawyer, Penny Q. Seaman of New Haven, who had asked the board to lift the state restrictions, said that it is keeping the board of Adult [...]
Thomas Newmark, Cherry Hill psychiatrist, Investigated for Prescribing Dangerous Drugs – Surrenders License
Courier Post South Jersey doc gives up license amid drug probe By Kim Mulford November 7, 2016 Psychiatrist Thomas Newmark NEWARK - The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners has filed disciplinary actions against a South Jersey doctor for allegedly prescribing highly addictive narcotics to patients without a legitimate medical purpose, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced Monday. Dr. Thomas Newmark, a Cherry Hill psychiatrist, agreed to permanently surrender his medical license after investigators alleged he "indiscriminately prescribed controlled dangerous substances" to his patients. The board began looking into Newmark's record after [...]
Aaron Szen Voon, Australian Child Psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty – police found 409 photos of boys urinating in public washrooms on a computer seized from Voon
Global News Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon to face Edmonton porn charges in Australian court By Slav Kornik November 9, 2016 Psychiatrist Aaron-Szen-Voon ignores questions from reporter A child psychiatrist accused of making child pornography at West Edmonton Mall has agreed to plead guilty in Australia, where he faces similar charges. “The accused will face both the charges stemming from Alberta and the charges from his time in Australia,” Alberta Justice and Solicitor General spokesperson Dan Laville said in a statement. “If the accused does not plead guilty to Alberta’s charges, the Crown can still consider bringing him back [...]