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Anthony Slowiaczek, Green Hills psychiatrist, “engaging in sexual relationship with a ‘vulnerable female’ patient” – guilty of professional misconduct
Maitland Mercury Former Green Hills psychiatrist disqualified over affair with patient By Meg Francis August 14, 2019 A former Green Hills psychiatrist has been found guilty of professional misconduct, and disqualified after engaging in sexual relationship with a "vulnerable female" patient. NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found Anthony Slowiaczek guilty of professional misconduct for the "improper and sexual relation" with a female patient, identified as Patient A, between 2012 and 2016. Dr Slowiaczek was a specialist psychiatrist practising at the Maitland Specialist Centre, attached to the Maitland Private Hospital. Patient A had a history of childhood sexual abuse and sexual [...]
Aliveni Ramanujam, UK Psychiatrist, struck off for serious misconduct
Times & Star Failings that led to the downfall of Mind in West Cumbria By Lucy Jenkinson August 26, 2019 Psychiatrist Aliveni Ramanujam The true extent of failings within a West Cumbrian mental health charity which has been forced to close have now been revealed. A child sex offender and a shamed former doctor who had been struck off by the General Medical Council were among those involved with Mind in West Cumbria. It has also been claimed that complaints were not dealt with appropriately by the charity’s former chairman Dr Brian Campbell. Lee Visick of Workington, a [...]
UK Psychiatrist Aliveni Ramanujam copied material from Wikipedia to gain qualification
Shamed Birmingham medic copied material from Wikipedia to gain qualification By Jonny Greatrex June 26, 2012 :46, 24 OCT 2012 Psychiatrist Aliveni Ramanujam A PSYCHIATRIST copied material from Wikipedia and stole ideas from a student’s academic paper to gain the professional qualification she so badly wanted. Shamed medic Aliveni Ramanujam was suspended after being caught out TWICE while doing a distance learning course at the University of Gloucestershire. Dr Ramanujam, who worked with mental health patients in Birmingham and Solihull, was called in by her tutors who were concerned by the shoddy essay she submitted. They warned her [...]
Opelika psychiatrist James Edwards subject of lengthy investigation – arrested for overprescribing drugs
Opelika-Auburn News Opelika psychiatrist was under investigation for more than a year By Sara Palczewski July 15, 2019 The Opelika psychiatrist facing federal drug charges previously was punished by the state medical examiners board for excessively dispensing stimulant medication, according to records obtained by the Opelika-Auburn News. Dr. James Edwards III was being investigated by the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners for more than a year prior to his arrest in connection to over-prescribing stimulant medications, according to a May 2018 "Order to Show Cause" filed by the board. Edwards was arrested Thursday and is charged with unlawful distribution of [...]
Lee Altman, Stoughton psychiatrist, office raided by Federal Drug Agents
WCVB5 Authorities search Stoughton psychiatrist's office as part of prescription probe Former patient's mother had complained of Dr. Lee Altman's prescribing practices By Kathy Curran 5 Investigates Reporter July 17, 2019 Psychiatrist Lee Altman STOUGHTON, Mass. — Federal drug agents raided the office of a Stoughton psychiatrist Wednesday as part of an investigation into his prescription writing practices. Sources tell 5 Investigates that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Enforcement Administration is looking into Dr. Lee Altman's prescription practices, possible over-prescribing and the way he does business. Dr. Altman talks with agents searching his Stoughton office on Wednesday. Dr. Altman [...]
Isle of Man Psychiatrist Timothy Byrne has hearing on allegations of sexual misconduct in November 2019
Manx Radio Dr Timothy Byrne tribunal to continue in November July 22nd, 2019 Mental health boss accused of sexual misconduct Isle of Man Psychiatrist Timothy Byrne An investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Dr Timothy Byrne, of Noble's Hospital, will recommence in November. The Clinical Director of Mental Health Services appeared before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester from 8-18 July, but the hearing was adjourned. The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that between 2007 and 2016, Dr Byrne engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a patient, whilst acting as their treating psychiatrist or care [...]
NY Psych Xingjia Cui gets prison time for Defrauding Insurance Companies
WHAM Former VA psychiatrist convicted of defrauding insurance companies sentenced to prison by WHAM July 22, 2019 NY Psych Xingjia Cui Rochester, N.Y./Canandaigua, N.Y. – A Pittsford man convicted healthcare and tax fraud will serve a year in prison. Dr. Xingjia Cui, 56, has also been ordered to pay more than $597,000 in restitution. Cui was employed at the Canandaigua Veterans Administration Medical Center, and also had a private practice. Prosecutors say he billed insurance companies for services he did not actually provide. Between January 2013 and October 2015, they say he defrauded insurance companies of nearly $80,000. [...]
John Halkias, Queens Psychiatrist, “state oversight board” … “forbid him from treating women”
New York Post Queens shrink accused of stealing valuable family heirloom from former patient By Melissa Klein July 27, 2019 Psychiatrist John Halkias A Queens psychiatrist with boundary issues has refused for three decades to return a famed photograph, according to its owner who says she gave it to the doc only temporarily for safe keeping. Ruby Claudia York said she was going through a rough time in 1985 and, after a suicide attempt, landed in Metropolitan Hospital where Dr. John Halkias treated her. After she was discharged, York said she was about to rent a room in [...]
Queens Psychiatrist John Halkias – in hot water again
New York Post State orders shrink to treat only men after violating ‘boundaries’ Women will no longer be allowed on this shrink’s couch. By Melissa Klein October 23, 2016 Psychiatrist John Halkias Dr. John Halkias, who practices in Queens, is forbidden from treating female patients, a unique punishment handed down by the state Office of Professional Medical Conduct. The state charged the psychiatrist “violated professional boundaries . . . on more than one occasion” with a patient he treated in 2012 and early 2013, records show. Halkias, 61, reached a consent agreement with the OPMC, the state Health [...]
Richard Thompkins, Adelaide Psychiatrist, suspended for having sex with patient
The Advertiser Psychiatrist Dr Richard Birrell Thompkins suspended for a year for having sex with patient By Mitch Mott July 28, 2019 An Adelaide psychiatrist has been banned from taking on new female patients and suspended for a year after continuing to treat and prescribe drugs to a vulnerable woman who he was in a sexual relationship with. Dr Richard Birrell Thompkins also prescribed the woman, who suffered from severe mental illness and was addicted to medication, highly addictive benzodiazepines. He continued to prescribe the drugs to her even when a specialist doctor recommended she be admitted to hospital and [...]