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Reinaldo de los Heros, Maine Psychiatrist, history of discipline in other states – One mother says he was reckless in over-prescribing drugs to daughter who died. “He’s a pill mill”
Portland Press Herald Falmouth psychiatrist put on probation for way he practiced medicine By Joe Lawlor March 2, 2016 Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros The state medical board has placed a Falmouth psychiatrist on six months of probation for the way he practiced medicine leading up to the 2015 drug overdose death of one of his patients, a punishment that the patient’s mother says isn’t nearly severe enough. Elizabeth Marquis of Seabrook, New Hampshire, said Dr. Reinaldo de los Heros, who has a history of disciplinary actions in other states, should have lost his Maine medical license for over-prescribing [...]
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3607 PICKETT RDDURHAM , NC27705 (Owners Sarah H. Lisanby & Satish Anjilvel North Carolina Medical Board Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby - MD LICENSE#: 9500128 LICENSE STATUS: Active PUBLIC ACTION: No ISSUE DATE: 09/22/2010 RENEWAL DATE: 08/25/2016 New York Office: Duke Psychiatry Faculty Practice Box 3950 Duke University Medical Center NC, NY 10032 919-684-5616 Medical School: DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DURHAM NC, 1991 Graduate Medical Education: DUKE UNIV MED CTR, Start date: 07-01-1991; Completion Date:06-30-1995; Specialty: Psychiatry Organizations: Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Fellow and Past President of the International Society for ECT [...]
Maine Medical Board Criticized for Permissiveness on Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros
Portland Press Herald Maine medical board criticized for procedures in Falmouth psychiatrist case Medical ethics experts say the practice of considering a complaint against a doctor without reviewing that doctor's history undermines patient safety. By Joe Lawlor Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros Specialists in medical ethics are criticizing Maine’s medical board for choosing not to consider a Falmouth psychiatrist’s long history of sanctions when reviewing a complaint filed by the mother of a patient who committed suicide after overdosing on drugs he had prescribed. Board members decided last month to allow Dr. Reinaldo de los Heros to continue practicing [...]
Adam Osborne, English psychiatrist, loses license (in England they say “struck off”) for affair with vulnerable patient – Osborne admitted threatening his patient after she reported him to the General Medical Council
BBC Adam Osborne struck off for affair with vulnerable patient February 11, 2016 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne has been struck off the medical register after having a two-year affair with a vulnerable patient. It follows a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruling that his fitness to practise had been impaired. The 39-year-old, who is the brother of Chancellor George Osborne, had admitted an inappropriate relationship with a patient. The tribunal ruled his behaviour was "profoundly unacceptable". Dr Osborne, who was married at the time, had been treating the woman - Patient A - for depression, anxiety and chronic fatigue at his private [...]
Minu Chopra, “well renowned” English Psychiatrist, Charged with Slavery of Nanny – Faces 14 years if Convicted
Express 'Upmarket' NHS psychiatrist and engineer husband charged with 'turning au pair into slave' By Rebecca Perring & Oli Smith February 16, 2016 Psychiatrist Minu Chopra (left) A PSYCHIATRIST and her marine engineer husband - who were described as a 'decent' young family from Rochdale - have been charged with turning their 'au pair' into a slave. A 28-year-old woman was found allegedly living as a slave, Greater Manchester Police said. Officers arrested arrested Minu and Sanjeev Chopra, both 47, woman on suspicion of slavery, servitude and forced labour offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 on Thursday. The [...]
Whitney Houghton, Maine Psychiatrist, Disciplined “after an independent expert found her recordkeeping and prescribing practices did not meet the accepted standard of care”
Bangor Daily News Brunswick psychiatrist disciplined By Beth Brogan February 17, 2016 BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Brunswick psychiatrist has been disciplined by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine after an independent expert found her recordkeeping and prescribing practices did not meet the accepted standard of care. Dr. Whitney Houghton was placed on one year’s probation starting Wednesday, during which time she must transition to and maintain typewritten records that meet psychiatric standards, successfully complete a recordkeeping and charting course and provide records for the board to review, according to a release. In October 2015, Houghton completed a three-day psychopharmacology [...]
Nadir Omara, English Psychiatrist, Collapses in Court after being Convicted of Obscene Phone Calls
East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk doctor collapses in court after he is sent to prison By Chris Shimwell February 18, 2016 Nadir Omara, 48, of Sapling Place, Rushmere St Andrew, denied he drunkenly distressed two female colleagues at the Abbeycare addiction treatment centre, near Newmarket, with “sexually implicit” phone calls. However, the consultant psychiatrist was convicted on both counts of sending indecent communications at his trial in January. “The calls were overtly sexual and disturbing, with specific sexual language,” said chairman of the magistrates Stuart Roy yesterday, sentencing at Bury St Edmunds magistrates’ court. Upon hearing he would be jailed, [...]