MEDIA
Robert Browne, Hawaiian Psychiatrist, Accused of Sexual Abuse of 26 school children
ABC News Lawsuit Claims Kamehameha Schools' Psychiatrist Molested 26 By Marina Riker January 19, 2016 HONOLULU - Twenty-six former students alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that they were repeatedly sexually abused by a now-deceased psychiatrist at a private school for Native Hawaiians. The plaintiffs are suing Kamehameha Schools and the estate of psychiatrist Robert Browne, who they say molested them during therapy sessions between 1958 and 1985. Kamehameha Schools required each student to undergo therapy, took them to Browne's office and paid for the services, according to the lawsuit. Kamehameha Schools has known about the allegations for the last [...]
Mark Buzzard, Michigan Psychiatrist, arrested – main player in illegal pill mill operation
Monroe News Doctor accused in drug ring By Ray Kisonas December 22, 2015 Psychiatrist Mark Buzzard A physician illegally prescribed more than 2 million narcotic pills during a three-year period in a multi-state, $13 million drug operation that had been overseen by a Monroe man, according to federal documents released today. Federal authorities named Dr. Mark Buzzard, a West Bloomfield psychiatrist, as a main player in the operation allegedly masterminded by Joseph J. Roe, the Monroe man who remains in federal custody in Detroit on drug distribution charges. In the 19-page indictment, Dr. Buzzard and six others were named [...]
Kiyoshi Kimura, Syracuse NY Geezer Psychiatrist – Convicted of Drug Violation – State Slams Door on His Career
Post Standard 84-year-old Syracuse doctor, convicted on drug charge, barred from practicing By James T. Mulder January 04, 2016 Psychiatrist Kiyoshi Kimura SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An 84-year-old Syracuse psychiatrist accused of illegally selling a prescription to an undercover detective has been barred by the state from practicing medicine. Kiyoshi Kimura was charged in 2014 with selling a prescription for Suboxone, a drug used to treat heroin addicts, for $350 to an Onondaga County Sheriff's Office detective. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2014, to criminal possession of a controlled substance and willful violation of state health laws, both misdemeanors. [...]
Kwabena Agyei Akuffo-Akoto, New Brunswick Psychiatrist, manipulated patient into sexual acts and threatened to institutionalize her if she exposed his wrongdoing. The patient won a $600,000 judgment. Akuffo-Akota then fled Canada to England. Patient now unable to collect on judgment.
CBCNews Sexual abuse victim loses court fight against doctor's association Court rules association doesn't have to pay damages for N.B. doctor who fled country January 05, 2016 Psychiatrist Kwabena Akuffo-Akoto Shirley Shannon, a New Brunswick woman who was sexually abused by her doctor and then denied money from a fund that compensates patients harmed by negligent medical care, has lost her court fight to force the fund to pay. But Eugene Mockler, who is Shannon's lawyer, says the ruling means New Brunswick doctors do not have the insurance coverage they, their patients and the province think they do. "If [...]
Muhammed Jedaar, South African Psychiatrist Guilty of Sex with Patient – Loses License
Cape Argus (South Africa) December 15, 2015 Psychiatrist loses licence for 'having sex with patient' A CAPE Town psychiatrist has been struck off the roll of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) after he allegedly had sex with a patient. The council has confirmed that Dr Muhammed Ashraf Jedaar - who had a private practice in Wynberg - had since stopped practising and had been removed from the register a year ago after he was found guilty of "unprofessional conduct of a disgraceful nature". Jedaar, who was registered with the Medical and Dental Board is, however, appealing his [...]
Italian Psychiatrist “L.D.” flipped out, brandished fire extinguisher among colleagues
ANSA Psychiatrist suffers psychotic episode 34-year-old man brandished fire extinguisher among colleagues December 9, 2015 (ANSA) - Milan, December 9 - A psychiatrist sparked fear at a hospital in Milan where he worked after he was found roaming the corridors brandishing a fire extinguisher and speaking incoherently, ANSA learned Wednesday. The 34-year-old man, known only as L.D. under Italian privacy law, is believed to have suffered a psychotic episode after he turned up at Pio Albergo Trivulzio hospital at around 10pm on Monday. Although it was not his shift, the psychiatrist, who lives in Pavia, 35km south of Milan, entered [...]
Duttala Reddy, Illinois psychiatrist, license suspended two years, engaged in “boundary violations” with a patient
State Journal-Register By Dean Olsen December 3, 2015 PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATES OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS1124 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703 Dr. Duttala Obula Reddy, a psychiatrist from Chatham, was suspended from the practice of medicine for at least two years, retroactive to Dec. 30, for engaging in a "boundary violation" with a patient of his practice. The suspension was connected with Reddy's temporary suspension in January while he was working at Psychiatric Associates of Central Illinois, 1124 S. Sixth St., Springfield. The January temporary suspension, as well as the recent suspension, involved Reddy's alleged sexual misconduct with a patient [...]