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John Rigano, Psychiatrist, convicted of sexually harassing underage boys, deported
Daily Telegraph Qld sex offender found in Bali school By Gabrielle Dunlevy November 27, 2014 An Australian man with prior convictions for improper dealings with children has been caught teaching English classes in Bali and will be deported, authorities say. John Peter Domenic Rigano, 65, was caught teaching English in Kuta earlier this month in a sweep by immigration officers. In 2009, Rigano, who was then a psychiatrist, was sentenced in the Cairns District Court to nine months' jail, for indecently touching a teenage boy who was being treated for anxiety. Bali authorities found Rigano was misusing a multiple entry [...]
John Neale, Psychiatrist for 50 years, Sentenced to 40 years in Prison for Child Sex Crimes
Forsyth County News Psychiatrist convicted of child sex crimes By Kayla Robins October 19, 2014 John Neale psychiatrist FORSYTH COUNTY — A Tennessee doctor accused of sex crimes against a minor in Forsyth County was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. According to court records, John C. Neale was convicted of three counts of child molestation that involved a 6-year-old female relative. The well-known psychiatrist from Johnson City, Tenn., was 74 at the time of his arrest in November 2012, according to an article in The Johnson City Press. “Once he was caught, other people came forward with [...]
Psychiatrist Ron Rubin: “I’m confused. I don’t get it”
AOL Doctor accused of smoking pot with patients defends reputation October 20, 2014 Psychiatrist Ron Rubin MILWAUKEE (WITI) - Smoking pot with patients - prescribing dangerous amounts of prescription drugs - even treating underage girls without their parents' consent. Those are the accusations which landed psychiatrist Dr. Ron Rubin in hot water earlier this year. Now his medical license has been "suspended indefinitely," and he's defending himself in an exclusive interview with FOX6 Investigator Meghan Dwyer. "I didn't steal money, I didn't sleep with any patients, I didn't act unethically," he says. "I signed an agreement so I could [...]
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Robert Fleury, psychiatrist, suspended for dating ex-patient
Daily Journal Psychiatrist agrees to suspension for dating ex-patient October 21, 2014 By Matt Harrelson Psychiatrist Robert Fleury PINEHURST — A psychologist (sic) who practices in Richmond and Moore counties has agreed to a 90-day suspension of his license and will pay a $10,000 fine after dating a woman he had previously treated for depression. Dr. Robert A. Fleury of Carolina Behavioral Care in Pinehurst will have his license to practice medicine suspended from Dec. 1 to March 1, according to a consent order between Fluery and the North Carolina Medical Board. He is responsible for paying the fine [...]
Psych Aubrey Levin’s appeal of 3 sexual assault convictions – DENIED
Westman Journal Top court refuses to hear appeal from Calgary psychiatrist convicted of sex assault The Canadian Press October 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut the door on a psychiatrist's request to appeal three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin of Calgary was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. He had asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his convictions, but that request has been denied. As always, the top court did not give reasons [...]
Psychiatrist Waldo Ellison Gives Up License After Patient Committed Suicide
The Virginian-Pilot Va. Beach psychiatrist's license to be suspended Sat. By Elizabeth Simpson October 27, 2014 The medical license of a psychiatrist who played a leading role in the treatment of a Virginia Beach man who committed suicide in 2011 will be suspended by the Virginia Board of Medicine on Saturday. Virginia Beach psychiatrist Dr. Waldo Ellison informed the board he was retiring on that date. He had appeared in an informal hearing of a board committee in September on allegations that he had violated his duty as a doctor by failing to properly diagnose attention deficit disorders and monitor [...]
Kim Street, Psychiatrist, All Screwed Up – Drug addiction and ‘‘bizarre’’ treatments
New Castle Herald What's up Doc: The psychiatrist, the drug addiction and the job offer By GABRIEL WINGATE-PEARSE Oct. 31, 2014 A HUNTER hospital offered a job in its psychiatric emergency unit to a doctor who had been deregistered over his lengthy drug addiction and ‘‘bizarre’’ treatments. While addicted to psychostimulants, Dr Kim Street had painted the walls of his surgery black, was unable to pay bills, and exposed patients to experimental drug therapies without their knowledge. He prescribed the wrong drugs to pregnant women and elderly patients, as well as patients with a history of psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder [...]
Psychiatrist Said Farzad – “Homicidal”, in Hot Water – Threatened to Shoot Up Insurance Office with Machine Guns, Bombs
HeraldNet Suspended psychiatrist accused of making disturbing, aggressive calls By Diana Hefley October 2, 2014 Psychiatrist Said Farzad EVERETT — A psychiatrist whose license was suspended earlier this year now is being prosecuted for allegedly making threats to shoot up a Bothell health insurance office. Said Farzad is fighting the suspension of his medical license and filed an appeal last week in Pierce County Superior Court. Farzad, 63, also must now defend against a telephone harassment charge, a felony. The charge stems from allegations the Gig Harbor man made a series of disturbing phone calls to Molina Healthcare in [...]
Amarjit Singh Bedi – Psychiatrist Diagnosed Woman with Elephantitis
Scotsman Psychiatrist facing sack after prescribing Viagra By Laura Paterson August 26, 2014 A STAND-IN psychiatrist faces being struck off after a disciplinary body found he had advised that sex hormones and Viagra should be prescribed to several patients without carrying out proper assessments. Locum psychiatrist Dr Amarjit Singh Bedi also diagnosed a patient with the tropical body-swelling disease elephantitis despite the fact that she had never been to a country where she could have caught it, the medical tribunal hearing heard. While working for NHS Lanarkshire between 2010 and 2011, Dr Bedi failed to screen for serious conditions such [...]