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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 [...]
Aaron Satloff, NY Psychiatrist, Will Retire on Same Day State Forces him to Cease Practicing
Democrat & Chronicle Pittsford psychiatrist disciplined over records By Patti Singer October 6, 2014 A Pittsford psychiatrist will retire the same day a state Department of Health ruling prohibits him from treating patients because of issues about records. Dr. Aaron Satloff will end his practice on Nov. 1, according to his attorney, Jules L. Smith of Blitman & King. That is the same day the department's Board for Professional Medical Conduct is precluding Satloff from "all patient contact and practice of medicine … ." "He had indicated he was retiring," Smith said. "He told (the board) he was retiring Nov. [...]
Two Psychiatrists Arrested in Murder of Another
Yucatan Times Psychiatrist’s Relatives protest outside Government Palace August 27th, 2014 Relatives and friends of Psychiatrist Enrique González Lara, who has been detained in connection with the murder of fellow psychiatrist Felipe Triay Peniche, protested outside the Government Palace on Tuesday August 26th for the direct intervention of Governor Rolando Zapata Bello, demanding his immediate release. “My husband is a person of integrity, a good father, an excellent professional … he is incapable of hurting or killing anyone, much less committing something so horrible,” said Mrs. Karina Vivas Vazquez, Lara’s wife. Lara has been detained along with fellow psychiatrist Pablo [...]
Hassan Ramadan Abdulla – Psychiatrist circumcised dozens of young boys in a filthy clinic
Leicester Mercury Psychiatrist faces being struck off for carrying out unregulated circumcisions By Merc_Reporter September 09, 2014 A doctor circumcised dozens of young boys in a filthy clinic on the first floor of a terraced house, a tribunal heard. Dr Hassan Ramadan Abdulla, 63, was not registered by the Care Quality Commission when he undertook the procedures for religious or traditional reasons at his Leicester clinic. The NHS psychiatrist, who is also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, charged parents £70 to circumcise boys at his private Al-Khalill Clinic, in the Evington area, from 2002. He admitted six [...]
Hassan Abdulla, psychiatrist who circumcised 41 boys at a “non-sterile” clinic found guilty of misconduct
BBC News Leicester illegal circumcision doctor guilty of misconduct September 11, 2014 Psychiatrist Hassan Abdulla A psychiatrist who circumcised 41 boys at a "non-sterile" clinic in a terraced house has been found guilty of misconduct. Dr Hassan Abdulla was not registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when he operated at the Al-Khalill Clinic in Leicester. He performed non-profit operations for Muslim and Jewish families who could not afford to have them done privately. Circumcisions for non-medical reasons are not offered in most NHS areas. A tribunal in Manchester was told Dr Abdulla, of Sudbrook, Lincolnshire, had applied for [...]
SHAYNA LEE – Texas Psychiatrist License Revoked – Organized Crime
Texas Medical Board ON AUGUST 29, 2014, THE BOARD ENTERED A FINAL ORDER REVOKING SHAYNA PATRICE LEE, M.D.'S TEXAS MEDICAL LICENSE. THE BOARD FOUND DR. LEE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE SECOND-DEGREE FELONY OFFENSE OF ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY REGARDING THE AGGREGATE THEFT OF MEDICAID/MEDICARE FUNDS ON JULY 23, 2012. DR. LEE ALSO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A PRIOR 2011 BOARD ORDER. THE ACTION WAS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE AT THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. THIS ORDER RESOLVES A FORMAL COMPLAINT FILED AT THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. DR. LEE HAS 20 DAYS [...]