MEDIA
Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski Gets the Slammer – Sexual Misconduct
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Sentenced to Four Years For Abusing Patients By Avery Moore May 15, 2014 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski (right) “He was my support system, my parent, my confidant, my compass and my guide. He was my cheerleader,” she said as she stood before the man she had put all her trust in for over two decades. A man who sexually violated her and failed her in her time of need. “Stanley Dobrowolski, I trusted you,” the woman –one of 22 women whose names are protected under a publication ban– told her former psychiatrist in court on Thursday while [...]
Johnathan Greenfield – Psychiatrist – Grand Theft Arrest
Westbocanews.com 6 Arrests: DUI, Theft and More by Warren Redlich May 17, 2014 Excerpt: Psychiatrist Johnathan Greenfield Last, Johnathan Greenfield ... 44, was arrested early Monday by Boca PD, also for grand theft of a motor vehicle. His reported address is in Seasons of Boca Raton. We’re not sure, but it looks like he is a psychiatrist operating out of St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach with a secondary office on 441 in West Boca. He was last in the news in 2010 related to an employee accused of writing bogus prescriptions.
Extremist Psychiatrist Imran Waheed wants men and women segregated in public places
The Telegraph 'Extremist’ working as psychiatrist for NHS By Patrick Sawer and Ben Lazarus Apr 6, 2014 Psychiatrist Imran Waheed A British doctor responsible for the care of some of the country’s most vulnerable people can today be exposed as a senior leader of a radical Islamist party banned in several countries. Dr Imran Waheed is a consultant psychiatrist at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust, one of the largest of its kind in the country. He specialises in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and obsessive compulsive disorders, and also provides advice to courts [...]
Louisiana Child Psychiatrist Gary Jefferson Byrd Gets 15 Years in the Slammer – Child Porn – Previously Spent 10 years in Prison on another Child Pornography Case
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Former child psychiatrist sentenced to 15 years in child porn case Richard Burgess April 12, 2014 Psychiatrist - Gary Jefferson Byrd LAFAYETTE — A former Opelousas child psychiatrist was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Friday on child pornography charges that arose after his release from serving an earlier 10-year sentence in a separate pornography case. Gary Jefferson Byrd, 72, of Opelousas, also faced state sexual battery charges in the 1980s in St. Landry Parish for allegedly molesting two boys in his care, but those charges were dropped in an agreement that called [...]
NY Old Geezer Psychiatrist Kiyoshi Kimura – Illegally Sold Drug to Undercover Cop
Syracuse.com Syracuse psychiatrist, 82, accused of illegally selling prescription for drug used to treat heroin addictions By Jeff Stein April 15, 2014 Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh Syracuse, N.Y. -- A Syracuse doctor has been charged with illegally selling a prescription for Suboxone, a drug often used to treat heroin addictions, according to court documents. Kiyoshi Kimura, 82, was caught selling the prescription to an undercover detective with the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office for $350 on March 3, a criminal complaint says. The complaint against Kimura was publicly filed in City Criminal Court in early April. Kimura faces the [...]
Alaska Psychiatrist Shubhranjan Ghosh Nabbed in Medicaid Fraud Case – He billed $42,500 for “services” in his office while he was traveling internationally
KTUU Anchorage Psychiatrist Accused of Medicaid Fraud Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh faces four charges for alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, including billing fake patients Austin Baird Apr 16, 2014 Psychiatrist - Shubhranjan Ghosh ANCHORAGE - One day last summer, an employee who billed patients for psychiatrist Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh allegedly noticed something strange: a series of charges associated with a “patient” who had never been inside Ghosh's Anchorage office. Prosecutors say the discovery signaled the beginning of the end to what they call a large scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid, in which Ghosh is charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor. [...]
Wife Beating Psychiatrist Empee Vithayathil banned from psychiatry for a year
Cambridge News Wife-beating Cambridge psychiatrist Empee Vithayathil barred from profession for a year by Chris Havergal April 19, 2014 A psychiatrist who repeatedly assaulted his wife, breaking her ankle on one occasion, has been banned from the profession for a year. Cambridge-based Dr Empee Vithayathil, who was described as having ruled his household “with a rod of iron”, was suspended at the conclusion of a four-day hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. The hearing heard Dr Vithayathil had been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Cambridge Crown Court last year. He was also made subject [...]
Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – 3-week retrial begins Monday – accused of sexually molesting two men
Calgary Herald Doctor faces sexual assault retrial Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald March 01, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin A three-week retrial will begin Monday for a former forensic psychiatrist accused of molesting two patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin, 74, is accused of sexually molesting two men during their visits to his office at Peter Lougheed Centre. A jury was chosen on Friday to hear the case, which will be presided over by Justice Beth Hughes. The trial involves two of four counts of sexual assault that resulted in a hung jury after Levin's first trial. The two other counts were subsequently [...]
New Trial Commences for Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – Sexual Assault on Two Male “Patients”
Sun News New trial opens for psychiatrist accused of sexual assault By Kevin Martin March 3rd, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY ─ Suffering from depression, one to the point of being suicidal, two male patients were taken advantage of sexually by a prominent psychiatrist, court heard Monday. In his opening address to a Calgary jury, Crown prosecutor Dallas Sopko detailed the case he and co-counsel Shane Parker hope to lead against Dr. Aubrey Levin. Levin faces two charges of sexual assault in connection with incidents at his Calgary offices inside the Peter Lougheed Hospital. Sopko said both men were [...]
Sydney psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan Gets Prison Time – Inappropriate Touching of Young Girls
Sydney Morning Herald Ong Ming Tan jailed for abusing trust of psychiatric patients By Louise Hall March 6, 2014 Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan. Photo: Nick Moir A psychiatrist who abused the trust of four young women with eating disorders by touching them inappropriately and making sexually suggestive comments during private therapy sessions has been sentenced to at least two years jail. Ong Ming Tan, 40, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated indecent assault against four patients who were under his care for serious mental illnesses, including anorexia. The abuse occurred at a private hospital and a private clinic [...]