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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Psychiatrist Kripakaran Puvalai – Long History of Sexually Inappropriate Conduct
The State Journal Register SIU med school didn’t report resident’s conduct to state By Dean Olsen Staff Writer Jan. 5, 2014 Office of Psychiatrist Kripakaran Puvalai A local psychiatrist disciplined by the state for inappropriately touching six female patients as recently as 2013 was punished in the early 2000s, during his residency training in Springfield, for a lack of professional conduct and failure to maintain appropriate boundaries with patients. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, which operated the psychiatric residency program in which Dr. Kripakaran Puvalai was enrolled, never informed the state about Puvalai’s problems because officials at the [...]
Video – News Crew Ambushes Psychiatrist – His Psych Drugged Out Patient Killed 2 Beautiful Young Girls in Car Accident
Sunshine Coast Daily (Queensland) Tribunal to decide on doc's future January 7, 2014 Psychiatrist Philip Bird A public tribunal will be held to determine whether a Sunshine Coast doctor should continue to be a licensed medical practitioner. The Medical Board of Australia has moved against Maroochydore psychiatrist Dr Philip Bird because it said it "reasonably believes that the practitioner has behaved in a way that constitutes professional misconduct". The decision comes 12 years after complaints first were raised about the behaviour of Dr Bird and another psychiatrist, Dr Zoran Radovic, who both attended patients in the Ward 3c mental [...]
Oregon Cattle Killer Psychiatrist Joel Rice Buys Off Criminal Charges – Now Faces Animal Cruelty Charges
The Observer Cattle killer to face charges Criminal mischief charges dropped, animal abuse charges to move forward By Kelly Ducote January 10, 2014 Cattle Killer Psychiatrist Joel Rice Visiting Judge Lung S. Hung approved dismissing first-degree criminal mischief charges against Dr. Joel Rice pursuant to a civil compromise Thursday afternoon. After hearing about five hours of testimony and arguments, Hung, a circuit court judge out of Malheur County, found that animal abuse charges are not subject to a civil compromise, but agreed to sign an order dismissing the criminal mischief charges. Rice, a La Grande psychiatrist, was charged with [...]
Top Prescribing Texas Psychiatrist G.K. Ravichandran Disciplined – Used Alzheimer Drug on 8-year-old
Houston Chronicle Houston psychiatrist disciplined for prescribing anti-Alzheimer's drug to child By Lise Olsen December 21, 2013 Psychiatrist G.K. Ravichandran A Houston psychiatrist has been disciplined for improperly prescribing anti-Alzheimer's medication and other potentially dangerous drugs to an 8-year-old, according to a recent order by the Texas Medical Board. Dr. G.K. Ravichandran's prescriptions placed the unidentified child at "undue risk for experiencing complications," and the Alzheimer's drug, which is not clinically proven to be safe for children, was given without consent from the patient's mother, the board's March 2012 complaint alleged. Ravichandran, a psychiatrist who has been licensed in [...]
PsychSearch leaves no stone unturned – Victorious Again!
Daily Republic Florida man pries records away from South Dakota officials By Chris Mueller Dec 26, 2013 It took nearly five months, but a Florida man has been allowed to view records about doctors excluded from Medicaid in South Dakota. In July, Ken Kramer, of Clearwater, Fla., asked the South Dakota Department of Social Services for the names of every doctor terminated or excluded from Medicaid, a federal-state health care program for the poor, since 2010. Individuals or companies may be excluded from federal medical programs for various reasons, including health care fraud, overcharging patients, charging for unnecessary services, failure [...]
Halifax psychiatrist Curtis Steele Takes Nude Photos of 14-year-old Patient
Herald News Woman sues psychiatrist over photos By Eva Hoare August 1, 2013 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele A young woman is suing a Halifax psychiatrist for allegedly taking nude photos of her during the course of an appointment with him. The claimant, who was about 14 years old at the time, went to Dr. Curtis Steele for treatment of “attention deficient and depressive symptoms” in 2003, a statement of claim filed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court alleges. “During their last appointment, the defendant informed the plaintiff that he was a photographer,” the claim filed Thursday alleges. “(Steele) asked the plaintiff [...]
Prosecutors Accuse Colorado Psychiatrist Jeffrey Metzner of Bias in Evaluation of James Holmes – Aurora, Colorado movie theater gunman
The Denver Post Prosecutors accuse psychiatrist of bias in James Holmes evaluation By John Ingold December 26, 2013 Prosecutors have accused the psychiatrist who performed a crucial mental-health exam on the Aurora movie theater gunman of having "an unfair bias" that influenced his findings, according to a judge's order issued this month. Dr. Jeffrey Metzner, a University of Colorado psychiatrist with an expertise in the mental health of prison inmates, was the man picked to perform the most closely watched psychiatric exam in state history. Metzner's job was to determine whether James Holmes was sane when he killed 12 people [...]
PsychSearch – Relentless Pursuit of Records on Psychiatrists
Madville Times DSS Admits Public-Records Error with Release of Doctors Excluded from Medicaid By Cory Allen Heidelberger December 28, 2013 Ken Kramer's public-records tussle with the Department of Social Services shows South Dakota state government's unhealthy addiction to secrecy. The Florida man made a simple request last summer: he wanted to know the name of every doctor South Dakota had kicked out of Medicaid since 2010. Kramer maintains a website to publish information about fraud and abuse in psychiatry. The Medicaid information helps him identify psychiatrists who take advantage of their patients and the public. Kramer had little trouble getting [...]
Halifax Psychiatrist Curtis Steele license suspended – “made inappropriate sexual advances toward a male patient, using a dildo” – Has been a psychiatrist for 48 years
CBC News Halifax psychiatrist Dr. Curtis Steele's licence suspended Two civil lawsuits allege sexual misconduct By Blair Rhodes Dec 05, 2013 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has suspended a Halifax psychiatrist's licence to practice medicine after a complaint was laid against him. The decision against Dr. Curtis Steele was announced Thursday morning in a small newspaper advertisement and on the college's website. Dr. Gus Grant, the college registrar, said Steele's licence was suspended after someone laid a complaint against him. "At present there is one complaint against Dr. Steele," Grant told CBC [...]
Harold Smith, University of Florida Psychiatrist
Gainesville Sun Medical board votes to reprimand UF professor with checkered past -- Excerpt The Florida Board of Medicine has voted unanimously to reprimand a University of Florida psychiatry professor with a history of drug and alcohol addiction for allegedly prescribing a lethal amount of Oxycontin to a patient at an Orlando area hospital. An administrative complaint by the Department of Health said Dr. Harold E. Smith failed to provide a standard of care in treating Alice Tomlinson, who died Dec. 21, 2010 after being admitted to the Central Florida Behavioral Hospital 10 [...]