MEDIA
Manhattan Psychiatrist William Belfar sentenced for prescribing Oxycodone for cash
New York Daily News Crooked shrink who criticized Lindsay Lohan’s doctor as an enabler is sentenced to 5 years probation for prescribing Oxycodone for cash By Stephen Rex Brown June 03, 2019 Psychiatrist William Belfar A Manhattan shrink who shamelessly criticized Lindsay Lohan’s doctor for turning her into a drug addict received a five-year probation sentence Monday for prescribing Oxycodone for cash. Disgraced psychiatrist William Belfar was all smiles after the lenient sentence was imposed in Manhattan Federal Court. Judge Andrew Carter said he credited Belfar’s cooperation with the government and the psychiatrist’s own mental illness as reasons for [...]
Pradeep Mathur, Ohio Psychiatrist, charged with lying to get family member drugs
WFMJ Poland psychiatrist indicted for lying to get family member prescription drugs May 9, 2019 By Cristen Manion Psychiatrist Pradeep Mathur YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Mahoning County Grand Jury has charged a Poland psychiatrist with three felonies- accusing him of lying to obtain prescriptions for a family member. Sixty-one-year-old Dr. Pradeep Mathur is facing charges of deception to obtain and dangerous drug, violation of drug database laws, and illegal processing of drug documents. According to the indictment, Dr. Mathur allegedly lied to obtain Amrodafinil, also known as Nuvigil, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Medicineplus.gov, an online database of medications, [...]
Lewis Moonie, UK psychiatrist, quits Labour Party after complaints of transphobia
Independent Labour peer Lord Moonie quits party in row over transgender rights By Andrew Woodcock May 15, 2019 Psychiatrist Lewis Moonie A Labour peer has quit the party in a row over transgender rights. Lord Moonie was suspended after an investigation was launched into complaints of alleged transphobia. But he announced he was instead resigning to "save them the trouble" and would "carry on campaigning for women". As Lewis Moonie, the psychiatrist and community medicine specialist was Labour MP for Kirkcaldy from 1987 to 2005 and served as defence minister under Tony Blair. He was awarded a life peerage [...]
Michael Solloway, Florida Psychiatrist – Medical Board refuses to reinstate his license – in 1981 he became first psychiatrist in Florida to lose his license for having sex with a patient
The Miami Herald 4 SOUTH FLORIDA MDS STRIPPED OF LICENSES October 9, 1983 By Carl Hiaasen == Excerpt: Psychiatrist Michael Solloway In other action Saturday, the medical board voted: * To refuse to consider the possible reinstatement of Miami psychiatrist Dr. Michael Solloway. In 1981 Solloway became the first psychiatrist in Florida to lose his license for having sex with a patient. Dr. Solloway called his lengthy relationship with a female patient a "mistake in judgment." He appealed the board's action and continued to practice medicine until last January, when the Florida Supreme Court upheld the revocation. Despite support [...]
Psychiatrist Michael Solloway – in widely publicized case admitted having a sexual relationship with a severely disturbed 19-year-old-patient
Miami Herald DOCTORS PUNISHED FOR IMPROPER CARE By Steve Sternberg February 12, 1984 ++Excerpt Psychiatrist Michael Solloway In other action the board: * Denied a request by former psychiatrist Michael Solloway that his license, revoked in January 1983 after a number of appeals, be reinstated. It was revoked in a widely publicized case in which Solloway admitted having a sexual relationship with a severely disturbed 19-year-old-patient. At Saturday's hearing, Dr. George Metcalf, of the South Florida Psychiatric Society, and two other psychiatrists testified in Solloway's behalf. But board members disagreed. Dr. Robert Katims, a Miami endocrinologist, said, "I don't [...]
Psychiatrist Keith Ablow, Suspended by State of Massachusetts – three young female patients say he sexually abused them
The Daily News State suspends Port psychiatrist Keith Ablow's medical license By Dave Rogers May 16, 2019 Psychiatrist Keith Ablow NEWBURYPORT – The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine indefinitely suspended the medical license of nationally known psychiatrist and author Dr. Keith Ablow Wednesday, concluding he posed an "immediate and serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare." Ablow, 57, who has an office on Water Street in Newburyport, is accused in civil lawsuits of engaging in sexual misconduct and other disturbing activities with patients. Specifically, he is facing allegations from three young women who sought him out [...]
Napa Psychiatrist Michael Cosgrove put on probation for seven years – stumbled to work drunk
Sacramento Bee California psychiatrist ‘depressed’ by Trump 2016 win stumbled to work drunk, board says By Jared Gilmour May 16, 2019 California’s medical board put a Napa psychiatrist on probation for seven years after he admitted to stumbling to work drunk the day after President Donald Trump’s election because he was “depressed” by the outcome, board records say. Dr. Michael Cosgrove, a staff psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital, showed up to work on Nov. 9, 2016, walking unsteadily and with difficulty keeping his balance — and a police officer who noticed Cosgrove’s behavior stopped him to ask if he’d been [...]
Cesar Benitez, El Cajon, CA psychiatrist, “Chief of Staff” Alvarado Parkway Institute – specialty? Girl Hitting
Psychiatrist Cesar Benitez Psychiatrist Cesar Benitez is the "Chief of Staff" at Alvarado Parkway Institute. He has a criminal history of girl hitting. See California Board of Medicine accusation. See page 4: he consumed large amounts of alcohol and was arrested for domestic violence in 2015 In 2016, he was convicted of battery of a current or former significant other. In 2017, police investigated a report of a woman yelling for help. Benitez was again arrested for domestic violence. "She had a blood nose and bruising to her face". The Medical Board of California now plans to hold a [...]
Psychiatrist Pradeep Mathur, Ohio, Jailed – “investigators say he lied to obtain prescriptions for a family member”
WFMJ Poland psychiatrist jailed, accused of lying to get prescription By Mike Gauntner May 21, 2019 Psychiatrist Pradeep Mathur A Poland psychiatrist was booked into the Mahoning County jail Monday after investigators say he lied to obtain prescriptions for a family member. The Mahonng County Grand Jury indicted 61-year-old Dr. Pradeep Mathur on charges of deception to obtain and dangerous drug, violation of drug database laws, and illegal processing of drug documents. According to the indictment, Dr. Mathur allegedly lied to obtain Amrodafinil, also known as Nuvigil, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Medicineplus.gov, an online database of medications, describes [...]
Rui Mendel, New Zealand psychiatrist, fined $5,000 for making a throat-slitting gesture towards a colleague
NZ Herald Doctor censured following number of unprofessional behaviour incidents, including cut-throat gestures May 1, 2019 Psychiatrist Rui Mendel A psychiatrist has been censured after he was found to have behaved unprofessionally towards two patients and colleagues during his practice. Doctor Rui Mendel was found to make a throat-slitting gesture towards a colleague but while the action was found to be misconduct, a tribunal said it did not warrant disciplinary action. The psychiatrist was also found to have misled a patient's mother, behaved inappropriately towards colleagues and kept inadequate notes in relation to a 2014 case. Details were published [...]