MEDIA

Psychiatrist Gets 10-day in the Pokey for Touching Patient’s Breasts

Richmond Times-Dispatch Henrico psychiatrist fighting charges He receives 10-day jail sentence for touching victim inappropriately BY BILL McKELWAY July 2, 2013 Psychiatrist Anada Chellappan A Henrico County psychiatrist whose license was suspended by the state Board of Medicine in January was convicted of a reduced charge Monday stemming from his inappropriate touching of a female patient. Henrico General District Judge Mary B. Malveaux ordered Dr. Ananda Chellappan to serve a 10-day sentence, convicting the longtime psychiatrist of simple assault rather than misdemeanor sexual battery. Joseph D. Morrissey, Chellappan’s lawyer, filed notice of appeal in the case. Chellappan was found [...]

Two Maine Psychiatrists – Unprofessionals

Sun Journal St Mary's psychiatrist disciplined for unprofessional behavior Jackie Farwell, Bangor Daily News June 14, 2013 A state licensing board has disciplined two Maine psychiatrists in separate incidents involving unprofessional behavior. William Fannin, an adolescent and child psychiatrist, accepted a conditional license after his employment at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston was suspended “as a result of unprofessional behavior that put himself and the public at risk,” according to a press release from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. The incidents occurred on Nov. 5 and 7, 2012, according to Fannin’s consent agreement with the board, [...]

Buffalo Psychiatrist’s “Intolerable Behavior” – Asks Patients to Find him Sex Partners

Buffalo News Psychiatrist cited for soliciting sex partners from patients Charged with asking patients to find partners By Henry Davis July 12, 2013 Psychiatrist - Dham Gupta The state has suspended the medical license of a Buffalo-area psychiatrist for one year after charging him with attempting to enlist two patients to help him find sex partners. Dr. Dham Gupta also must serve five years of probation after the suspension and, before resuming a medical practice, must undergo a psychiatric evaluation and comply with all treatment recommendations, according to the decision of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct. A [...]

Miami Psychiatrist Arrested – $63 million Fraud Case

Miami Herald Miami doctor and therapists charged with $63 million Medicare-fraud scam BY JAY WEAVER July 16, 2013 A psychiatrist who has been practicing in Miami since the 1970s was arrested Tuesday along with six therapists on charges of scheming to steal $63 million from the taxpayer-funded Medicare program. Roger Rousseau, 71, the former medical director for a defunct mental-health clinic operation, was indicted on charges of conspiring to commit health care fraud. Rousseau, who had his first appearance along with the other defendants in federal court, was released on a $375,000 bond. “We don’t think the evidence supports those [...]

Psychiatrist Faces War Crimes – accused of genocide and crimes against humanity

Deutsche Welle (Germany) Five years after arrest, Karadzic shows no remorse for Bosnia crimes By Dzevad Sabljakovic, Zoran Arbutina July 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic On July 21, 2008, Dragan David Dabic - an alternative medicine doctor - was arrested in Serbia. In reality, Dabic was a false identity for one of the world's most-wanted men: alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic. For 12 years, Karadzic managed to escape international justice. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued a warrant for his arrest in July 1996. Karadzic was accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, committed during the [...]

“Respected” Ohio Psychiatrist Gets the Slammer

Fox 8 Cleveland Doctor Sentenced for Running ‘Pill Mill’ by Jack Shea June 25, 2013 Psychiatrist Samuel Nigro CLEVELAND – A local psychiatrist who admitted that he used his practice to illegally prescribe powerful drugs for profit was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison. In April, Dr. Samuel Nigro pleaded guilty to charges that include drug trafficking, tampering with drugs and attempting to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Dan Kasaris told FOX 8, “Drug addicts went to him for pills. Now there probably were some who did go to him for psychiatry, [...]

Pennsylvania Psychiatrist Michael Kessler arrested for child born

WNEP 16 Psychiatrist Arrested for Child Porn by Lara Greenberg June 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Michael Kessler STROUDSBURG — A former psychiatrist is locked up on child porn charges. The arrest comes after the state determined he was too dangerous to practice medicine. Michael Kessler ignored our questions as he was led out of the Monroe County Detectives Office and taken to jail. Police arrested Kessler at his home in Cresco after finishing a month-long investigation into his relationship with a 13-year-old boy. According to court papers, Kessler posed as a 14-year-old on Facebook and sent pornographic videos and pictures [...]

William Belfar, New York “Anti-Pill” Psychiatrist – Arrested by Feds

Newsday (New York) June 19, 2013 Feds: Anti-pill doctor sold prescriptions By Ellen Yan Psychiatrist William Belfar A psychiatrist who publicly denounced doctors for selling painkillers for money was arrested yesterday for cashing in on the illegal business, too, federal officials said. William S. Belfar, of Huntington, charged up to $1,000 for each oxycodone prescription he wrote out to two undercover FBI agents and an FBI informant on three occasions between May 2011 and this past April, according to the FBI and the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. During one sale, Belfar wrote the prescription even though he said he [...]

76-year-old Psychiatrist Arrested for Sexual Assault

CBC Ottawa psychiatrist charged with sexually assaulting patient May 1, 2013 A 76-year-old Ottawa psychiatrist has been charged with sexual assault after a patient of his told police he touched her inappropriately during medical appointments at his office. Mark Solomon was charged by police last week and was released from custody on a promise to appear in court. The patient, a 37-year-old woman, came forward to police on March 29. She said the incidents happened in his office at 1867 Lenester Ave., near Maitland and Carling avenues. Solomon's next court appearance is scheduled for May 9. The College of Physicians [...]