MEDIA
Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic, Bosnia Wartime Leader, Convicted of Genocide for Massacre
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Hague Court Set To Rule On Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Karadzic's Appeal March 18, 2019 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic A ruling is expected on March 20 on former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic's appeal against his conviction in The Hague for genocide and other atrocities during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Along with Karadzic’s appeal, judges are also expected to rule on the request of prosecutors to reverse an acquittal on a second genocide charge and sentence the former wartime leader to life in prison for that offense. The rulings at The Hague are [...]
Daniel Grosz
Fox10 Medical board launches investigation after teen's skin ‘melts' off in severe reaction to medication By Bill Melugin March 12, 2019 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (FOX 11) - The Medical Board of California has launched an investigation after a FOX 11 report detailed the story of a local teenager whose skin ‘melted’ off in a severe reaction to medication prescribed to her by her psychiatrist. “The Medical Board of California saw the story that FOX 11 aired, we will be looking into the circumstances of the treatment,” said Carlos Villatoro, the public information manager for the Medical Board. “Every time we [...]
Bassam Awwa, New London psychiatrist, agrees to pay $3.3 million settlement to feds for overbilling drug tests
The Day New London psychiatrist to pay $3.3 million for overbilling of urine drug screen tests March 15, 2019 By Karen Florin Psychiatrist Bassam Awwa New London area psychiatrist Dr. Bassam Awwa, and his medical practice, Connecticut Behavioral Health Associates, have agreed to pay a $3.3 million settlement to the federal and state governments for overbilling Medicare and Medicaid for drug and alcohol urine tests. U.S. Attorney John H. Durham announced Friday that Awwa and his practice, known as CBHA, entered into a civil settlement agreement in which they will pay $3,382,004 to resolve allegations that they violated the [...]
Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic could be jailed for life when war crimes court delivers verdict next week
Balkan Insight Radovan Karadzic: Psychiatrist-Poet Who Led Bosnian Serbs to War Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serbs’ wartime president, spent years on the run before he was caught and tried, and could now be jailed for the rest of his life when the Hague war crimes court delivers its final verdict next week. March 14, 2019 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic was born in the village of Petnica near Savnik in Montenegro in June 1945, some 2,000 kilometres from in Scheveningen, near The Hague, where he is currently in custody at the United Nations Detention Unit while awaiting the final [...]
The Boston Globe July 2, 2011 Saturday Harvard doctors punished over pay; 3 accused of not disclosing consulting fees BYLINE: By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff SECTION: NEWS; Metro; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 897 words Concluding a three-year investigation, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School sanctioned renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Biederman and two colleagues after finding they violated conflict of interest rules. In a letter to co-workers yesterday, Biederman and Drs. Thomas Spencer and Timothy Wilens said the hospital and medical school ``have determined that we violated certain requirements'' of the institutions' policies. They did not specify the nature of [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire September 3, 1999, Friday, BC cycle Reding fails to show for arraignment; warrant issued BYLINE: By MARY PEREA, Associated Press Writer SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 625 words DATELINE: BERNALILLO, N.M. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for a retired Michigan psychiatrist and associate of Jack Kevorkian who is charged with murder in New Mexico. Georges Reding, 74, of Galesburg, Mich., failed to appear at his arraignment here before state District Judge Louis P. McDonald and the judge immediately issued a warrant for his arrest. No attorney appeared on Reding's behalf, either. Reding [...]
Soo Shuenn Chiang, Singapore Psychiatrist, guilty of failing to maintain patient confidentiality
Today S$50,000 fine for psychiatrist who failed to protect patient’s confidential info By Neo Chat Chin March 6, 2019 Psychiatrist Soo Shuenn Chiang SINGAPORE — A psychiatrist from the National University Hospital (NUH) has been fined S$50,000 for failing to verify a caller’s identity before writing a memo to refer a patient to the Institute of Mental Health. The caller turned out to be the patient’s brother and not her husband as he had claimed. And although the memo was addressed to ambulance personnel or the police officer-in-charge, it was handed to the brother, who used it to support [...]
Joseph Jackson
The Boston Herald November 14, 2011 Monday BHR Edition State board lets docs off easy; Abuse of patient must be a crime BYLINE: COLMAN M. HERMAN SECTION: OPINION; Commentary; Pg. 23 Vol. 29 No. 318 LENGTH: 624 words When a suburban homemaker shows up at the emergency room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital feeling suicidal, she sees a psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph A. Jackson, who gives her a kind of treatment she never expected. Over the course of four sessions, what starts out as a professional relationship quickly turns social, then manipulative, and finally sexual and exploitative. As a result, Jackson's license to [...]
The Boston Globe July 24, 1997, Thursday, City Edition Activists angered over ad for study; Psychiatrist is accused of abuse BYLINE: By Dolores Kong, Globe Staff SECTION: METRO/REGION; Pg. B1 LENGTH: 555 words A McLean Hospital psychiatrist who is under state medical board investigation for alleged sexual misconduct with a patient is recruiting 18-to-22-year-olds who were sexually abused as children for a study, a revelation that prompted outrage yesterday from victims' advocates. Dr. Martin H. Teicher, well known for his work with seasonal affective disorder and the antidepressant drug Prozac, was listed as the contact in an advertisement in yesterday's [...]