MEDIA
Anne O’Sullivan, Perth psychiatrist, banned for 18 months
Anne O'Sullivan The West Australian (Perth) Perth psychiatrist banned for 18 months after patient turned friend tattooed tribute on their arm By Tim Clarke April 30, 2024 -- Excerpt A leading psychiatrist has been banned from practice for 18 months after becoming so entangled with a patient that the vulnerable woman referred to her as Mum - and had a tribute to her tattooed on her arm. Anne O'Sullivan was a psychiatric spokesperson for the WA branch of the Australian Medical Association while working as the clinical leader for the emergency psychiatry team at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. She also [...]
Tarik Zeid, Philadelphia Psychiatrist, accused of violent threats
Tarik Zeid The Philadelphia Inquirer State board suspends medical license of Einstein resident accused of violent threats, assault By Abraham Gutman April 15, 2024 -- Excerpt A state medical board suspended the medical license of a Philadelphia-based physician last month, saying he posed an immediate danger to public health and safety, state records show. Tarik Zeid, 32, is accused of assaulting a woman in his apartment, telling her that he has killed people, and saying his preferred weapon was a sniper rifle. The woman later told police that Zeid demanded sex, and choked her when she refused him, law enforcement [...]
Rafael Cabrera Aguilar, Puerto Rico Psychiatrist, charges filed
Google translation Rafael Cabrera Aguilar El Nuevo They find cause for arrest against a psychiatrist for lewd acts in San Juan The complaints allege that the events occurred in the medical office of the man, who worked as a State psychiatrist. By Alex Figueroa Cancel April 1, 2024 The Justice Department confirmed that it filed charges Monday against the state psychiatrist, Rafael Cabrera Aguilar, for lewd acts and sexual harassment in San Juan. Judge Juan León determined probable cause for arrest and set bail at $200,000. If he provides bail, he would be subject to the electronic monitoring measure. The [...]
Akinlolu Olalekan Peluola, Saskatoon psychiatrist, sentenced
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Saskatoon psychiatrist defrauded government to help offset new clinic costs Dr. Akinlolu Olalekan Peluola, 65, was sentenced to 21 months of jail served in the community, including a 24-hour curfew for the first year. By Bre McAdam March 24, 2024 -- Excerpt A Saskatoon psychiatrist will be on house arrest for 12 months as part of his fraud sentence handed down in provincial court. Dr. Akinlolu Olalekan Peluola must also pay back the $95,708.38 that he defrauded from the Saskatchewan government between 2017 and 2018. The 65-year-old pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 in December 2023. Last month, [...]
Rajeev Reghunath, UK Psychiatrist, struck off
Rajeev Reghunath -- Excerpt Daily Mail Psychiatrist, 45, is struck off after he fiddled timesheets and falsely claimed £40,000 worth of NHS work shifts when he was actually on holiday By Richard Percival March 13, 2024 A consultant doctor has been struck off after he falsely claimed for £40,000 worth of NHS work shifts when he was on holiday. Locum psychiatrist Dr Rajeev Reghunath, 45, fiddled public money by filing faked timesheets which wrongly claimed he was working eight hour shifts when in fact he was thousands of miles away in Turkey, Abu Dhabi or India. Reghunath was able to [...]
John Whelan, Fond Du Lac Psychiatrist, sentenced
John Whelan Press Release FOND DU LAC PSYCHIATRIST SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Tuesday, March 5, 2024 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 4, 2024, John D. Whelan (age: 77), a psychiatrist, was sentenced to a term of 48 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and lying to federal agents, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C) &846, and 18 U.S.C. [...]
Benjamin Sessa
Benjamin Sessa Psychiatrist accused of having sex with patient Export Citation Western Daily Press February 29, 2024 Thursday Edition 1, National Edition Copyright 2024 Reach PLC All Rights Reserved Section: NEWS; Pg. 9 Length: 546 words Byline: estel farellroig Body APROMINENT psychiatrist who opened the UK's first clinic using ketamine to treat patients in Bristol is accused of having a sexual relationship with a patient. Dr Benjamin Sessa is facing a misconduct hearing in light of the allegations. Dr Benjamin Sessa, whose area of practice was in North Somerset according to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), is alleged to [...]
Barika Butler-Quarles, Grosse Pointe psychiatrist, sentenced
CBS News Detroit Grosse Pointe psychiatrist sentenced to prison for shooting ex-husband’s girlfriend --Excerpt A Grosse Pointe psychiatrist charged in the shooting of her ex-husband’s girlfriend has been sentenced. Barika Butler-Quarles, 42, was sentenced Thursday to 57 months to 20 years for first-degree home invasion, 36 months to 15 years for discharge of a firearm in a building causing injury, 29 months to 10 years for assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and two years for two counts of felony firearm. Wayne County prosecutors say in August 2021, Butler-Quarles entered her ex-husband’s home without permission and shot [...]
Piotr Pierzchniak, UK Psychiatrist, suspended
Piotr Pierzchniak Nottingham Post Nottinghamshire psychiatrist who saw patients without a licence discovers punishment By Rucsandra Moldoveanu January 31, 2024 -- Excerpt A doctor who saw Nottinghamshire patients for three months despite not having a licence has been suspended. Dr Piotr Pierzchniak was seeing more than 40 patients a week at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust when he had his licence to practice withdrawn in 2022. A hearing, which took place this month, was told that Dr Pierzchniak treated vulnerable patients as a Consultant Psychiatrist without a licence for 13 and a half weeks. This happened between February 18, 2022, [...]
Süleyman Zoroğlu, Istanbul Psychiatrist, faces 943 years
Süleyman Zoroğlu Hurriyet Daily News Lengthy jail term sought for psychiatrist for manipulating children ISTANBUL December 1, 2023 -- Excerpt Istanbul Prosecutor's Office has sought 943 years and nine months in prison for a psychiatrist for manipulating children through drugs and hypnosis and then blackmailing their families with false reports of domestic sexual abuse. In the indictment prepared by the prosecutor's office, it was stated that the suspect, Süleyman Şahin Zoroğlu, quickly diagnosed 21 victimized children aged between 7 and 18 with multiple personality disorder, prescribed “ketamine” - used for anesthesia and can cause memory loss - and asked [...]