MEDIA
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more than 40 patients a week at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust when he had his licence to practice withdrawn in 2022.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 [...]
Kameron Ravindra Budhram, Detroit Psychiatrist, Convicted
State of Michigan Complaint No. 51-23-002564 STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY DISCIPLINARY SUBCOMMITTEE In the Matter of KAMERON RAVINDRA BUDHRAM, D.O. License No. 51-01-025414 Complaint No. 51-23-002564 (Consolidated with file no. 51-22-001807) ... FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS... 9. On or about April 12, 2022, Respondent was spending time with victim LH (initials used to protect identity) at LH's residence in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. At the time, Respondent and LH were both participating in the same residency program at Detroit Wayne County Health Authority's Graduate Medical Education. 10. During [...]
David Tatum, Charlotte Psychiatrist, Sentenced
New York Post North Carolina child psychiatrist hit with 40 years for filming minors, using AI to make child porn --Excerpt A North Carolina child psychiatrist was hit with a 40-year prison sentence Wednesday for using artificial intelligence to transform innocent pictures of children into intense pornography stills. David Tatum, 41, will also have to serve 30 years of supervised release for secretly recording multiple teenagers — including his several family members and a patient — getting undressed... The child and adolescent psychiatrist spent five years collecting a trove of child pornography starting in 2016, according to evidence presented [...]
Jonathan Kirsch, Kingston psychiatrist, Sued
Jonathan Kirsch Westfair Business Journal Kingston psychiatrist shrinks from buying White Plains practice By Bill Heltzel November 7, 2023 -- Excerpt A bankruptcy trustee has sued a Kingston psychiatrist to compel him to buy the psychiatric practice of a disgraced White Plains practitioner. Albert Togut asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Nov. 1 to make Dr. Jonathan L. Kirsch pay $250,000 for the practice of former psychiatrist and current federal inmate Marc Laruelle. Kirsch has failed to honor a contract to buy Laruelle’s practice, according to the complaint, has not responded to a subpoena for documents, has failed to attend [...]
Anandababu Chellappan, Henrico psychiatrist, license revoked
Anandababu Chellappan Richmond Times Dispatch Henrico psychiatrist's license revoked after sex allegations By Bill McKelway October 31, 2013 -- Excerpt A Henrico County-based psychiatrist's license was revoked because he repeatedly sexually fondled patients despite their expressed objections and mental illnesses, according to Board of Medicine documents. Dr. Anandababu Chellappan signed a consent order last week, according to board records, in which he accepted revocation of his license and the board adopted findings of fact that spell out egregious abuses of six female patients. The documents describe a pattern of conduct dating to 2008 in which the psychiatrist prescribed controlled [...]
Jamal Hilal, Sudanese psychiatrist, based in UK, “creepy”
Jamal Hilal Daily Mail Senior NHS psychiatrist who touched a junior member of staff's breasts during an 'unnecessary' examination and quizzed her about her sex life asking 'are you experimental?' is struck off By Jon Brady October 26, 2023 -- Excerpt A 'creepy' psychiatrist who massaged a junior member of staff's breasts in an 'unnecessary and inappropriate' medical examination later claimed the young woman had been trying to 'tempt' him into touching her. Dr Jamal Hilal, a Sudanese doctor based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has been banned from practising medicine after he pursued the trainee, named Ms B to protect her identity, [...]
Kuwait Psychiatrist sentenced
Kuwait Psychiatrist Gulf News Kuwait: Psychiatrist jailed for 5 years over drugs to inmates October 20, 2023 16:08 By Ramadan Al Sherbini -- Excerpt Cairo: The appeals court in Kuwait has sentenced a psychiatrist to five years on charges of smuggling drugs to prisoners, a Kuwaiti newspaper has reported. The man had been earlier caught while illegally taking drugs into Kuwait’s Central Prison for inmates there, Al Qabas added. The specialist was supposed to treat drug addicts and counsel them about the harm caused by narcotics, according to the report. Investigations revealed that the defendant used to enter the prison [...]
Donna Dryer, Cortes Island Psychiatrist, resigns
Donna Dryer CBC B.C. psychiatrist resigns licence after patient complains of abuse during psychedelic therapy study By Bethany Lindsay October 16, 2023 -- Excerpt A B.C. psychiatrist has permanently relinquished her medical licence in response to a complaint about her treatment of a PTSD patient taking part in a clinical trial for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, CBC News has learned. Donna Dryer of Cortes Island irrevocably resigned her registration on Aug. 1 and received a formal reprimand after admitting to unprofessional conduct with the female patient, according to a letter from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. (CPSBC) to the [...]