MEDIA
Thomas Wyatt, Chatsworth psychiatrist, plea deal
Thomas Wyatt WSVN Georgia doctor accused in late 1970s child rape case takes plea deal; victim speaks out --Excerpt SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Georgia psychiatrist has taken a plea deal in a decades-old case of sexual battery involving several children. Dr. Thomas Wyatt is set to receive 17 years of probation for two counts of sexual battery on a minor. Police arrested the 66-year-old in Southwest Miami-Dade in 2021. Gentry Fry was one of three victims who came forward to accuse Wyatt of molestation when he was just 8 years old... Excerpted from: Georgia doctor accused in late [...]
Gregory Wigington, Nebraska Psychiatrist, suspended
Nebraska Examiner Omaha psychiatrist regains medical license, but can’t treat female patients By Paul Hammel November 11, 2022 -- Excerpt LINCOLN — The medical license of an Omaha psychiatrist has been reinstated — with the condition that he not treat any female patients. The license of Dr. Gregory Wigington was suspended for six months beginning in April for unprofessional conduct after he admitted having sexual relations with two female patients, including one woman he eventually married. An investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office and State Department of Health and Human Services also found that he had sent an [...]
Paul Glass, Mass. Psychiatrist, Office now closed
Paul Glass The Berkshire Eagle A text and a voicemail were all patients got when a Lenox psychiatrist's office closed By Meg Britton-Mehlisch November 8, 2022 -- Excerpt LENOX — Late last month, a Lenox psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Glass III, sent a text to patients letting them know his office on Church Street was closed due to an emergency. Later that day, patients heard a message on the office line telling them to seek other care. “Dr. Glass’ office is now closed indefinitely,” the message said. “Dr. Glass cannot provide medical care or prescribe medication. We sincerely apologize for the [...]
Sarah Romans, Wellington psychiatrist, apologises
Sarah Romans nzherald.co.nz Wellington psychiatrist to apologise for sending fundraising letters to patients in ‘clear breach’ of Privacy Act By Vita Molyneux November 8, 2022 -- Excerpt An experienced psychiatrist will apologise after sending letters to patients asking them for money..., saying she now realises it was a “clear breach” of the Privacy Act... Dr Sarah Romans, a highly experienced senior academic psychiatrist with more than 40 years’ experience... In an effort to assist in raising the cash, Romans sent brochures for the centre to her patients – as well as a cover letter asking them to donate... [...]
Douglas Robinson, Seattle psychiatrist, “under review”
Douglas Robinson KING5 State-paid doctor under review by licensing agency following KING 5 investigation By Susannah Frame November 3, 2022 -- Excerpt SEATTLE — The Washington Medical Commission has four open investigations into a Seattle psychiatrist who worked for the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for four decades. On Nov. 1, the KING 5 Investigators reported Dr. Douglas Robinson was never held accountable by L&I, or any other agency that received complaints about the doctor’s behavior, despite a pattern of complaints alleging “inappropriate,” “unprofessional,” and “sexually intrusive” lines of questioning during state-paid exams. The following day, Nov. 2, three [...]
Rose Moi, Norway psychiatrist, arrested
Rose Moi Journal Online P92.2-M worth of shabu seized by BOC, PDEA, NAIA-IADITG from arriving passenger at NAIA 3 By Itchie G. Cabayan October 29, 2022 -- Excerpt ... Norwegian tourist Rose Alex Moi, 59, widow, special psychiatrist and with address at Sarbuvollveien 1363, Hovik, Norway, was arrested for carrying one luggage containing 8.340 kilos of white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu with an estimated street value of P56,712,000, when she arrived onboard an Emirates Flight EK 0334 from Dubai from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Marc Laruelle, Yonkers Psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty
Marc Laruelle Press Release Yonkers Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of More Than 100,000 Oxycodone Pills Wednesday, October 19, 2022 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC LARUELLE pled guilty to one count of distributing Oxycodone, among other narcotics, without a legitimate medical purpose while acting outside the usual course of professional practice. LARUELLE pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Denis L. Cote. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Marc Laruelle abused his medical license and violated the oath of [...]
Ramendra Kumar Singha, Bangladesh Psychiatrist, jailed
Ramendra Kumar Singha The Daily Star Crime & Justice Psychiatrist sent to jail on charges of raping patient Our Correspondent, Sylhet October 19, 2022 -- Excerpt The head of the psychiatry at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital was sent to jail on Monday on charges of raping a patient. Associate Professor Ramendra Kumar Singha was arrested at his private chamber at Labaid Diagnostic Centre in Sylhet city on Sunday night. A woman, who has been a patient of his since 2018, accused him of raping her and making false promises of marriage, said Ali Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali [...]
Patricia King, Chesapeake Psychiatrist, Reprimanded
Patricia King The Virginian-Pilot Chesapeake City Council candidate reprimanded by medical board... By Natalie Anderson October 11, 2022 -- Excerpt ... The Virginia Board of Medicine stated that Patricia “Pat” King, a psychiatrist at King-Jones and Associates on Greenbrier Circle, violated state law and medical board regulations by prescribing stimulants to a young man who suffered from a host of mental health conditions and had a history of alcohol and substance abuse. King, a member of the Chesapeake School Board who’s pursuing a seat on the City Council, declined to comment for an Oct. 3 article detailing the case and [...]
Pamela Buchbinder, NYC psychiatrist, sentenced
Pamela Buchbinder New York Post NYC psychiatrist sentenced in baby daddy’s sledgehammer attack —despite desperate attempt to withdraw plea By Elizabeth Rosner and Emily Crane October 11, 2022 -- Excerpt A Manhattan psychiatrist was sentenced to 11 years in prison Tuesday for her role in the grisly sledgehammer attack of her baby daddy nearly a decade ago. Pamela Buchbinder, 52, finally learned her fate in the sensational 2012 love-gone-wrong case — despite a last-ditch, unhinged effort to reverse her guilty plea. The disgraced psychiatrist admitted last month to being involved in the attempted murder scheme on her ex-lover and fellow [...]