MEDIA
Clarence White, Syracuse Psychiatrist – license revoked for sex with patient
Clarence White Syracuse.com Syracuse psychiatrist accused of having sex with patient loses medical license By James T. Mulder January 14, 2020 -- Excerpt SYRACUSE, NY – The state has revoked the medical license of a Syracuse psychiatrist accused of having sex with a patient. Dr. Clarence White, 44, was working at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca in 2017 when he entered into an inappropriate relationship with a female patient he was treating, according to the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct. He asked the patient for her phone number, socialized with her, started a sexual relationship and gave her [...]
Noel Sardar, UK psychiatrist, “stalked patients”
South Wales Argus Noel Sardar sexually stalked two of his patients By Michael Jones January 15, 2020 -- Excerpt Psychiatrist Dr Noel Sardar, 45, made "sexually-motivated" advances to the two female patients in his care. Picture: Wales News Service A MARRIED doctor stalked and made "sexually-motivated" advances to two female patients in his car after checking confidential medical records. A court heard that dad-of-two Noel Sardar, from Newport, pretended to be working on night call to gain access to one woman's home - and bought the other alcohol to get her drunk. But one woman contacted the police [...]
Padmini Nagaraj, Kenner Psychiatrist, sentenced
PADMINI NAGARAJ Press Release Kenner Psychiatrist Sentenced In Scheme to Defraud Medicare by Soliciting and Receiving Kickback Payments for Medically Unnecessary Home Health Referrals Monday, January 13, 2020 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PADMINI NAGARAJ, age 62, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana was sentenced on January 9, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe to four years’ probation, which includes 250 hours of community service, in connection with her guilty plea to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. In addition, NAGARAJ was fined $10,000 [...]
Alexander Neumeister, Psychiatrist, Research Misconduct
Neumeister Medscape Psychiatrist Engaged in Research Misconduct, Says Gov't Watchdog By Ellie Kincaid and Ivan Oransky, MD December 30, 2019 -- Excerpt A former New York University School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center psychiatry researcher faked clinical data for research with federally funded grants worth millions of dollars, according to the US Office of Research Integrity (ORI). In studies of anorexia, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Alexander Neumeister, MD, "misrepresented the characteristics of the subjects entered in the research" using tactics such as "combining data from multiple subjects to represent single subjects to justify financial payments" and "changing and/or [...]
Marc Spelar, Milton psychiatrist, sentenced
Herald Dispatch Milton doctor gets 3 months in illicit prescription scheme --Excerpt HUNTINGTON — A former Milton psychiatrist has been sentenced to three months in prison and will be given the opportunity to continue to address his substance use disorder after admitting to writing illicit opioid prescriptions for his own gain. Marc Spelar, 37, previously pleaded guilty in the Southern District of West Virginia to one count of illegal drug distributions related to an April 2017 prescription written for Dextroamphetamine, a scheduled II drug. Spelar was one of 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals, named in April as being [...]
Amina Rafi, UK psychiatrist, suspended after lying that she had cancer
Amina Rafi Daily Mail Doctor, 25, is suspended after lying that she had cancer to her bosses at Broadmoor Hospital where patients include the Yorkshire Ripper By Lara Keay December 12, 2019 -- Excerpt A junior doctor at Broadmoor Hospital who lied about having breast cancer has been banned from treating patients. Trainee psychiatrist Dr Amina Rafi, 25, told colleagues at the maximum security hospital she had the disease, was four years older than she was, and that she was a member of the Royal College of Physicians... At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, she admitted dishonest [...]
Arvind Shah, Waterbury psychiatrist, slapped 10-year-old patient
Republican American Police: Waterbury-based psychiatrist slapped 10-year-old patient --Excerpt WATERBURY — A psychiatrist with a city-based practice is facing a felony charge in connection to allegedly slapping a young patient in his office, according to documents obtained Wednesday. Dr. Arvind Shah, 70, was charged earlier this month after an investigation of his interaction with a 10-year-old boy, according to police. Police say they were called to Shah’s office on Nov. 7 at about 3:40 p.m. The child’s mother and her husband were with the boy, who was suffering from “several emotional psychological diagnoses,” according to police. At some point [...]
Emad Bishai, Texas Psychiatrist, Arrested
Emad Bishai KHOU The Woodlands doctor arrested on charges related to 4 overdose deaths --Excerpt MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A Montgomery County doctor has been suspended amid a slew of charges related to the overdose deaths of four patients. Emad Mikhail Tewfik Bishai's medical license was suspended "after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare," according to the Texas Medical Board. Several warrants were issued for Bishai's arrest earlier this month. He's facing four felony charges of prescribing controlled substances for other than medical purposes and five felony counts of practicing medicine [...]
Pierre Maillou, Quebec psychiatrist, guilty
Pierre Maillou CBC Mailloux guilty: College of Physicians November 9, 2009 -- Excerpt Controversial Quebec radio host and psychiatrist Pierre (Doc) Mailloux has been found guilty of 13 charges related to his medical practice. A disciplinary committee found Mailloux guilty of misdiagnosing patients and prescribing large doses of two antipsychotic drugs. The Quebec College of Physicians ruled he made hasty diagnostic judgments which he failed to revise when patients began experiencing dangerous side-effects. The side-effects included respiratory problems, motor and vocal difficulties, anxiety, vomiting, heart palpitations and confusion... The outspoken psychiatrist had been taken to task previously for making [...]
Prabakar Rajan Thomas, Melbourne psychiatrist, sentenced
Prabakar Rajan Thomas The Guardian Psychiatrist jailed for sexual assault faces second allegation By Lisa Martin September 3, 2019 -- Excerpt A former Melbourne psychiatrist sentenced to two years in jail for sexually assaulting a female patient is facing a further investigation from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Prabakar Rajan Thomas, 69, received a 14 month non-parole jail sentence in March for abusing a patient. The county court was told he had put his hands in the victim’s bra, asked about her masturbation habits and showed her graphic pornography. Ahpra is now investigating a separate complaint from another former [...]