MEDIA
Pikeville Psychiatrist – medical license restricted
Pikeville psychiatrist Lexington Herald Leader Pikeville psychiatrist accused of showing patient nude pictures of men he’s had sex with By Mike Stunson August 5, 2019 --Excerpt A Pikeville psychiatrist has been accused of showing a patient nude photos of men during a session earlier this year. As a result, the medical license for Jason Stamper has been restricted by the state’s Board of Medical Licensure for an indefinite period of time. Stamper practices at the Mountain Comprehensive Care Center in Pikeville. The mother of the patient, a permanently disabled adult, filed a grievance to the board in May that Stamper [...]
William Vicary, LA Psychiatrist, surrenders license
William Vicary Los Angeles Times Psychiatrist who admitted altering notes in Menendez brothers’ murder trial in the ’90s surrenders license --Excerpt A psychiatrist who caused an uproar in the 1990s when he admitted altering clinical notes in the infamous Menendez brothers’ murder trial has agreed to surrender his medical license over new allegations of wrongdoing, according to the Medical Board of California. The decision, which became effective last month, came after the state accused Dr. William Vicary of gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, prescribing without an appropriate exam, excessive prescribing and inadequate record keeping. The complaint, filed in November 2017, [...]
James Ryan, Psychiatrist – sexual misconduct with patients
James Ryan East Valley Tribune EV psychiatrist runs afoul of 2 medical boards By Jordan Houston June 18, 2019 -- Excerpt The way the medical boards of California and Arizona saw it before suspending him this month, East Valley psychiatrist Dr. James Matthew Crowley Ryan had other things in mind when three different women came to him for psychiatric care. Investigators for the California Attorney General’s office said: When one woman told the Gilbert resident, then practicing in the San Diego area, that she had had an extramarital affair, he “told her that she should have more affairs” – then [...]
Jacob McClean, South Florida Psychiatrist Arrested
Jacob McClean local10.com South Florida doctor arrested after dispensing meth to patients, DEA says Dr. Jacob McClean faces federal drug charges By Peter Burke - Local10.com Managing Editor, Neki Mohan - Anchor/Reporter June 17, 2019 -- Excerpt MIAMI - A South Florida doctor has been arrested on federal drug charges. Dr. Jacob McClean, 36, appeared in federal court Monday in Miami. The Pembroke Pines psychiatrist was arrested Friday by Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Federal authorities said McClean was illegally dispensing and using methamphetamine... Lambert said McClean was also writing prescriptions "for medications that are not medically necessary and are [...]
Robert Perez, Orange County Psychiatrist, sentenced
Robert Perez Orange County Register OC psychiatrist sentenced to prison for prescription drug sales scheme By Sean Emery June 17, 2019 -- Excerpt SANTA ANA — A Santa Ana-based psychiatrist who illegally gave out prescriptions for opioids and other drugs was sentenced Monday to 57 months in federal prison. Dr. Robert Tinoco Perez, 56, of Westminster, as part of a plea agreement admitted earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances... Guilford noted that Perez seemed to be focusing mainly on himself, rather than the wider impact of his actions. “Turn on the news at any [...]
Paul Fox, Danbury & NZ psychiatrist, Guilty of Sexual Assault
Paul Fox The New Zealand Herald Psychiatrist Paul Fox, who treated Adam Lanza and Waikato patients guilty of sexual assault --Excerpt An American psychiatrist who was employed by Waikato District Health Board after surrendering his licence in the US amid controversy over an affair with a young patient, has pleaded guilty to her sexual assault. Dr Paul Fox is facing 18 months in prison in his native country after pleading guilty in Danbury, Connecticut, to sexually assaulting the teenager in 2011. The 66-year-old is infamous for treating a teenaged Adam Lanza - who went on to fatally shoot 26 people [...]
James Ketchum, Psychiatrist – used LSD on Soldiers
James Ketchum Washington Post James Ketchum, who conducted mind-altering experiments on soldiers, dies at 87 By Harrison Smith June 4, 2019 -- Excerpt James S. Ketchum, an Army psychiatrist who studied the effects of LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs on American soldiers, overseeing classified Cold War-era experiments that spurred a debate on medical ethics, died May 27 at his home in Peoria, Ariz. He was 87... ...initiatives were halted amid media reports and withering congressional hearings, during which the Edgewood project’s founder and director, Van Murray Sim, was criticized for failing to provide follow-up medical care for the 7,000 soldiers [...]
Arthur Kranz, Hobe Sound Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Arthur Kranz Press Release South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Disability Fraud Tuesday, April 30, 2019 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Evaded Paying Taxes on Over $1.6 Million in Income Earned While Claiming to be Disabled A South Florida doctor residing in Hobe Sound, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in prison yesterday for tax evasion, wire fraud, and Social Security disability fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida. According to court documents [...]
Brian Lahey, psychiatrist, Overland Park, sex with patients
Kansas City Star JoCo doctor accused of sex with patients loses Kansas license, can still work in Mo. --Excerpt An Overland Park psychiatrist has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his Kansas license amid allegations of having sex with patients and other violations...Brian Patrick Lahey took the suspension and agreed to not contest the allegations in a consent order issued Tuesday by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. “Licensee committed an act or acts of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct by committing an act or acts of sexual abuse, misconduct or other improper sexual contact, which exploited the licensee-patient relationship,” [...]
Charles Noplis, Louisville Psychiatrist, Punched a woman at a bar
Courier Journal Kentucky board opens new investigation of psychiatrist with ‘anger management’ issues Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Dr. Charles Noplis II is a contract physician at Renew Recovery. Its website identified him as the medical director. A Louisville psychiatrist whose medical license was already on probation for punching a woman at a bar and punching a patient in his office has now pleaded guilty to battery of his wife. Dr. Charles Noplis II, who was featured in a Courier Journal story last year about addiction medicine, pleaded guilty Tuesday to battery in Dearborn [...]