MEDIA
Psychiatrist Ordered to Pay $4.6 million in damages
The New York Times PATIENT AWARDED $4.6 MILLION July 8, 1981 A psychiatrist who admitted having sex with a patient in two years of $110-a-week therapy sessions was ordered today to pay $4.6 million in damages to the woman. The patient's attorney, Marvin Lewis, said it was the largest psychological injury award granted in the country. After half a day of deliberations, the 10-woman, two-man jury decided unanimously that Dr. Zane Parzen of La Jolla, Calif., should be ordered to pay damages to Evelyn Walker, 41 years old, of San Diego. In testimony, Mrs. Walker said she made numerous suicide [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire March 20, 2002, Wednesday, BC cycle License revoked of psychiatrist accused of having affair with patient SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 264 words DATELINE: NEWARK, N.J. The state revoked the license of a Princeton-area psychiatrist after finding out he had sex with a patient he treated for depression for 11 years, officials said Wednesday. Don Henry Wijaya was fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $38,529.41 in costs involved in the case. The state Board of Medical Examiners ruled March 13 that Wijaya, 54, had sex with his patient, whom he began treating in [...]
Alan Pearl
The Associated Press June 21, 1984 Sex Therapy Clinic Offered Sex For Sale, Officials Charge Dateline: New York A prostitution ring disguised as a sex therapy clinic let customers pay with Blue Cross cards, allowing them to get most of their money back from insurance companies, authorities said. A psychiatrist and two businessmen were arrested Wednesday on charges of running the operation in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The clinic, New York Health Management Centers Corp., had at least 500 customers and charged about $115 per session, according to District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. In many cases, Morgenthau said, psychiatrist Alan [...]
Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts) November 16, 2001 Friday, RT. 9 EAST EDITION MD's loss of license extended BYLINE: Kevin Keenan; TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF SECTION: LOCAL NEWS; Pg. B1 LENGTH: 366 words DATELINE: WESTBORO - A psychiatrist whose license had been revoked won't be allowed to reapply for it until she can prove she has been drug-free for at least 18 months. On Wednesday, the state Board of Registration in Medicine placed further conditions for the possible reinstatement of Dr. Josephine A. Hoffman, now of Florida, who worked briefly at Staffier Associates, a psychiatric clinic in Westboro. The state board [...]
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) December 22, 2007 Saturday SOUTH SOUND Edition Girl's death leads state to suspend doctor's license BYLINE: M. ALEXANDER OTTO SECTION: SOUTH SOUND & LOCAL; Pg. B02 LENGTH: 236 words The state medical board Friday suspended the license of a Tacoma psychiatrist after his alleged misuse of 13 medications over two months "possibly caused" the death of a 17-year-old girl under his care in 2002. Messages left Friday by The News Tribune with the answering service and at the home of the psychiatrist, Dr. Andrew Hwang, were not returned. State documents allege Harris prescribed a series [...]
Robert Gardner
United Press International Dateline: San Diego December 23, 1981 A psychiatrist who was ordered to pay $2.5 million to a woman for having sex with her during therapy sessions Wednesday was accused in another sex-therapy lawsuit of breaking up the marriage of a San Diego couple. Dr. Robert Gardner, who recently began a residency in psychiatry at University of California at San Diego, filed the suit against Dr. Zane Parzen in Superior Court. Gardner said in the medical malpractice suit that Parzen had sex with his wife during therapy sessions from 1977 to 1980. He said his wife went to [...]
Psychiatrist is First to have License Revoked
The Washington Post March 8, 1981 A Miami psychiatrist, Dr. Michael L. Solloway, became the first psychiatrist in Florida to have his license revoked for having sex with a patient. The state Board of Medical Examiners took the action after Solloway, 42, admitted having an affair with a woman he had been treating for four years.
Mavroidis
States News Service October 25, 2007 Thursday LOWELL PSYCHIATRIST SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN HOUSE OF CORRECTION FOR ILLEGALLY PRESCRIBING DRUGS BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 523 words DATELINE: BOSTON, Mass. The following information was released by the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General: Yesterday, Middlesex Superior Court Judge Hiller Zobel sentenced Dr. Michael L. Mavroidis, age 59, ofWeymouth, in connection with illegally prescribing drugs to four of his patients . Judge Zobelsentenced Dr. Mavroidis to one year in the House of Correction, to be served immediately. Mavroidis must also pay a $10,000 fine. After serving his one-year sentence, Mavroidis [...]