MEDIA

States News Service January 4, 2007 Thursday COX ANNOUNCES SUMMARY SUSPENSION OF PSYCHIATRIST'S MEDICAL LICENSE BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 294 words DATELINE: LANSING, Mich. The following information was released by the Michigan Attorney General: Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that the medical license of Farmington Hills psychiatrist Albert Bayer, M.D., has been summarily suspended by the Board of Medicine amid allegations that he engaged in a long-term sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient to whom he also over-prescribed psychotropic and narcotic medications. "It is disturbing that a doctor would abuse the trust of patients who seek his medical [...]

Khristine Eroshevich

The Associated Press April 3, 2012 Tuesday 02:52 AM GMT Beverly Hills psychiatrist has license suspended SECTION: ENTERTAINMENT NEWS LENGTH: 307 words DATELINE: LOS ANGELES State medical board officials say a Beverly Hills psychiatrist who treated Anna Nicole Smith has had her license suspended for a criminal conviction involving the Playboy Playmate. The March 30 decision by the Medical Board of California did not name any patients in the case against Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, but the filing listed the court number of the Smith case. Eroshevich's license was revoked, but the revocation was stayed. Instead, Eroshevich's license will be suspended [...]

Orlando Sentinel (Florida) September 23, 1994 Friday, CENTRAL FLORIDA FAXING PSYCHIATRIST GUILTY OF HARASSING BLACK PEOPLE SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A8 LENGTH: 106 words DATELINE: PITTSBURGH A psychiatrist who sent anonymous faxes to black groups and individuals with messages such as "Happy James Earl Ray Day" has been convicted of harassment. Dr. Ernest Hendrickson was found guilty of 36 counts Wednesday. Each count is punishable by six months to a year in jail. Prosecutors said the messages were sent to specific targets, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Lynn Swann and [...]

United Press International August 17, 1994, Wednesday, BC cycle Ex-patient says he was doctor's 'slave' SECTION: Domestic News LENGTH: 271 words DATELINE: BOSTON, Aug. 17 A former patient of a Massachusetts psychiatrist who recently had her license suspended by state regulators says she used him as a virtual ''slave'' while he lived in her suburban Boston apartment last year. The unidentified man told the Boston Herald Wednesday that Dr. Suzanne King also used another ex-patient as a ''sex slave'' in a desperate bid to get pregnant. King, 42, of Brookline, Mass., was suspended last week by the state Board of [...]

The Boston Globe September 2, 2004, Thursday THIRD EDITION STATE FINES PSYCHIATRIST, SUSPENDS LICENSE SECTION: METRO/REGION; Pg. B2 LENGTH: 125 words State medical regulators indefinitely suspended the license of a Newton psychiatrist and fined her $2,500 yesterday for improperly obtaining confidential medical records of a patient. The patient had alleged that the psychiatrist's husband, a neurologist, had inappropriately touched her. Investigators found that Dr. Deborah A. Sichel obtained the woman's records from Newton-Wellesley Hospital in 2001 "in an attempt to discredit the patient's complaint" about her husband to the Board of Registration in Medicine. Board director Nancy Achin Audesse called [...]

The Associated Press State & Local Wire August 5, 1999, Thursday, AM cycle State medical board disciplines four doctors SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 447 words DATELINE: BOSTON The state Board of Registration in Medicine has taken disciplinary action against four doctors - including a psychiatrist who proposed to a patient and an internist who asked explicit sexual questions while conducting a pelvic exam, the board said Thursday. At its July 28 meeting, the board revoked the license of Dr. Edward E. Gilmour, a psychiatrist currently living in New Mexico. The board found that he had crossed the line physically, [...]

The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) April 22, 2005 Friday City Edition Suspended Weymouth psychiatrist gives up his license BYLINE: Sue Reinert SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9 LENGTH: 582 words The Patriot Ledger A Weymouth psychiatrist who last year agreed to a suspension for practicing while impaired by alcohol has now resigned his license, state regulators said. Dr. Lee Chartock's resignation means he is permanently barred from practicing medicine, the Board of Registration in Medicine said. The resignation is considered a disciplinary action, the board said. In his resignation letter, Chartock said he is not licensed anywhere else and will not seek [...]

Domingo Cerra-Fernandez, Ocala Psychiatrist, Suspended by State, now one of 30 highest paid state employees

Miami Herald Psychiatrist suspended for ‘inappropriate relationship.’ He got a $196K state job. By Steve Contorno and Lawrence Mower February 28, 2019 Psychiatrist Domingo Cerra-Fernandez TALLAHASSEE - Less than a year ago, Domingo Cerra Fernandez was suspended from practicing medicine in Florida. He still can’t in New York. The Ocala psychiatrist allegedly committed one of the cardinal sins of his discipline: He propositioned a patient to have a sexual and romantic relationship with him. He then continued to treat her. But just months after his Florida suspension ended, Cerra Fernandez has a new job. He’s a senior physician at [...]

Hugh Castell

The Seattle Times EASTSIDE JOURNAL -- PSYCHIATRIST DISCIPLINED By Nancy Montgomery March 17, 1994 Psychiatrist disciplined: A Bellevue psychiatrist must videotape all sessions with female patients in order to maintain his practice after the state Medical Disciplinary Board said he had improper sexual relationships with three patients. Dr. Hugh Castell agreed to the board's order several months ago rather than face a hearing that could have resulted in a suspension of his medical license. He also was fined $ 2,000, ordered to have female patients sign notices that they'd seen the restrictions imposed on his practice, provide a copy of [...]

Paul Lowinger – Psychiatrist Sentenced In Sex Case

The San Francisco Chronicle EAST BAY Psychiatrist Sentenced In Sex Case FEBRUARY 3, 1993 Oakland -- A psychiatrist who was found guilty of prescribing medication in exchange for sex was sentenced yesterday to one year in Alameda County Jail and fined $ 15,000. Paul Lowinger, 69, who had offices in Oakland and San Francisco, was arrested after a seven- month investigation by the state attorney general revealed that he had billed Medi-Cal for psychotherapy sessions during which he had sex with at least five patients. Lowinger pleaded no contest in November to felony grand theft, filing false Medi-Cal claims, issuing [...]