MEDIA
Muriel Sugarman
The Boston Herald March 29, 1996 Friday SECOND EDITION BYLINE: By MICHAEL LASALANDRA SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 059 LENGTH: 214 words The state's top court has upheld the suspension of the license of a Boston psychiatrist who was involved in a celebrated child custody fight. The Supreme Judicial Court yesterday denied the appeal of Dr. Muriel Sugarman, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, who had her license suspended and was fined $ 10,000 by the Board of Registration in Medicine in 1994. Sugarman had been involved in the Nicole LaLonde custody case in the late 1980s. The board had charged that [...]
North Dakota Psychiatrist James Bland
The Bismarck Tribune August 10, 1996 Saturday LENGTH: 571 words MINOT (AP) -- A psychiatrist accused of possessing explosives and harassing people said he is resigned to losing his state medical license. ""I don't have any hope at all,'' Dr. James Bland said. Bland said he is the subject of a smear campaign and is being harassed by ""political enemies.'' Bland's medical license has been temporarily suspended while an administrative hearing officer took testimony on revoking his license. Allen Hoberg is to recommend whether the state Board of Medical Examiners should take any more disciplinary action against him. Bland has [...]
The Baltimore Sun May 19, 2010 Wednesday FINAL EDITION MARYLAND BOARD REVOKES LICENSE OF PSYCHIATRIST OVER CONDUCT BYLINE: Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 8A LENGTH: 372 words Towson psychiatrist Miguel Frontera's license to practice in Maryland has been permanently revoked after the state board that oversees doctors found that he had inappropriate contact with boys in his care. The Maryland Board of Physicians found that the psychiatrist, licensed in the state since 1988, acted improperly in a dozen cases, all involving pre-teen boys, some of whom came forward after the investigation began late last year. The board's [...]
The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA.) December 2, 1994, Friday PSYCHIATRIST TO SURRENDER MEDICAL LICENSE BYLINE: THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B14 LENGTH: 265 words RIVERSIDE An Upland psychiatrist has agreed to surrender his medical license as of today to settle sexual misconduct accusations brought by four former patients. Dr. Kenneth R. Jones was accused of molesting or attempting to molest four female patients between 1981 and 1991, according to the California Medical Board. Jones also was accused of persuading one of the patients to loan money to a company in which Jones had an interest. The company defaulted on the [...]
Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) July 13, 2010 Tuesday Board suspends doctor's license BYLINE: By, Tina Marie Macias SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 210 words Dr. Allison Hargrave, a psychiatrist accused of a federal sex crime, has had her medical license suspended, according to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners' website. Her license was suspended June 6, "pending administrative action." Hargrave was indicted May 26 for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. A hearing will be set to discuss her license and the board would not release more information on why her license was suspended. "We don't generally give that [...]
The Miami Herald December 2, 2010 Thursday UM prof accused of submitting ghostwritten textbook By JOHN DORSCHNER; jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com December 2 2010 A national watchdog group has accused a University of Miami psychiatrist, Charles Nemeroff, of listing himself as a co-author of a textbook that was ghostwritten by a writing company and paid for by a major drug maker. The Washington-based Project on Government Oversight has written a letter to the National Institutes of Health complaining about three publications, including Nemeroff's, in which a marketing firm, Scientific Therapeutics Information, performed ghostwriting about drug benefits that was paid for by a company [...]
Los Angeles Times October 4, 2008 Saturday Home Edition Science File; Doctor accused in Congress' probe; An Emory University psychiatrist allegedly failed to report much of the income he got from firms whose drugs he was evaluating. BYLINE: Denise Gellene, Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writers SECTION: MAIN NEWS; National Desk; Part A; Pg. 19 LENGTH: 868 words A prominent Emory University psychiatrist received at least $2.8 million in consulting fees from companies whose drugs he was evaluating and failed to report a third of it, congressional investigators studying medical conflicts of interest said Friday. The allegations against Dr. [...]
Robert Ferrell
The Boston Globe Mass. medical panel charges five psychiatrists with sexual misconduct By Dolores Kong June 6, 1989 The state Board of Registration in Medicine has filed sexual-misconduct charges against five psychiatrists, bringing to nine the number of current and former Massachusetts psychiatrists who have admitted or been accused in recent months of having had improper sexual contact with patients. Several of the psychiatrists named in the five latest cases, which were initiated by the board between Sep-tember and last month, hold prominent positions. The cases came to light in a review of the board's public files last week. In [...]
Bangor Daily News (Maine) June 12, 2010 Saturday All Editions Psychiatrist disciplined for renewal violations BYLINE: MEG HASKELL OF THE NEWS STAFF SECTION: Pg. B2 LENGTH: 236 words DATELINE: BANGOR Bangor psychiatrist Mark Spear this week was fined $500 and accepted a reprimand from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. According to information provided by the licensing board, Spear agreed with the board that actions associated with renewing his license to practice in Maine could reasonably be construed to constitute fraud or deceit. In a renewal application submitted in May 2009, Spear stated he had completed the required continuing [...]
Surendra Johri, New Hartford Shrink, convicted of sexual misconduct – still has license
Observer-Dispatch After trial, status of Johri’s medical license uncertain By Jolene Cleaver February 22, 2019 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA — Two weeks after a New Hartford psychiatrist was found guilty on three sex abuse charges in a Utica City Court bench trial, there’s still no word from the state on the status of his medical license. Oneida County Assistant District Attorney Laurie Lisi co-prosecuted the case against Dr. Surendra Johri with Assistant District Attorney Maria Murad Blais. After the verdict was handed down on Feb. 7, Lisi said records showed Johri still maintained his medical license. Asked that same [...]