MEDIA
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 [...]
Skodnek
The Boston Globe March 23, 1996, Saturday, City Edition False bills, diagnoses cost doctor $ 1.5 million, prison BYLINE: By Judy Rakowsky, Globe Staff SECTION: METRO/REGION; Pg. 19 LENGTH: 466 words A Newton psychiatrist who invented diagnoses, session notes and bills for patients he never saw was sentenced yesterday to nearly four years in a federal prison camp and ordered to pay $ 1.5 million in fines and restitution. Dr. Richard P. Skodnek - who attended his three-week trial on charges of massive insurance fraud in cheaply made clothes and with his hair shaved on one side of his head [...]
The Associated Press June 14, 1999, Monday, BC cycle Two doctors sanctioned for sexual relationships with patients SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 268 words DATELINE: COLUMBIA, S.C. One South Carolina doctor has had his license revoked and another had his suspended for having improper sexual contact with patients, the Board of Medical Examiners announced. Dr. Djalma A. Braga, a psychiatrist at Shaw Air Force Base, had his license revoked June 7 after admitting to a sexual relationship with a patient. Braga told the board he had sexual intercourse with his patient once and hugged and kissed the patient several times. [...]
Kennard C. Kobrin
The Associated Press State & Local Wire May 31, 2003 Convicted psychiatrist gets suspended sentence, fines Psychiatrist Kennard Kobrin A Fall River psychiatrist who was convicted of prescribing illegal drugs and ordering unnecessary tests has received a suspended jail sentence. Dr. Kennard C. Kobrin, who works in Fall River and lives in Barrington, R.I., was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert Kane on Friday. Kane sentenced Kobrin to two 18-month prison sentences and a nine-month sentence, but he suspended the sentences. He also ordered Kobrin to pay $11,000 in fines and barred him from prescribing medicine for two years. [...]
Jeffrey Shapiro, Psychiatrist, Disciplined in 2 states – “serious threat to public health”
The Associated Press May 24, 1999 State medical board suspends Andover psychiatrist Dateline: Boston A doctor disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine also has been suspended in Massachusetts, state officials said Monday. The state Board of Registration in Medicine announced it had suspended Dr. Jeffrey S. Shapiro, a psychiatrist and neurologist from Andover. The board voted to take action against Shapiro on Wednesday after finding his continued practice of medicine posed a serious threat to public health. In a statement of allegations, the board said Shapiro had been disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine for borrowing [...]
Charles Stroebel
Hartford Courant (Connecticut) February 9, 1994, A Edition Doctor denies he broke no-drinking agreement; Psychiatrist denies he violated pact BYLINE: FRANK SPENCER-MOLLOY; Courant Medical Writer SECTION: CONNECTICUT; Pg. B1 LENGTH: 667 words Taking the stand for the first time, psychiatrist Charles F. Stroebel said Tuesday he had not violated a no-drinking pact he had with state Department of Public Health and Addiction Services. Stroebel said at a disciplinary hearing, which will determine whether he will keep his medical license, that he has not had a drink in more than five years. He said the one time a required blood check [...]
Joel Ganz
States News Service January 7, 2009 Wednesday DOCTOR SENTENCED ON OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 355 words DATELINE: WASHINGTON, DC The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia: Dr. Joel S. Ganz, a practicing psychiatrist, has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and to perform 100 hours of community service for obstructing a health care investigation, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, announced today. Dr. Ganz, 73, [...]
Wohltmann
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York) June 29, 2010 Tuesday Psychiatrist sentenced for failing to pay income taxes BYLINE: By, Patti Singer SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 227 words An East Rochester psychiatrist pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of failing to pay her New York state personal income taxes, according to the Department of Taxation and Finance. Dr. Virginia A. Wohltmann, 51, of 1108 Roosevelt Road in East Rochester, pleaded guilty on June 23 before Acting Monroe County Court Judge Stephen T. Miller. In December 2009, she was charged with felony counts for failing to file state personal income tax returns [...]
Edward Keelan
The Associated Press Judge Sentences 'Drug Pusher' Psychiatrist To Five Years By LARRY ROSENTHAL December 17, 1988, Saturday, PM cycle A psychiatrist who illegally prescribed drugs to addicts has been sentenced to five years in prison by a judge who called him nothing but a "highly educated, well-placed drug pusher." Dr. Edward M. Keelan also was fined $$25,000 on Friday, given a concurrent five-year prison sentence for two counts of witness tampering and ordered to serve five years' probation after his release from prison. "The bottom line is he's just another drug pusher - in a tailored suit," said Superior [...]