MEDIA
Patients hope Fayetteville psychiatrist ‘never practices again’ after alleged prescription fraud
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Patients hope Fayetteville doctor ‘never practices again’ after alleged prescription fraud February 11, 2019 By Zachary Hansen Psychiatrist Ginari Price Former patients of a Fayette County psychiatrist said they weren’t surprised when she, her husband and two of her nurse practitioners were accused by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of an illegal prescription scheme. Now they’re hoping she never gets to practice medicine again. Dr. Ginari Price is accused of helping her husband and two nurse practitioners issue about 2,500 prescriptions, including opioids, through her practice at Psycare LLC off Devant Street while she was in jail [...]
Jane McLennan, Edinburgh Psychiatrist, accused of lying about a patient
The Herald An Edinburgh psychiatrist is alleged to have lied in a report on a patient to an employment tribunal By Helen McArdle Health Correspondent June 27, 2018 Psychiatrist Jane McLennan A PSYCHIATRIST has been accused of lying about a patient by falsely claiming he recorded telephone conversations with clients and “felt like hitting people at work”. Dr Jane McLennan, an expert in old age psychiatry from Edinburgh, is alleged to have knowingly made a string of false claims about the patient, known only as Mr A, in a damning psychiatric report. Dr McLennan, a consultant psychiatrist at the [...]
Edinburgh Psychiatrist Jane McLennan, “expert medical witness” – faces sanctions – audio tape proves she fabricated a damning report
The Herald Psychiatrist faces sanction over 'misleading and inaccurate' report on sacked Ministry of Justice man By Helen McArdle February 14, 2019 Psychiatrist Jane McLennan A PSYCHIATRIST known for her work as an expert medical witness fabricated a damning report on a patient who went on to lose his unfair dismissal claim against the Ministry of Justice, a tribunal has found. Dr Jane McLennan faces being suspended for acting dishonestly when she knowingly produced an "inaccurate and misleading" report on the man, known only as Mr A, following a consultation in August 2014. A fitness to practises tribunal found [...]
David Brendel, Belmont Psychiatrist, suspended – sexual relationship with a former patient
Board of Registration in Medicine NEWS News Massachusetts Board of Medicine Takes Disciplinary Action July 13, 2017 Psychiatrist David Brendel WAKEFIELD — At its meeting on July 13, 2017, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine took disciplinary action against the medical licenses of Sara E. Russell, M.D, David H. Brendel, M.D., and Natasha A. Reid, M.D. In a Final Decision & Order, the Board revoked Dr. Sara E. Russell’s inchoate right to renew her medical license after concluding that Dr. Russel had practiced medicine while her ability to do so was impaired. Dr. Russell was licensed in Massachusetts [...]
David Sosin, Tustin Psychiatrist – Ordered to Cease and Desist for incompetence, gross negligence and excessive prescribing
OCWeekly STATE SLAPS PSYCHIATRIST DR. DAVID SOSIN WITH CEASE PRACTICE ORDER By Matt Coker February 20, 2019 Psychiatrist David Sosin A Tustin psychiatrist with a long history of discipline by the Medical Board of California was recently slapped with a cease practice order. Dr. David Sosin’s license to practice medicine in the state had been placed on five years probation with several conditions, one of which was that he have his practice monitored by a board-approved physician or surgeon. Sosin’s monitor became unavailable, which kicked in a 60-day deadline for him to find a replacement. That didn’t happen, so [...]
North Shore psychiatrist Keith Ablow accused of sexually exploiting patients
Boston Globe ‘I own you’: Prominent psychiatrist accused of sexually exploiting patients By Michael Rezendes February 21, 2019 Psychiatrist Keith Ablow NEWBURYPORT — A prominent North Shore psychiatrist is facing lawsuits from three female patients who say he lured them into degrading sexual relationships, including beatings, conversations about bondage, and, in one case, getting a tattoo of the doctor’s initials to show his “ownership” of her, according to court documents. The women allege that Dr. Keith Ablow, an author who was a contributor to Fox News network until 2017, abused his position while treating them for acute depression, leaving [...]
Nomi Fredrick
Los Angeles Times October 26, 2000, Thursday, Home Edition EMBATTLED PSYCHIATRIST LOSES HER LICENSE; DRUGS: BOARD CALLS DR. NOMI FREDRICK GROSSLY NEGLIGENT IN TREATMENT OF PRODUCER DON SIMPSON, WHO DIED OF AN OVERDOSE. BYLINE: CHUCK PHILIPS, TIMES STAFF WRITER SECTION: Metro; Part B; Page 1; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1006 words Nearly five years after the overdose death of Hollywood producer Don Simpson, the Medical Board of California has stripped a Westside psychiatrist of her medical license for overprescribing addictive drugs to Simpson and other patients. In a blistering 25-page decision, the board blasted Dr. Nomi J. Fredrick for being dishonest, [...]
Shervert Frazier
Chicago Tribune Science on the hot seat U.S. crackdown on research fraud raises concerns By John Crewdson March 19, 1989 After his conviction late last year for defrauding the United States government, Stephen E. Breuning was ordered to repay $11,000 of the money he stole, serve 60 days in a halfway house and perform 250 hours of community service. As crimes go, Breuning's might not have been noticed - except that he was a former University of Pittsburgh psychologist who had been charged with obtaining federal research grants on the strength of research he had never conducted. A few days [...]
Martin Denker
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) August 1, 1987, Saturday, City Edition Correction Appended Board reprimands USF teacher for unlicensed drug program BYLINE: CAROL GENTRY SECTION: METRO AND STATE; Pg. 5B LENGTH: 473 words DATELINE: ORLANDO -- ORLANDO - Psychiatrists from the University of South Florida in Tampa had to make an embarrassing admission Friday. They told the Florida Board of Medicine that they didn't know it's illegal for a doctor to run a narcotics-withdrawal program without a license from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Dr. Martin W. Denker, an associate professor of psychiatry at USF, was accused of providing methadone [...]