MEDIA
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) September 27, 1998, Sunday, FIVE STAR LIFT EDITION PHYSICIANS WITH TROUBLED PASTS HAVE FOUND WORK BEHIND BARS BYLINE: Andrew A. Skolnick; Special to the Post-Dispatch SECTION: NEWS, Pg. G9 LENGTH: 975 words * Some states allow doctors who would otherwise not be licensed, to treat only inmates. When Nancy Blumenthal was interviewed by the jail psychiatrist, she had no idea that he had spent time behind bars himself. Dr. Harvey Lothringer served four years for killing a college sophomore in the 1960s in a botched illegal abortion and then trying to hide his crime by cutting [...]
James Halikas
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) U PSYCHIATRIST AMONG 4 DOCTORS DISCIPLINED BY STATE; $3,500 FINE LEVIED FOR HIS ACTIONS IN DRUG STUDY AT U By Tom Majeski May 26, 1998 A prominent member of the University of Minnesota's psychiatry faculty has been reprimanded and fined $3,500 by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice for failing to follow patient safety guidelines involving a drug study he was conducting. In other actions, the board fined a Golden Valley psychiatrist $10,000 and restricted his license, changed the restrictions on the license of a Wabasha physician after he violated an earlier board order and [...]
Arthur Leritz, Spokane Psychiatrist, Suspended
Business Wire License Of Spokane Psychiatrist Suspended By Medical Commission February 13, 1998 OLYMPIA, Wash. Feb. 13, 1998--The state Medical Quality Assurance Commission indefinitely suspended the license of Spokane psychiatrist Arthur F. Leritz (MD13906) last week. Leritz was temporarily suspended for sexual misconduct in December 1997 while his case was reviewed. Leritz had sexual contact with two patients in 1997. He also improperly administered medication to one of those patients, misrepresented facts during the Commission's investigation, and engaged in conduct that lowers the standing of the profession. Following a psychological evaluation, mental health treatment, payment of a $ 10,000 [...]
Boaz Harris
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution High court told unfit psychiatrist botched defense; Justices to rule whether damning testimony from defense witness should merit new murder trial. By Bill Rankin November 17, 1998 When accused killer Jack Bennett went to trial facing the death penalty in 1990, his defense lawyers relied on one defense: Bennett was insane when he stabbed his wife more than 100 times and then beat her with a claw hammer. The lawyers hired respected psychiatrist Boaz Harris as their chief witness. But Harris' testimony turned out to be so disastrous and damaging for Bennett that he deserves [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire December 10, 1998, Thursday, AM cycle State revokes psychiatrist's license for sexual relationship BYLINE: By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI, Associated Press Writer SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 400 words DATELINE: CONCORD, N.H. The state has revoked a Bedford psychiatrist's license for at least three years, finding he was unethical for having a sexual relationship with a patient. Having an affair with the woman also undermined Dr. Pierre Durand's treatment of her young son, the Board of Registration in Medicine ruled. Durand has been licensed in New Hampshire since 1965. He specializes in child and adolescent [...]
Grassley Probes Psychiatrist Nemeroff and University of Miami
Psychiatrist Charles Nemeroff The Miami Herald June 10, 2010 Thursday Senator tells University of Miami he's `troubled' over hiring By JOHN DORSCHNER Miami Herald Senator tells University of Miami he's `troubled' over hiring A U.S. senator chastised UM about the head of its psychiatry department, who has been under fire over receiving undisclosed payments from drug companies while doing NIH research at a previous job. Sen. Charles Grassley has written a strongly worded letter to University of Miami President Donna Shalala saying he is ``disturbed\'\' and ``troubled\'\' by actions surrounding UM\'s hiring of a psychiatrist-researcher under investigation by [...]
New Hartford Psychiatrist Surendra Johri, found guilty in sex abuse trial – sentencing April 11
WKTV GUILTY VERDICT IN NEW HARTFORD PSYCHIATRIST'S SEX ABUSE TRIAL February 7, 2019 By Joleen Ferris Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA, N.Y. -- A judge reached a guilty verdict in the sex abuse trial of a New Hartford psychiatrist, accused of inappropriately touching and exposing himself to two patients. Doctor Surendra Johri was found guilty of two counts of sexual abuse and one count of forcible touching, and found not guilty of two counts of forcible touching and one count of sexual abuse, regarding both women. It was a bit of a surprise Thursday in court for Dr. Surendra Johri [...]
George David, Fremont psychiatrist, arrested Monday in Fraud case
San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area psychiatrist indicted in disability fraud scheme By Megan Cassidy February 6, 2019 Psychiatrist George David A federal grand jury has indicted a Bay Area psychiatrist and a Union City woman in what prosecutors describe as a scheme to defraud California’s disability program by securing benefits for people who lied about an illness, injury or pregnancy. Dr. Bay Area psychiatrist indicted in disability fraud scheme, 78, a Fremont psychiatrist, and Linda Nguyen, 66, were each charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and substantive mail fraud, according to a Jan. 29 indictment that was unsealed [...]
Surendra Johri, NY psychiatrist – trial begins – accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with patients
Observer Dispatch Sex abuse trial begins for New Hartford psychiatrist Johri By Jolene Cleaver February 4, 2019 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA — The first of two alleged sexual assault victims took the stand Monday in Utica City Court to testify against their former psychiatrist, Dr. Surendra Johri. Johri, of New Hartford, is accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with those patients on three separate occasions in 2017. Also testifying at his bench trial Monday were mental health professionals and law enforcement officials who investigated the claims lodged by the two victims. “This case has to do with the abuse [...]
James Dilday, Psychiatrist – License Revoked in Arkansas now licensed in Alabama
The Associated Press State & Local Wire February 20, 2003 LR doctor accused of billing for visits that never occurred Psychiatrist James-Dilday A psychiatrist who once used health-care reform as a platform plank when he ran for statewide office has been accused by the state Insurance Department of billing insurance companies for dozens of operations and hundreds of office visits that never occurred. Dr. James C. Dilday, 46, of Little Rock, has pleaded innocent to theft and insurance fraud charges. After entering the pleas Friday in Little Rock District Court, Dilday was released on $50,000 bond. Dilday's attorney, Jack [...]