MEDIA
Douglas Ingram
USA TODAY October 12, 1998, Monday, FINAL EDITION Molestation verdict reopens debate on doctor-patient bond BYLINE: Richard Willing SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4A LENGTH: 867 words A controversial jury verdict that held a psychiatrist responsible for the sexual misconduct of his patient has reopened a wrenching debate among mental health therapists: Protecting doctor-patient confidentiality vs. preventing harm to the public. "Therapists always have to live with that dual responsibility, and so does the law," says Phyllis Coleman, a family law specialist at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "It's a delicate balance that can be subject to readjustment," Coleman says. [...]
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 [...]
Joseph DeMasi
The Associated Press State & Local Wire October 9, 1998, Friday, PM cycle Doctor should have disclosed colleague's pedophilia, jury says BYLINE: By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 866 words DATELINE: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. A federal jury found that a psychiatrist was negligent when he failed to take any action after another doctor confessed his pedophilic tendencies during a therapy session and was later accused of molesting three young boys. On Thursday, a jury said that Dr. Joseph DeMasi's psychiatrist, Dr. Douglas Ingram, was partly to blame for the molestation of one of the boys because [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]