MEDIA
The San Francisco Chronicle APRIL 16, 1997, WEDNESDAY, FINAL EDITION Psychiatrist Charged In Phone Death Threat BYLINE: Harriet Chiang, Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A17 LENGTH: 263 words An East Bay psychiatrist has been charged with making a death threat against well-known trial attorney James Brosnahan, leaving a phone message promising to ''take out'' the lawyer. Dr. Bruce Africa was arrested last Wednesday at his home in Albany and charged with making a threatening phone call against the San Francisco lawyer the day before. In a brief court appearance Monday, Africa pleaded not guilty to the charge. The [...]
The Seattle Times April 18, 1997, Friday Final Edition PSYCHIATRIST, WIFE ACCUSED OF FRAUD SECTION: LOCAL NEWS; Pg. B2; PUGET SOUND NEWSWATCH LENGTH: 142 words DATELINE: SEATTLE SEATTLE - A Tacoma psychiatrist and his wife have been accused of using altered income-tax returns to obtain nearly $ 2 million in government and private bank loans. A federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment against Dr. Jessy Ang, 47, and his wife, Editha, 48, Gig Harbor residents, charging them with multiple counts of bank fraud, making false statements to banks, and tax fraud. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of property from [...]
Chicago Tribune Company 118 of 141 DOCUMENTS March 3, 1997, Monday, AM cycle Doctor accused of planting false memories settles suit for $ 2.4 million SECTION: Domestic News LENGTH: 413 words DATELINE: APPLETON, Wis. A woman who accused her psychiatrist of malpractice for diagnosing her with 120 separate personalities and putting her through an exorcism settled her lawsuit out-of-court Monday for $ 2.4 million. The settlement between Nadean Cool, a former nurse's aide, and Dr. Kenneth Olson came as the trial was entering its fifth week. "We're delighted," said William Smoler, speaking for Ms. Cool and her children. "It's a [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) February 7, 1997 Friday Correction Appended MEDICAL BOARD FINES 4 PHYSICIANS BYLINE: Tom Majeski, Staff Writer SECTION: METRO; Pg. 4B LENGTH: 503 words Dr. Gerald H. Gammell, a 59-year-old Minneapolis psychiatrist, has been reprimanded and fined $25,000 by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, the board announced Thursday. In other action, the board reprimanded and fined physicians from Duluth and Shorewood, Minn., and fined and restricted the license of a Minneapolis physician. Gammell was disciplined for unprofessional and unethical conduct, improper management of medical records and for conduct that is sexual or may reasonably be [...]
Guy Gannett Communications, Inc. 135 of 141 DOCUMENTS January 24, 1997, Friday, AM cycle Psychiatrist sentenced to 30 years for murder SECTION: Domestic News LENGTH: 159 words DATELINE: PROVIDENCE, R.I. A psychiatrist apologized to relatives of the man he murdered during a gas station confrontation, then was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. David Barrett, who had faced up to life behind bars for second-degree murder, tried to make eye contact with relatives of Joseph Silvia as he spoke in court, but they looked away. "I am extremely sorry for the anguish I have caused you," said the 33-year-old [...]
Portland Press Herald (Maine) January 27, 1997, Monday, FORMER AMHI PSYCHIATRIST AGREES TO GIVE UP HIS MEDICAL LICENSE; DR. DON L. WESTON DENIES BEHAVING INAPPROPRIATELY WITH PATIENTS AT THE STATE HOSPITAL. BYLINE: Associated Press SECTION: LOCAL & STATE, Pg. 2B LENGTH: 381 words DATELINE: AUGUSTA A part-time psychiatrist at the state mental hospital whose conduct and mental condition came under question has agreed to surrender his professional license. A consent agreement signed by Dr. Don L. Weston concluded that, ''due to his psychiatric illness, Dr. Weston's clinical judgment put the health and safety of his patients at risk.'' Weston's medical [...]
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS January 5, 1997, Sunday, HOME FINAL EDITION Eight prison doctors have discipline records State official defends quality of inmate care BYLINE: Christy Hoppe, Austin Bureau of The Dallas Morning News SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 1927 words DATELINE: AUSTIN AUSTIN - In June 1990, the state of Michigan revoked Dr. Robert A. Komer's medical license for sexually abusing six patients; one of them attempted suicide after an encounter with him. Dr. Komer did not contest allegations made in sworn affidavits that he drugged several severely depressed patients and then fondled them. Or that he instructed a [...]
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Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) January 6, 1998 Tuesday City Edition Psychiatrists face possible sanctions from state BYLINE: DAVID SWARTZLANDER Lincoln Journal Star SECTION: B; Pg. 3 LENGTH: 363 words One Lincoln psychiatrist could be suspended for refusing to submit to a mental examination and another faces a disciplinary hearing for allegedly having sex with a patient. A hearing on the license suspension of Dr. Subramanyam Rajagopal is scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday at the Nebraska State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South. Accord- ing to a notice of hearing filed against the doctor by the state attor- ney general's office, [...]
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) July 10, 1998 Friday WARREN EDITION Psychiatrist shuts down office over sexual misconduct charge BYLINE: Bill Swayze, Star-Ledger Staff SECTION: COUNTY NEWS; Pg. 25 LENGTH: 374 words A Morristown psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct by a female patient has voluntarily closed his practice pending a hearing next month before the state Board of Medical Examiners. The state Attorney General's Office will try to permanently revoke the license of Dr. Robert Levin over charges the 49-year-old psychiatrist called "highly misleading and inaccurate." ``I think the woman is a person with great integrity and honesty . . [...]
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Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) February 2, 1998 Monday ST. PAUL DOCTOR ORDERED TO SURRENDER HIS LICENSE BYLINE: Tom Majeski, Staff Writer SECTION: METRO; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 302 words The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice has ordered a St. Paul physician to surrender his medical license permanently and pay a $7,500 fine for inappropriately treating several patients. In other action announced today, the board indefinitely suspended the license of an Edina psychiatrist and restricted the license of a Richfield ophthalmologist. The St. Paul physician, Dr. O. Guy Johnson, 69, was disciplined for unprofessional and unethical conduct, improper management of medical [...]