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Allan Seltzer, Sudbury Psychiatrist, admits to sexually assaulting patient
Sudbury Star Sudbury court: Psychiatrist with no licence admits to sexually assaulting patient By Harold Carmichael February 18, 2020 Psychiatrist Allan Seltzer A Sudbury man who was practising psychiatry even though he was not registered to do so pleaded guilty to sexual assault following a relationship with a female patient. Allan Seltzer, 69, was scheduled to start a four-day Superior Court of Justice trial Tuesday on one sexual assault and three fraud charges arising from incidents in 2016. Instead, he pleaded guilty to the sexual assault charge. Since the court ordered a pre-sentence report, Seltzer, who acted [...]
Tim Valko, Toledo Psychiatrist – accused of over-prescribing medication to youth
WTOL Toledo psychiatrist's license revoked, accused of over-prescribing medication to youth Dr. Tim Valko is accused of prescribing one patient nearly 10 times the recommended amount of medication. By Emma Henderson April 15, 2020 Tim Valko - Psychiatrist TOLEDO, Ohio — Dr. Tim Valko of Toledo's Valko and Associates has had his medical license permanently revoked. The order was sent down from the Ohio Medical Board and made official March 26. The Ohio Medical Board found that he mistreated 15 patients and that there was a "failure to employ acceptable scientific methods in the selection of drugs or [...]
Enrique Tello-Silva, Hamden Psychiatrist Disciplined
Enrique Tello Silva full document CTwatchdog.com State Fines Three Doctors, Disciplines Two Others By Lisa Backus April 21, 2020 The state Medical Examining Board disciplined two physicians with $5,000 fines for failing to adequately inform and monitor patients while prescribing opioids or anti-anxiety medications... The board also agreed to issue a $5,000 fine and one-year probation to a Hamden psychiatrist who failed to withdraw a patient from the use of Xanax on a safe schedule, according to documents. Dr. Enrique Tello-Silva, of Hamden, discontinued the patient’s use of Xanax in October 2018, after the patient had [...]
Clayton Chau, Orange County Psychiatrist, failed to disclose lucrative Big Pharma speaking fees
Voice of OC Newly Appointed Orange County Public Health Official Hired to Tackle Coronavirus Once Was Fined By State For Failing to Report Pharmaceutical Payments By Norberto Santana Jr. April 27, 2020 Clayton Chau - psychiatrist Orange County’s newly-appointed Health Care Agency Director Clayton Chau – a well known clinician and public health executive known for his mental health expertise with immigrant communities – was fined by state authorities back in 2014 for failing to disclose lucrative drug company speaking fees from AstraZeneca and other pharmaceutical companies from 2009 to 2012 while he worked as a top psychiatrist at [...]
Scott Stuart, Iowa Psychiatrist investigated
The Daily Iowan Emeritus psychiatry professor and former UIHC employee investigated Rachel Schilke March 5, 2020 Scott Stuart - psychiatrist State Auditor Rob Sand Wednesday released a report on an investigation into a University of Iowa psychiatry professor emeritus who he found did not report at least 1,024 hours in paid leave for non-university obligations while traveling. Professor Emeritus Dr. Scott Stuart failed to comply with the UI Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy when Stuart did not disclose his ownership interest with the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute LLC. to the university, the report said. The investigation covered [...]
OC Psychiatrist Clayton Chau received at least $149,000 in speaking fees from pharmaceutical companies
Voice of OC Questions Surround County Doctor’s Speaking Fees By Thy Vo and Tracy Wood July 23, 2013 Clayton Chau - psychiatrist Dr. Clayton Chau, a former county Health Care Agency psychiatrist who is now a high-ranking CalOptima official, received at least $149,000 in speaking fees from pharmaceutical companies in recent years, including $84,250 in apparent violation of an agency policy against accepting such payments, according to a Voice of OC investigation. Most of the payments to Chau came from London-based AstraZeneca, which manufactures a top-selling antipsychotic drug that is on the formulary of the Health Care Agency or [...]
Anand Pandya, NYC psychiatrist, busted for meth possession
New York Post NYC psychiatrist busted for meth possession fighting for his license By Dean Balsamini February 29, 2020 Anand Pandya - psychiatrist A New York City psychiatrist who treated victims and relatives after the 9/11 terror attacks is fighting for his medical license after being busted for trying to sneak a pound of methamphetamine past security checkpoints at Newark Airport. The California Medical Board is seeking to discipline Dr. Anand Pandya — formerly of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles — for the Sept. 15, 2016 arrest, in which Customs officers said they found 16.3 ounces of [...]
Selwyn Leeks, NZ Psychiatrist, Pressure is building on a police review
Newsroom Becroft adds pressure to police review By David Williams February 24, 2020 Selwyn Leeks - Psychiatrist Pressure is building on a police review of their file into Lake Alice psychiatrist Selwyn Leeks. The review was prompted by a landmark decision by the United Nations Committee against Torture, which demanded a prompt, impartial and independent investigation into allegations of abuse and torture at the notorious state psychiatric hospital, near Whanganui, in the 1970s. Leeks was the psychiatrist in charge of the child and adolescent unit. The abuse claims aren’t contested by New Zealand authorities, but the UN [...]
Psych James Edwards, Alabama, indicted in pill mill investigation
WTVM 87-count indictment handed down in federal pill mill case By Jennifer Horton February 18, 2020 Psych James Edwards MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A federal grand jury has handed down a weighty superseding indictment in a pill mill investigation involving a Lee County psychiatrist. The indictment charges Dr. James Edwards with 87 counts of distribution of a controlled substance. Those charges represent 10 patients who received controlled substances outside the course of general medical care, according to the indictment. Court records indicate Edwards’s reportedly illegal prescribing practices date back to 2015, some of the patients listed in [...]
Ewen Cameron, UK psychiatrist – developed torture methods
The Sun 'WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?' How a Brit doctor created CIA torture techniques with sick human experiments on mental patients By Dan Hall February 17, 2020 Psychiatrist Ewen Cameron Brian Turley stood with a black bag on his head, his fingers numb from supporting the weight of his whole body against a cold cell wall. He'd been made to stand in the agonising stress position in a Northern Irish interrogation centre for hours as deafening white noise was blasted at him — techniques designed to psychologically break him into revealing information. Brian was [...]