MEDIA
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution April 12, 1995, Wednesday, ALL EDITIONS Psychiatrist, accountant given 2 years for fraud BYLINE: Ellen Whitford; STAFF WRITER SECTION: LOCAL NEWS, Pg. 4B LENGTH: 376 words A Dunwoody psychiatrist and Decatur accountant were sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for bilking Medicaid of up to $ 534,000 by falsely claiming to provide therapy to low-income children. Dr. Theodore Smith, 41, president of the medical staff at Charter Peachford Hospital, and accountant Helen Battle Malone, 45, were sentenced in DeKalb County Superior Court and ordered to repay Medicaid $ 235,717, the loss for which authorities [...]
Orlando Sentinel (Florida) May 8, 1995 Monday, CENTRAL FLORIDA CASE AGAINST PSYCHIATRIST UPHILL BATTLE, STATE ADMITS SECTION: LOCAL & STATE; Pg. C3 LENGTH: 141 words DATELINE: DELRAY BEACH A psychiatrist accused of having sex with two underage patients who subsequently committed suicide is scheduled to go on trial May 22, but prosecutors admit they have a near-impossible case. Dr. Keith Haynes, 54, has been charged with four counts of sexual activity with a child, based on allegations made by patient Keith Pillow before he killed himself last year by overdosing on sleeping pills and pain killers. At a March hearing, [...]
PR Newswire July 21, 1995, Friday - 21:05 Eastern Time WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PSYCHIATRIST LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH PATIENT SECTION: State and Regional News LENGTH: 401 words The Washington state Medical Quality Assurance Commission today indefinitely suspended the license of Dr. James R. McGuire for unprofessional conduct. The commission investigated McGuire after the Alaska Medical Board suspended his license for engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient for more than five years. McGuire is a psychiatrist at McNeil Island Corrections Center. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 21 The commission's order also lifts the suspension, allowing McGuire, 46, [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) July 31, 1995 Monday METRO FINAL EDITION BOARD OF MEDICAL PRACTICE ISSUES DISCIPLINE MEASURES FOR PHYSICIANS BYLINE: BYLINE: Tom Majeski, Staff Writer SECTION: METRO; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 902 words A St. Paul psychiatrist accused of abusing a young man from South St. Paul has been ordered by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice not to have any contact with juvenile patients. Dr. Richard G. Lunzer, 67, was charged in May in Dakota County District Court with three felony counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree. Lunzer practices in both downtown St. Paul and [...]
Los Angeles Times November 18, 1995, Saturday, Ventura County Edition WEST VENTURA COUNTY FOCUS: OXNARD; DOCTOR ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTIONS BYLINE: By PAUL ELIAS SECTION: Metro; Part B; Page 2 LENGTH: 146 words Police have arrested an Oxnard psychiatrist at his office on suspicion of prescribing drugs for non-medical purposes. Oxnard police took Dr. Tzeng (Thomas) Chih Chen into custody about 10:30 a.m. Thursday in his small office in the 400 block of West Gonzales Road. He is accused of prescribing Vicodin and Ritalin to patients without examining them thoroughly. Vicodin is an addictive painkiller and Ritalin is an amphetamine [...]
The Roanoke Times (Virginia) March 1, 2003 Saturday Metro Edition PSYCHIATRIST COULD LOSE MEDICAL LICENSE; HE'S ACCUSED OF IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP BYLINE: JEFF STURGEON THE ROANOKE TIMES SECTION: VIRGINIA; Pg. B4 LENGTH: 337 words A veteran psychiatrist at Catawba Hospital who last year settled civil charges that he had an improper relationship with a patient now faces the possibility of discipline by the Virginia Board of Medicine. In a Feb. 14 letter to Dr. John O. Hurt Jr., board executive director William Harp accuses Hurt of having an inappropriate sexual relationship during the mid-1990s with a patient he'd first treated in [...]
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY) April 16, 2003 Wednesday Psychiatrist loses medical license BYLINE: Melissa Klein, Staff SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4B LENGTH: 480 words Mt. Kisco doctor fined $50,000 by state panel for incompetence Melissa Klein The Journal News A state medical oversight committee has revoked the license of a Mount Kisco psychiatrist and fined the doctor $50,000 for gross negligence and incompetence. The committee of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct ordered Dr. Jacob Harris to turn in his medical license after an investigation found Harris' practices were "not even remotely within accepted standards of care." The [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire May 10, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle Seattle psychiatrist pleads guilty to scheme to get drugs SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 185 words DATELINE: SEATTLE A psychiatrist will be sentenced in July after pleading guilty in federal court to coercing his patients to obtain narcotics for him. Dr. Steven P. Jewitt, 47, pleaded guilty to a single count of obtaining a controlled substance by deception, which is a felony. While working with patients at the Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, Jewitt prescribed large quantities of narcotics to at least 10 patients and then split the [...]
The San Francisco Chronicle SEPTEMBER 4, 2003, THURSDAY, FINAL EDITION Medical pot doctor faces his accusers; State's witness calls his care inadequate SOURCE: Chronicle Staff Writer BYLINE: Henry K. Lee SECTION: BAY AREA; Pg. A14 LENGTH: 621 words A hearing began Wednesday over whether a Berkeley physician who has approved the use of medicinal marijuana for 7,500 patients should have his license revoked on the grounds that he failed to properly examine them. The controversy pits Dr. Tod Mikuriya, 69, a well-known medical marijuana advocate and psychiatrist who says he is protected under state law, against the Medical Board of [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire July 15, 2003, Tuesday, BC cycle Psychiatrist accused of mistreating patients SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 591 words DATELINE: PORTLAND, Ore. A psychiatrist who once nearly lost his license is being investigated after patients at the Oregon State Hospital complained about his behavior and performance. Dr. Charles E. Faulk allegedly denied medication to a severely mentally ill patient, causing the man to fall into psychotic episodes. Others patients claim he verbally abused them, such as telling a Cuban patient to "go back to where you came from." The allegations against Faulk, 53, were [...]