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The Associated Press State & Local Wire These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Associated Press May 20, 2000, Saturday, BC cycle Psychiatrist in DWI murder trial loses license because of alcohol abuse SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 459 words DATELINE: RALEIGH A psychiatrist who testified in the trial of a man convicted of first-degree murder after a fatal drunken-driving crash has lost his medical license because of alcohol abuse. The North Carolina Medical Board last month indefinitely suspended the license of William Frederick Mackey Jr. of Chapel Hill. In a March hearing during [...]
The Baltimore Sun November 23, 2010 Tuesday FINAL EDITION BBH HIRED PHYSICIAN CONVICTED OF FRAUD; SUN FOLLOW-UP; OSTROVSKY AMONG 8 DOCTORS AT CLINIC WHO WERE SUBJECT TO MARYLAND DISCIPLINARY ACTION BYLINE: Scott Calvert, The Baltimore Sun SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 1974 words Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. is under investigation by the state's health inspector general for employing a psychiatrist who had been convicted several years earlier of Medicaid fraud. The doctor, Roman Ostrovsky, 53, is one of eight physicians employed by the nonprofit mental health clinic over the past decade who have been disciplined by the Maryland Board of [...]
Chicago Tribune August 4, 2000 Friday, SOUTHWEST EDITION DOCTOR INDICTED IN BEATING HAS HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED BYLINE: By Janan Hanna, Tribune Staff Writer. SECTION: Metro Southwest; Pg. 5; ZONE: SW LENGTH: 367 words A Chicago psychiatrist accused of attacking a female patient with whom he allegedly had a romantic relationship was stripped of his license to practice medicine, state officials announced Thursday. Acting on the recommendation of the Medical Disciplinary Board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, department director Leonard A. Sherman suspended indefinitely the license of Edward Bukowski, who is in the Cook County Jail awaiting trial on [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) December 3, 1999 Friday STATE BOARD DISCIPLINES 6 DOCTORS; FORMER STILLWATER PRISON MEDICAL DIRECTOR SANCTIONED BYLINE: Tom Majeski Staff Writer SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 764 words The former medical director of the Minnesota Correctional Facilities in Stillwater has been disciplined for unprofessional conduct and improper management of medical records, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice announced Thursday. In other action, the board reprimanded a Roseville psychiatrist for engaging in sexual conduct with a female patient and disciplined four out-of-state doctors who also have licenses to practice medicine in Minnesota. Dr. Angelito C. Ramos, 61, [...]
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) December 12, 1999 Sunday FINAL EDITION Ex-school guard receives 5 years SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 41 LENGTH: 212 words A former security guard for the Newark Board of Education has been sentenced to state prison for her role in a multimillion-dollar insurance fraud scheme masterminded by a Ridgewood psychiatrist. Vivian DeCree, 52, of 291 Hopson St. in Newark, received a five-year sentence in Bergen County Superior Court on Friday. Judge William C. Meehan also fined her $3,000 and ordered her to pay $1,900 in restitution. DeCree was convicted in September of conspiracy, official misconduct and theft [...]
The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) June 14, 2006 Wednesday MD Legal Briefs: June 14, 2006 BYLINE: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 285 words Psychiatrist sentenced Roman Ostrovsky, 48, of Mount Washington, a licensed psychiatrist with a practice in Pikesville, was sentenced to 12 months of home confinement and two years probation, following his guilty plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court of defrauding the state Medicaid program of $200,000 by billing for services that were never provided, the Maryland attorney general's office said yesterday. Prosecutors said Ostrovsky billed Medicaid for nearly 6,500 psychiatry sessions, each allegedly lasting [...]
The New York Post November 29, 1998, Sunday PERJURERS JAILED FOR SEX LIES TO ; TESTIFY FOR HOUSE BYLINE: DEBORAH ORIN Washington Bureau Chief SECTION: News; Pg. 002 LENGTH: 488 words Two women convicted of perjury for lying about sex will be star impeachment witnesses this week as Republicans try to show President Clinton wants the benefit of a double standard, GOP sources say. One is Barbara Battalino, a former Veterans Administration psychiatrist who lost her medical license and is now under house arrest for lying to conceal an act of oral sex in her office with a Vietnam vet [...]
The Marblehead Reporter (Massachusetts) March 1, 2012 Local Psychiatrist Faces Rape Charge BYLINE: Amy Saltzman, ASALTZMAN@WICKEDLOCAL.COM SECTION: POLICE LOGS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 221 words Marblehead resident Christopher Palacios, 36, of 9 Dartmouth Road, was arrested Feb. 23 on charges of rape and domestic assault and battery, a day after his alleged victim reported the incident and filed for a restraining order at the Marblehead police station. During his arraignment, the Salem Hospital psychiatrist pleaded not guilty to pushing, punching, kicking and then sexually assaulting the victim, who was known to him. The alleged altercation began the night of Feb. 21, [...]
Alejandro Munoz
Austin American-Statesman (Texas) January 20, 2012 Friday Final Edition Hospitals lose final say with new hires BYLINE: Andrea Ball and Eric Dexheimer AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF SECTION: MAIN; Pg. A01 LENGTH: 529 words Following reports by the American-Statesman that state mental health hospitals employ psychiatrists with a documented history of sexual misconduct, the Department of State Health Services has seized ultimate hiring authority of all doctors at its 10 facilities. Starting this week, the agency's state hospital section director - an Austin-based administrator who oversees all the hospitals - must review and approve psychiatrists before they are hired. The hospital staff would [...]
Larry Hawkins
Austin American-Statesman (Texas) December 5, 2011 Monday Final Edition Sexual misconduct in 3 doctors' pasts BYLINE: Andrea Ball and Eric Dexheimer AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF SECTION: MAIN; Pg. A01 LENGTH: 2166 words On the heels of allegations that former Austin State Hospital psychiatrist Charles Fischer sexually abused children in his care, an American-Statesman investigation has found that the state hospital system currently employs at least three doctors with a documented history of inappropriate - and in one case criminal - sexual behavior. According to records with the Texas Medical Board, three male psychiatrists have been punished for inappropriate sexual relationships. One of [...]