MEDIA
Robert Sack, Maryland Psychiatrist, surrendered license – “romantic relationship” with a former patient
USA TODAY NETWORK Doctors who surrender medical license in one state still practice in others More than 250 doctors who surrendered a medical license were able to practice in another state, an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY and MedPage Today found. By John Fauber and Matt Wynn November 30, 2018 ---Excerpt Secretive system hides problems In some states, surrenders are particularly secretive — leaving patients in the dark about what happened. Records show that psychiatrist Robert Sack permanently surrendered his Maryland license in 2012 rather than face discipline — but his public file does not spell out [...]
Psychiatrist Omar Sabadia, South Africa, Murdered Wife, Gets out of Prison in 2019
Centurion Rekord UPDATE: Convicted murderer Omar Sabadia to be paroled next year Sabadia, a trained psychiatrist, was found guilty in 1998 of the kidnapping and murder of his wife Zahida Sabadia. November 28, 2018 Psychiatrist Omar Sabadia The man imprisoned for 50 years for the kidnapping and murder of his wife in 1996 will be released on parole in May 2019. In June this year, the Gauteng correctional services department applied for Omar Sabadia to be released on parole. “The department applied for the reconsideration of the parole review board’s decision not to release Sabadia in April,” said department [...]
Puerto Rican Psychiatrist Gerardo V. Navarro Rodriguez Arrested for Child Sex Trafficking
elnuevodia.com Pediatric psychiatrist arrested for sexual abuse He faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison By Mariana Cobián / mariana.cobian @ gfrmedia.com Psychiatrist Gerardo V. Navarro Rodriguez The pediatric psychiatrist Gerardo V. Navarro Rodriguez, 59, was arrested yesterday for sexual transporting at least two males under 18 years, who were his patients. Yesterday agents of the Office of Internal Security Service of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE-HSI) arrested psychiatrist specializing in children and adolescents in their office in Caguas after one of the alleged injured, identified as John Doe # 1, a teacher recount what was happening [...]
Aussie Psychiatrist Robert Hampshire Has History of Bizarre Behavior – Now Blames Brain Swelling
Sydney Morning Herald Psychiatrist waits on medical tribunal to decide on complaints September 20, 2013 Psychiatrist Robert Hampshire Society psychiatrist Robert Hampshire has been accused of professional misconduct, practising without professional indemnity insurance and failing to meet strict conditions placed on his registration, including making daily visits to a doctor to ensure he was "fit to practise" before seeing patients. The accusations come almost 20 years after he was found guilty of professional misconduct in December 1994 for stealing prescription forms he then forged to feed his pethidine addiction. Struck off for two years, he was not allowed back [...]
Psychiatrists Statistically are the Worst
The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT) Vermont psychiatrists disciplined at higher rate By Stephen Kiernan May 26, 2002 The woman was in a vulnerable state. She turned to a psychiatrist for help. Instead of receiving therapy, the patient wound up having sex with the doctor. The experience left her "damaged," said Torin Togut of Vermont Protection and Advocacy. "The clinical relationship and the sexual relationship cannot co-exist. It is clearly improper." Physician ethics prohibit it. Worse still, the problem extended beyond one woman. Her experience remains confidential, so later patients never learned about her psychiatrist's conduct. The case is not [...]
John Reading
Tampa Tribune By LENNY SAVINO TAMPA - The line of women accusing former University of South Florida chief psychiatrist Anthony John Reading of groping them during therapy sessions is getting longer. Last week, a fourth patient reported that at her final session in December 2003, Reading fondled her and forced her to kiss him. In her report to the Department of Health, the patient said she was treated for depression by Reading for five years. Like the other women who have come forward with accusations, she was wrestling with self-esteem issues after a divorce. Others had broken up with a [...]
Feds Nab Miami Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz – Medicare Fraud – Judge declares: “It’s outrageous”
Miami Herald Federal agents round up South Florida doctor and others in Medicare fraud takedown By Jay Weaver May 12, 2014 Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz When about 20 newly arrested Medicare fraud suspects appeared in Miami federal court on Monday, one stood out: Dr. Barry Kaplowitz. The Aventura psychiatrist served as the medical director of an outpatient mental health facility in Hollywood that federal prosecutors say generated $7.5 million in false claims for Medicare patients who did not need psychiatric treatment. So when Justice Department attorneys asked Magistrate Judge Patrick White to give the former Hollywood Pavilion doctor a bond [...]
Erum Shahab – Psychiatrist Fined $60,000 for Not Keeping Track of Drugs on her Shelves
Hartford Courant Psychiatrist Reprimanded In Treatment Of Opiate Addicts July 15, 2014 By Josh Kovner An Ellington psychiatrist who has paid $60,000 in state and federal fines to settle violations in the way she dispensed medication to treat opiate addicts was reprimanded Tuesday by the Medical Examining Board, ending discipline in the case. Dr. Erum Shahab, who practices at 105 West Road, was investigated by federal drug agents and the state Department of Consumer Protection in 2010 and 2011 for her failure to properly dispense Suboxone. The drug is in high demand as an alternative to Methadone for people who [...]
Deborah Pitt, UK Psychiatrist: “being straight was ‘preferable’ to being gay, because ‘there’s so much more potential’ for a person”
ITV Charity Commission to review 'gay conversion' allegations following ITV News investigation By Paul Brand, Political Correspondent November 15, 2018 Psychiatrist Deborah Pitt The Charity Commission is urgently looking into two charitable organisations, exposed by ITV News this week, which claim people can change their sexuality. A spokesperson said “We are aware of serious concerns regarding Journey UK and World Mission Agency – Winners Chapel International. The public rightly expect charities to be places in which people can feel safe and free from harm, so reports of this nature are of serious concern to the Commission. We are currently [...]
Pregnant Doctor Labeled by Oregon Psychiatrist Howard Sampley – So She Sued him for $2 Million
The Register-Guard ER doctor sues psychiatrist By Greg Bolt Dec 31, 2013 Psychiatrist Howard Russell Sampley An emergency room doctor in Coos Bay is suing a Eugene psychiatrist for more than $2 million over an alleged misdiagnosis that required the doctor to temporarily withdraw from practicing medicine. The lawsuit filed by Dr. Susan Haney in Lane County Circuit Court accuses Dr. Howard Sampley of mistaking the side effects of a medication for a mental disorder and then reporting Haney to the state Medical Board. The board opened an investigation, and Haney agreed to withdraw from her medical practice while [...]