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Nasreen Kader – NY Drug Dealer Psychiatrist Charged with Drug Crimes
NewsDay Central Islip psychiatrist charged in prescription drug sting, state attorney general says By Candice Ruud September 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Nasreen Kader A psychiatrist from Central Islip faces multiple counts of illegally prescribing Xanax, Klonopin and Ritalin to undercover agents posing as patients wanting the drugs for "illegitimate purposes," the state attorney general's office said Tuesday. The investigation into Nasreen Kader, 48, started after two families complained that she was overprescribing the drugs to their relatives, her patients. Kader is charged with 15 counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, a felony, and she faces [...]
Robert Dragert, New Jersey Psychiatrist, suspended, fined $30K – “overprescribed opioid medications with reckless abandon”
The Trentonian Princeton doctor overprescribes opioids, must pay $30K fine and serve 2-year suspension By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman October 18, 2018 Psychiatrist Robert Dragert TRENTON — Dr. Robert J. Dragert had the hallmarks of a great career: Elite certifications, upward mobility and no shortage of patients. But the good doctor turned bad, overprescribing opioid medications with reckless abandon and contributing to the national public health emergency, forcing the state to punish him. Dragert has been suspended from medical practice and ordered to pay a $30,000 civil penalty for failing to properly manage the opioid dependence of his patients. The Princeton [...]
NY Psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto ACCUSED OF RUNNING AN ILLEGAL PILL MILL CLAIMED HE WAS AN EXPERT ON MEN’S SEX LIVES
NBC New York psychiatrist busted for peddling opioids claimed to be expert of men's sex lives Anthony Pietropinto's book was dismissed as 'tattle and platitude' in a review. by Corky Siemaszko October 13, 2018 NY Psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto poses with his book "Beyond the Male Myth" in 1978 in New York The New York City psychiatrist accused of running an illegal pill mill out of his rented Fifth Avenue office claimed he was an expert on men’s sex lives and co-wrote a book on the subject back in the 1970s called “Beyond the Male Myth.” But Dr. Anthony Pietropinto [...]
James Schaller, Florida Psychiatrist, Nationally known, pleads in gun threat case
Naples News Nationally known child psychiatrist pleads in gun threat case By Aisling Swift September 21, 2011 Psychiatrist James Schaller A nationally known Naples child psychiatrist who pointed a gun at his teenage son’s friend, then allegedly threatened his 15-year-old son, pleaded today to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to probation. Dr. James L. Schaller, 50, pleaded no contest to a third-degree felony involving a 14-year-old former neighbor as part of a plea deal that dropped a similar count involving his son, who had tried to intercede during an altercation on Jan. 2. The Daily [...]
Kernan Manion, North Carolina Psychiatrist, reported seeing people on the beach at night with red, green or white lights mounted on their heads.
Psychiatrist Kernan Manion BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL BOARD In Re: Kernan T. Manion, M.D., Respondent. NOTICE OF CHARGES AND ALLEGATIONS; NOTICE OF HEARING The North Carolina Medical Board ("Board") has preferred and does hereby prefer the following charges and allegations: 1. The Board is a body duly organized under the laws of North Carolina and Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes. 2. Kernan Manion, M.D., ("Dr. Manion") is a physician first licensed by the Board on April 17, 2002, license number 200200407. 3. At the times relevant herein, Dr. Manion practiced medicine in Wilmington, North Carolina. [...]
Sejal Mehta, Plano, Texas Psychiatrist – sued in Federal Court
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Gary Malone, Grapevine, Texas Psychiatrist Sued in Federal Court
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Virginia Psychiatrist Alfredo Cervantes, pleads guilty to fraud – faces up to 30 years in prison
WCYB Russell County psychiatrist pleads guilty to healthcare, wire fraud by WCYB Digital October 9th 2018 Psychiatrist Alfredo Cervantes A former Russell County, Virginia psychiatrist has agreed to never practice medicine again following a guilty plea for federal healthcare and wire fraud charges related to a sexual relationship with a patient. Alfredo Cervantes, 62, will be sentenced on Jan. 4 and faces up to 30 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. Cervantes was a practicing physician at Ballad Health's Russell County Medical Center outpatient ward known as Clearview when he began the inappropriate affair with the patient in [...]
Anthony Pietropinto, NY Psychiatrist, arrested, accusing of putting highly-addictive pills in the hands of drug addicts, for financial gain
pix11.com Doctors, pharmacist accused of selling millions of oxycodone pills: officials October 11, 2018 By Mary Murphy Psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto NEW YORK — Federal agents and the NYPD arrested five doctors and a pharmacist Wednesday, accusing them of putting millions of highly-addictive Oxycodone pills in the hands of opioid addicts, for financial gain. One of the physicians, 80-year-old psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto, was tracked down by PIX11’s Mary Murphy last year, after the brother of an opioid addict asked for help. The brother had found prescriptions to his sister for Oxycodone, Xanax and Adderall that were written by Dr. Pietropinto [...]
Iowa Psychiatrist J. Patrick Bertroche, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress – “suffers from a health condition” give up license
Des Moines Register Des Moines psychiatrist who ran for Congress surrenders his medical license and retires By Tony Leys September 24, 2018 Psychiatrist J. Patrick Bertroche A Des Moines psychiatrist has surrendered his medical license and is retiring, state regulators said. J. Patrick Bertroche, 51, turned in his license this month, the Iowa Board of Medicine reported. The board, which regulates physicians, said the action came after the agency “received information which indicates (Bertroche) suffers from a health condition which impairs his ability to practice medicine.” Bertroche paid a $5,000 fine to the state board last year, after regulators [...]