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Florida Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman Sent to Prison for 16 years – cheated “seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines, where he was tracked down by the FBI”
The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY) HE GETS PRISON FOR ORGAN-TRANSPLANT CON; JEROME FELDMAN, WHOSE ESTRANGED WIFE LIVES IN BALDWINSVILLE, LURED FIVE SICK PEOPLE TO PHILIPPINES. By John O'Brien May 28, 2010 Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman A former psychiatrist was sent to prison for nearly 16 years Thursday for duping seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines. U.S. District Judge David Hurd sentenced Jerome Feldman to 15 years and 8 months in prison and ordered him to repay $2 million to the victims of the phony organ-transplant scheme and an earlier Medicare fraud [...]
Denise Graham, New Orleans Psychiatrist, disciplined for performing liposuction
The Times-Picayune New Orleans-area psychiatrist disciplined for performing cosmetic surgery January 04, 2013 By Laura Maggi Psychiatrist Denise Marie Graham The state licensing board for Louisiana doctors has found that a New Orleans-area psychiatrist improperly performed liposuction and offered "stem cell injection therapy" at a clinic where she worked. The physician, Denise Marie Graham, agreed in December to stop performing cosmetic surgery and other medical treatments outside her field of expertise, but kept her license to practice in the state. Graham moved out of Louisiana in August, telling the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners that she doesn't [...]
Sergio Paradiso, Iowa Psychiatrist, Escapes Sex with Patient Lawsuit – But Surrendered License Previously
Courthouse News Psychiatrist's Off-Duty Tryst Won't Cost Iowa By Jeff D. Gorman January 15, 2015 Psychiatrist Sergio Paradiso (CN) - A woman who began a sexual relationship with a university psychiatrist after she stopped seeing him professionally can't pursue a malpractice claim against his employer or the state of Iowa, an appeals panel ruled. Sonni Giudicessi was a patient at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) Eating Disorder Program three times from 2008 to 2009. She was treated for anorexia, depression and alcohol abuse. Dr. Sergio Paradiso was one of her psychiatrists, and she talked with him [...]
Psychiatrist Robert Browne, Hawaii, might get kicked out of cemetary
Hawaii News He sexually abused dozens of Hawaii boys over decades. And he's buried at Punchbowl July 6th 2018 By HNN Staff Psychiatrist Robert Brown Among the 55,000 service members laid to rest at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl is a child predator: Dr. Robert McCormick Browne. Those who were abused by the prominent psychiatrist, take issue that Punchbowl is his final resting place. "For me, I don't think he belongs there," said Alika Bajo, who was sexually abused by Browne in the 1970s at the age of 13. "That's where true heroes get buried." Browne's [...]
Larissa Panieri-Peter, South Africa Psychiatrist – Judge throws out her report
TimesLive SOUTH AFRICA Rohde trial adjourned as judge throws out psychiatrist's report By Philani Nombembe June 10, 2018 Psychiatrist Larissa Panieri-Peter The Jason Rohde murder trial was abruptly adjourned on Tuesday after his counsel complained it had been “contaminated”. This was after Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe dismissed a report by defence witness Dr Larissa Panieri-Peter‚ a specialist forensic psychiatrist. Salie-Hlophe ruled that there was no need for Panieri-Peter to be cross-examined by the state as her report relied on information from anonymous sources. On Monday‚ Panieri-Peter handed in a 43-page report based on a psychiatric assessment she conducted on Rohde [...]
Donald Grant, Aussie Psychiatrist, Under Fire for his book – “sensational rubbish” divulges personal patient info
ABC.net.au Queensland Health refers former psychiatrist to corruption watchdog over book on murderers By Brittney Klein and Lexy Hamilton-Smith June 14, 2018 Psychiatrist Donald Grant Queensland Health has asked the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) to consider whether "potential corrupt conduct" was involved in the publication of a new book by former government psychiatrist Donald Grant on 10 murderers he examined. At the behest of Queensland Health, the matter is also being investigated by the health ombudsman. It comes after Sonia Anderson, the mother of murder victim Bianca Girven, accused Dr Grant of betraying victims of crime and breaching [...]
Maryann Weisman, Penn. Psychiatrist, Arrested – kept writing prescriptions after her license was suspended
Lehighvalleylive.com Doc wrote prescriptions after license was suspended, AG says By Sarah Cassi September 23, 2015 Psychiatrist Maryann Weisman Two Lehigh County women were arrested a week ago for alleged prescription drug crimes, the state Attorney General's office said. Dr. Maryann T. Weisman, 54, of Whitehall Township, and Stacey A. Zuniga, 46, of Allentown, were arrested Wednesday by agents with the attorney general's office. Phone numbers for the women could not be located. Attorneys have not entered appearances for the pair yet, records show. Weisman, of the 800 block of Jefferson Street, is a psychiatrist accused of issuing [...]
UK Psychiatrist Ovais Badat, already in prison for supplying cocaine – now exposed for his sordid stash of child images and videos
Bristol Live Cocaine-supplying ADHD psychiatrist further jailed for child abuse images Ovais Badat is already in prison for supplying drugs and making out false prescriptions but has now been exposed for his sordid stash of images and videos By Geoffrey Bennett July 9, 2018 Psychiatrist Ovais Badat A Hengrove-based consultant psychiatrist has been jailed for downloading images of children being sexually abused. And his ten-month term is to run after the conclusion of a current two-and-a-half year term he is serving for other offences. Dr Ovais Badat worked at an adult ADHD service of Wiltshire Partnership Mental Health [...]
Hanumaiah Bandla, Michigan Psychiatrist, arraigned on allegations of abusing patients
Detroit News 6 more arraigned in abuse at Livonia mental health center By Oralandar Brand-Williams July 12, 2018 Psychiatrist Hanumaiah Bandla Livonia — Six more staff members at a Livonia psychiatric facility, including a doctor and a nurse, were arraigned Thursday in connection with the physical abuse of three male patients at the center. Appearing in 16th District Court were Thomas May, 59, of Westland, Demetris Hunt, 28, of Wayne, Wynton Dixon, 57, and Victor Peterson, 60, along with staff psychiatrist Dr. Hanumaiah Bandla, 65, of West Bloomfield Township, and nurse Erma Owens, 80, of Inkster. The six were [...]
Kenneth Tillerson, noted Boston psychiatrist, convicted of a morals charge
The North Adams, Massachusetts Transcript Convicted Psychiatrist Faces Loss of License July 13, 1949 Dr. Kenneth Tillerson, noted Boston psychiatrist convicted last May of a morals charge, today faces possible loss of his license to practice medicine in Massachusetts. The state board of registration in medicine voted to give him a hearing on the question in September. Dr. Tillerson is reported visiting Europe and his counsel asking postponement of the hearing that was to have been held today. The psychiatrist resigned staff positions at the Harvard Medical school and at the McLean (mental) hospital after conviction on the morals charge [...]