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Well Known Harvard Psychiatrist Resigns After Sex Allegation
Psychiatrist David B. Herzog Boston Globe Harvard eating-disorder specialist gives up license By Liz Kowalczyk October 18, 2012 A well-known Harvard psychiatrist who treats patients with eating disorders and has written textbooks on the topic has surrendered his medical license after officials found he engaged in sexual misconduct with a bulimic patient. The Board of Registration in Medicine accepted the resignation of Dr. David B. Herzog Wednesday. The board said that after hearing from the woman who had been his patient, it took “the most serious, immediate, and impactful action allowed by law in order to protect the public [...]
William Braden, Rhode Island Psychiatrist, gets 3 years probation for improper drug prescribing
Providence Journal R.I. psychiatrist disciplined for improperly prescribing drugs By G. Wayne Miller May 29, 2018 Psychiatrist William Braden PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline has placed Dr. William Braden, a psychiatrist who practiced at Butler Hospital, on three years’ probation for improperly prescribing medications. This is the second time in five years that the Department of Health has reprimanded Braden. In the current case, the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline after an investigation also ordered Braden to “cease prescribing opioids, specifically schedule II and III opioids” with the exception of buprenorphine, used [...]
Mohamed Saleh, Jacksonville, Florida’s “Most Bizarre Shrink”
Folio Weekly Strange Days By Susan Cooper Eastman June 21-27, 2011 Jacksonville’s eccentric “Dr. Detox” has a run-in with regulators over abandoned medical records and equipment Psychiatrist Mohamed Saleh The last time Folio Weekly wrote about Jacksonville psychiatrist Dr. Mohamed Saleh (“Searching for Dr. Detox,” May 10), we noted he was both the city’s “most high-profile” and “most bizarre” shrink: a doctor who practices magic, sells custom-made men’s suits, battles with neighbors and hopes to make a fortune in spray-on tans. Things have gotten more complicated for the doctor in recent weeks, including accusations by a disgruntled former [...]
New Zealand Psych Bruce Spittle, license revoked after being convicted of indecent assault of a patient
NZ Herald Doctor struck off over historic indecent assaults against patient in Dunedin June 22, 2018 Psychiatrist Bruce Spittle A psychiatrist who practised in Dunedin has been struck off the medical register after being convicted of the indecent assault of a patient. Dr Bruce James Spittle was censured and ordered to pay $5720 towards the costs of his prosecution at the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. The tribunal issued its written decision today following a hearing in Auckland in February. It says the convictions reflected adversely on Spittle's fitness to practise medicine. He was convicted in the Dunedin District [...]
Wyoming Psych Matthew Hopkins Convicted – gets prison time for inhaling compressed air before causing head-on crash
Star Tribune Jury convicts former Wyoming psychiatrist in DUI crash Jun 21, 2018 Psychiatrist Matthew Hopkins CODY — A former Wyoming psychiatrist has been found guilty of several charges stemming from a crash that injured another person. A jury in Cody convicted Matthew Hopkins of intentional misuse of a toxic product, controlled substance DUI and aggravated assault. The Cody Enterprise reports that District Judge David Park sentenced Hopkins to 18 to 36 months of prison, with credit for a little over two months he served last summer in jail. Prosecutors said Hopkins had been inhaling compressed air before the [...]
Iowa Psychiatrist Russell England, fined for carelessly prescribing pills to himself, others
Des Moines Register Iowa psychiatrist fined for carelessly prescribing pills to himself, others By Tony Leys June 14, 2018 Psychiatrist Russell England A Fairfield psychiatrist has been fined $5,000 for carelessly prescribing addictive pills to patients, his family and himself. State regulators say Russell England prescribed excessive amounts of opioid painkillers and benzodiazepine sedatives to multiple patients. Some of those patients had histories of drug or alcohol abuse, according to documents released this week by the Iowa Board of Medicine. The board, which licenses physicians, noted that the combination of painkillers and sedatives can be dangerous. It said the [...]
John Wisner, Kansas Psychiatrist (and priest) – defrocked – multiple allegations of sex abuse
Kansas City Star KCK priest is defrocked years after investigation into sexual abuse allegations BY Judy L. Thomas June 21, 2018 Psychiatrist John WIsner A priest in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has been defrocked years after an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual abuse. The Rev. John H. Wisner was returned to the lay state, or laicized, by a decree issued by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, according to an announcement published May 25 in The Leaven, the archdiocesan newspaper. Naumann issued the decree on Dec. 21, the announcement said, and it was affirmed by the Vatican's [...]
South African Psychiatrist Omar Sabadia still behind bars after 22 years – hired three hitmen to kidnap his wife and murder her so he could claim insurance money
Independent Online Family keeps wife killer behind bars By Sameer Naik June 23, 2018 Psychiatrist Omar Sabadia Johannesburg - The children of convicted killer Omar Sabadia know that one day he will be paroled and walk out of Kgosi Mampuru Prison a free man, but they still deserve the right to be heard. "The proper procedure must be followed and the family are entitled to be heard," said Ahmed Suliman, a lawyer acting for Sabadia’s three children. They cannot be excluded and they are entitled to voice their objection." The family were disappointed, he said, that they had not [...]
Surendra Johri, NY Psychiatrist, turned himself in to police to face charges of sex abuse and forcible touching
CNYCentral New Hartford psychiatrist accused of sexual abuse and forcible touching by CNYCentral June 26th 2018 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA, N.Y. — A New Hartford doctor is accused of forcible touching and sex abuse. Utica Police say Dr. Surendra K. Johri turned himself in on June 18 to face charges of third-degree sex abuse and forcible touching, which police say are related to alleged misconduct by Johri while working as a psychiatrist in Utica. Johri was booked on the charges and released, according to Utica Police. Utica Police say the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People [...]
Robert Proctor, Aussie Psychiatrist, Busted for Sexual Misconduct
Bendigo Advertiser Former Castlemaine psychiatrist barred from practising for six months on two professional misconduct findings By Adam Holmes June 11, 2018 Psychiatrist Robert Proctor A VICTORIAN psychiatrist has been barred from practising for six months after he had sex with a vulnerable former patient who he treated again while practising in Castlemaine in the 1990s. Dr Robert Proctor committed two acts of professional misconduct brought by the Medical Board of Australia, and his penalty was determined in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month. Dr Proctor treated the patient – who was considered “vulnerable by reason of [...]