MEDIA
San Diego Psychiatrist Marco Chavez Drank a Pint of Vodka before “Treating” patients
NBCSanDiego Judge Suspends License of Doctor Who Drank a Pint of Vodka Before Treating Patients Investigator found a "nearly empty" bottle of vodka in Dr. Marco Chavez's office. By Paul Krueger May 9, 2018 San Diego Psychiatrist Marco Chavez A state judge on Tuesday suspended the medical license of a local psychiatrist who admitted to drinking two eight-ounce glasses of vodka mixed with cloves just two hours before seeing patients at his office near downtown San Diego. According to Administrative Law Judge Susan Boyle’s ruling, Dr. Marco Chavez acknowledged he had a drinking problem, and said he drank the [...]
Walter Vandereycken, Belgian psychiatrist, Sexually abused Patient – Catholic University Suspended him as Professor, Suspended for Life as a Psychiatrist
BioEdge Belgian psychiatrist deregistered over abuse by Michael Cook November 9, 2014 Psychiatrist Walter Vandereycken A Belgian psychiatrist who sexually abused a patient who subsequently sought euthanasia has been deregistered. Walter Vandereycken’s offences surfaced in 2012 when Ann G, a woman with anorexia nervosa, accused him on Terzake, a well-known current affairs program. He was suspended from his position as a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuven), but continued in private practice. Now he has been suspended for life from the medical profession. (See original report in BioEdge.) Vandereycken, who is now 65, was no ordinary [...]
Psychiatrist Lyndon Steinhaus Sued for medical malpractice – sexual relationship with patient
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Woman files suit against psychiatrist boyfriend after crime spree By Dan Benson July 20, 2008 Psychiatrist Lyndon Steinhaus Port Washington - A former Cedarburg woman who along with her psychiatrist boyfriend led police on a cross-country chase has filed a lawsuit against him alleging medical malpractice because the two began a sexual relationship while she was his patient. Darcy J. Bogenrief, 43, alleges in the lawsuit filed in Ozaukee County Circuit Court that she sought treatment in late 2001 or early 2002 from former Thiensville psychiatrist Lyndon K. Steinhaus, 48, the two began a sexual relationship [...]
Richard Seigle, California Psychiatrist – license revoked – gross negligence, prescribed drugs to addicts, lied, failed to keep accurate medical records and had sexual relations with a former patient
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California) Psychiatrist's license revoked By Angela Franzer June 10, 2008 The California Medical Board has revoked a Coachella Valley psychiatrist's medical license, alleging gross negligence, prescribing drugs to addicts, lying to the board, failing to keep accurate medical records and having sexual relations with a former patient. Richard Duboe Seigle, who was employed part-time by the county of Riverside from October 2002 to February 2007 and has had practices in Carlsbad and Monterey, can petition in three years for reinstatement, according to the medical board. His license, issued in 1981, was revoked May 30. When [...]
James Ross, MASSACHUSETTS PSYCHIATRIST, license revoked – sexual misconduct – then threatened the life of the medical board chairman and its attorney
The Associated Press September 10, 1998 Psychiatrist pleads guilty to threatening doctor A Quincy psychiatrist has pleaded guilty to threatening the life of a doctor who disciplined him. Dr. James L. Ross, 48, admitted Wednesday that he threatened the life of Dr. Nishan J. Kechejian, chairman of the Board of Registration in Medicine, which revoked Ross' license to practice. In a similar case, Ross pleaded guilty in July to threatening Milton lawyer James J. Barrett, who represented the state board of registration when Ross appealed the revocation of his medical license. The Enterprise of Brockton reported that Ross made threatening [...]
Gerd Teschke, Massachusetts Psychiatrist, convicted of failing to file federal income tax returns
Business Wire Melrose Psychiatrist Sentenced to Four Months' Imprisonment for Probation Violations, Including Motor Vehicle Homicide September 29, 1998 Sept. 29, 1998--A Melrose psychiatrist who was on federal probation for his criminal tax convictions was yesterday sentenced to four months' imprisonment for violating the conditions of his probation. United States Attorney Donald K. Stern announced that DR. GERD C. TESCHKE, of 466 Lebanon Street in Melrose, Massachusetts was found to have violated the conditions of his probation by committing the crime of motor vehicle homicide while on probation, as well as committing other non-criminal violations of his terms of probation. [...]
Raymond Maciewicz, Massachusetts Psychiatrist, accused of secretly videotaping his children’s nanny undressing and distributing those images over the Internet
The Boston Globe DOCTOR'S LICENSE SUSPENDED December 13, 2001 A doctor accused of secretly videotaping his children's nanny undressing and distributing those images over the Internet had his medical license indefinitely suspended by the State Board of Medicine yesterday. Dr. Raymond J. Maciewicz cannot renew his license because of "conduct that undermines public confidence in the integrity of the medical profession," the board said. In the ruling, the board called Maciewicz, a psychiatrist and neurologist, a person who "lacked the good moral character necessary for licensure as a physician." Maciewicz has practiced medicine at Mass General Hospital and taught neurology [...]
Jacob Goldberg, Massachusetts Psychiatrist – Censured After more than a decade of investigation
The Boston Globe Board censures Framingham psychiatrist By Dolores Kong, Globe Staff January 4, 1995 Concluding its longest-running sexual misconduct case ever, the state Board of Registration in Medicine announced yesterday it has censured a Framingham psychiatrist for improperly dealing with a patient in the early 1970s. After more than a decade of investigating allegations of sexual misconduct, the board found that Jacob Goldberg, a doctor of osteopathy who specializes in psychiatry, exercised poor judgment in allowing "Patient A" to stroke his hair and, at least once, to kiss him on the cheek. Dr. Goldberg "engaged in these departures from [...]
Arthur Palladino, Massachusetts Psychiatrist, accused of engaging in sexual relationships with two patients and concealing one case
The Boston Globe August 7, 2003 STATE SUSPENDS PSYCHIATRIST'S LICENSE The state's Board of Registration in Medicine yesterday suspended the medical license of Dr. Arthur M. Palladino Jr., an Amherst psychiatrist, accusing him of engaging in sexual relationships with two patients and concealing one case from the board. Palladino, 53, admitted in April to having a sexual relationship with one patient, but asked for leniency, citing his candor, the support of his colleagues, and saying under oath that he had never had an inappropriate relationship with another patient. But subsequently, according to the board, another patient came forward and alleged [...]
Laurence Levine, Massachusetts Psychiatrist – gave patient money to go buy drugs and deliver to him
The Boston Herald Psych doc has license suspended May 16, 1997 An Andover psychiatrist has had his license to practice medicine suspended indefinitely for controlled substance violations. The Board of Registration in Medicine said Dr. Laurence F. Levine issued prescriptions for painkillers on six different occasions to one of his patients and provided the patient with money to buy the drugs. Then, he arranged to have the patient deliver the drugs to him, the board said. Levine may not petition to get his license back until February 1998.