MEDIA
Jonathon Thomas, Wisconsin Psychiatrist, suspended for sexual contact with two patients
Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin) Officials suspend doctor's license By Andy Nelesen June 11, 2009 State officials have suspended the medical license of a Green Bay psychiatrist, alleging he had sexual contact with two female patients. A formal complaint was filed May 18 against Dr. Jonathon W. Thomas, which led to the suspension. Thomas recently moved his practice to NEW Behavorial Medicine LLC, 1543 Park Place, Ashwaubenon, after practicing with Riverside Psychiatric Group SC in Ledgeview. The suspension prohibits Thomas from practicing medicine for 30 days and can be extended while disciplinary proceedings go forward.
Walter Ocampo Anderson, Indiana psychiatrist, arrested at psych hospital – Medicaid fraud
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Psychiatrist arrested on fraud charges Madison State Hospital doctor By Harold J. Adams January 11, 2002 A staff psychiatrist at Madison State Hospital has been arrested on federal charges of health care fraud and money laundering involving the Medicaid program in Mississippi. Internal Revenue Service agents took Dr. Walter Ocampo Anderson of Lexington, Ind., into custody Tuesday at the mental hospital, where he has been on staff since May of last year after practicing in Mississippi. At the time Anderson was hired, he was under indictment on state charges in Mississippi, accused of bilking its Medicaid [...]
Kenneth Spaulding, Missouri Psychiatrist, Sued by patient after sexual misconduct
Missouri Lawyers Media Verdicts & Settlements: Hospital settles with former psych patient By Allison Retka October 10, 2011 Psychiatrist Kenneth Spaulding A woman who claimed her psychiatrist carried on a sexual relationship with her has reached a confidential settlement with the Kansas City psychiatric hospital that hired the doctor. In 2009, the Missouri Division of Professional Registration suspended the license of the psychiatrist, named in court records as Dr. Kenneth Spaulding, for having inappropriate relationships with patients. The woman settled confidentially with Spaulding last year, said one of her attorneys, Chad C. Lucas. The woman checked in to Two [...]
GLORIA VANDERBILT won a $1.5 million judgment against her former psychiatrist Christ Zois and her former lawyer
New York Times September 29, 1993 By Nadine Brozan GLORIA VANDERBILT has won a $1.5 million judgment against her former psychiatrist and her former lawyer, who is now deceased, The Associated Press reported yesterday. They were accused of preying on her wealth and emotional fragility. Justice EDWARD J. GREENFIELD of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan said he agreed with a lawyers' disciplinary committee that concluded in 1992 that Thomas A. Andrews, the lawyer, had misappropriated funds and diverted them to himself and to Dr. Christ L. Zois, the psychiatrist. "In her mind, the worst betrayal was by the psychiatrist, [...]
Adam Travis, San Fran Psychiatrist – not allowed to see female patients without a chaperone
KPIX 5 San Mateo Bay Area Psychiatrist On Leave Amid Investigation By Devin Fehely April 25, 2018 Psychiatrist Adam Travis A well-known Bay Area psychiatrist is under investigation with new documents revealing he is not being allowed see female patients without a chaperone. According to documents obtained by KPIX 5 from the California Medical Board, Dr. Adam Travis’ license was restricted Friday, barring him specifically from treating “female patients” without a “female third party chaperone present” at all times. The move comes as the state agency said it has conducted an investigation into Dr. Travis and is prepared to [...]
Convicted war criminal, Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic, appealing 40-year jail sentence
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE UN judges to hear Karadzic appeal against 40-year jail term By AFP April 20, 2018 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic THE HAGUE: Once-feared Bosnian Serb leader, now convicted war criminal, Radovan Karadzic, on Monday launches his appeal before UN judges, seeking to overturn a 40-year jail term for abuses committed during Bosnia’s bloody 1990s conflict. Karadzic, 72, was sentenced to four decades behind bars in 2016 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, arising from the Balkan country’s three-year war which killed 100,000 people and left 2.2 million others homeless. The former strongman — with his recognisable [...]
Psych Kim Hyun-chul, Korea, inappropriate sexual relationships with patients, posted private information about one of his patients online – expelled from psych group
Korean Biomedical Review Korean psychiatrists bolster ethics education after ‘You Ah-in incident’ By Marian Chu April 20, 2018 Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul The Korean Neuropsychiatric Association said Thursday that it would add an ethics portion to the exam for psychiatric specialists following a controversial psychiatrist tweeting that a top Korean celebrity had bipolar disorder in December. The psychiatrist Kim Hyun-chul publicly claimed through a series of tweets that top star You Ah-in displayed symptoms of acute hypomania without having any experience of meeting, treating, or diagnosing the actor. Hypomania is a feature of bipolar II disorder characterized by little [...]
Connecticut psychiatrist Naimetulla Syed, paid $422,641 to resolve allegations that he submitted false Medicaid claims
CTPOST Med Board Fines Newtown Psychiatrist, Ansonia Doctor By Kate Farrish April 19, 2018 --- EXCERPT The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday disciplined three doctors, including fining a Newtown psychiatrist $15,000 for submitting false insurance claims. In 2016, the doctor, Naimetulla Syed, paid $422,641 to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid between 2009 and 2013, state and federal officials said in a news release at the time. An investigation revealed that he used a code for psychotherapy sessions lasting 45 to 50 minutes when in most cases, he only saw the patients for five [...]
Brian Cassmassi, Calabasas psychiatrist, showed his patient gay porn, exposed his penis and began masturbating in front of him
The Acorn Lewd psychiatrist could lose license By Ian Bradley April 18, 2018 Psychiatrist Brian Cassmassi Calabasas psychiatrist Brian Cassmassi faces a June 4 court date relating to charges that he exposed himself to a male patient in his office. Cassmassi, who is in danger of losing his medical license, is accused of an October 2015 incident in which he showed the patient gay pornography, exposed himself and began masturbating. Cassmassi, 34, was charged with indecent exposure and pleaded no contest in December 2016. He was placed on probation for 36 months and his medical license restricted. He was [...]
Claudio Soares, University of Alberta head of psychiatry, facing sex misconduct charges
CBCNEWS New University of Alberta psychiatry chair facing sexual misconduct allegation By Charles Rusnell Sep 11, 2012 Psychiatrist Claudio de Novaes Soares The University of Alberta's new head of psychiatry is facing an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a female patient in Ontario. Documents obtained by CBC News indicate the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons will hold a hearing into the allegation that Dr. Claudio de Novaes Soares had sexual relations with a woman who was a patient between November 2007 and May 2009. At that time, he was a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton. A date [...]