MEDIA

Juan Sosa, Connecticut Psychiatrist, Charged with evading responsibility – left scene of fatal car accident

Hartford Courant Psychiatrist Wants Accelerated Rehabilitation In Deadly Hit-And-Run By Dave Altimari July 12, 2017 Psychiatrist Juan Sosa A Middletown psychiatrist who drove a car that struck and killed a 76-year-old woman crossing the Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield in 2016 and then left the scene says he should be granted accelerated rehabilitation because police determined the woman caused the accident. Juan Sosa, 80, appeared in Superior Court in New Britain last week where his attorney, Hubert Santos, told Judge Joan Alexander if "there was ever anyone who should be eligible for AR, it is Dr. Sosa." Sosa is [...]

Joel Sadavoy, Toronto Psychiatrist, diagnoses without meeting or talking to person

CBC Medical college scolds psychiatrist for diagnosing local optician without meeting him By Kelly Bennett Dec 01, 2017 Toronto Psychiatrist Joel Sadavoy Ontario's medical regulator has found that a Toronto psychiatrist who wrote a critical evaluation of a Burlington optician without ever seeing or talking to him should have had consent before sharing a diagnosis. In a letter, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario told the psychiatrist not to do it again. The college wrote that the psychiatrist should have obtained consent to disclose a diagnosis to a third party. The college also said the psychiatrist, Joel [...]

Stanley Giudici, NY psychiatrist – license revoked – “gross negligence”

Times Herald-Record State revokes Town of Wallkill psychiatrist’s license By Daniel Axelrod September 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Stanley Giudici TOWN OF WALLKILL — Patients of a psychiatrist who abruptly closed his office after his medical license was revoked are so desperate for records, prescriptions and help finding a replacement, they’re knocking on the doors of neighboring practices. “I have extreme anxiety. I’ve done all the investigations I can possibly do to reach him,” said one 55-year-old female patient from eastern Orange County, who asked that her name not be used. “If I keep investigating, I will become quite ill.” Dr. [...]

Morales D. Brown, NY Psychiatrist, pleaded guilty to falsifying patient records

syracuse.com Psychiatrist admits falsifying records at CNY Psychiatric Center By James T. Mulder September 19, 2017 MARCY, N.Y. -- A psychiatrist who falsified patient records while working at the Central New York Psychiatric Center has pleaded guilty, paid restitution and been forced to leave state employment. Dr. Morales D. Brown, 59, of Deerfield, who worked for state Office of Mental Health, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and paid $5,486.86 restitution to the state as part of his plea agreement, according to state Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott . Brown was also ordered to serve 25 hours of community service. Between [...]

Italian psychiatrist Marco Bonetti accused of sexual violence against six women (5 of them patients)

Google machine translation: HuffPost € 50 for certificates and sexual violence to patients: arrested the aostan psychiatrist Marco Bonetti January 11, 2018 Psychiatrist Marco Bonetti Week of illness thanks to fake medical certificates obtained by paying the Aostan psychiatrist Marco Bonetti 50 euros: for this accusation the court of Aosta sentenced to two years and 10 months of imprisonment each of the two patients of the psychiatrist finished at home in March 2017, a fifty year old and a fifty-three residents in the valley, at the time of the facts belonging to the prison police. The judges also ordered [...]

Douglas Berger, American Psychiatrist in Japan Sues Reddit to reveal his online attackers

GIZMODO NEWS American Psychiatrist In Japan Sues Redditors For Talking Shit Online By Sidney Fussell January 12, 2018 In a twisting and intercontinental case of ‘mad online,’ an American psychiatrist practicing in Tokyo has filed a defamation suit against Redditors who derogated his services. In a suit filed in Florida, Dr. Douglas Berger is seeking damages in excess of $15,000, alleging libel and defamation after anonymous commenters called him a “scam artist” and “fucking maniac.” Reddit is named as a defendant in the suit. A GoFundMe page has been created to help the Redditors, unnamed in Dr. Berger’s complaint, to [...]

Robert Perez, Orange County Psychiatrist Ordered to See a Psychiatrist – “rude, unprofessional, very sarcastic and condescending”. “I am a doctor, I am the one that knows. Assholes! Bastards! I’m going to sue them assholes!”

OC Weekly Psychiatrist Dr. Robert T. Perez Ordered to See a Psychiatrist by Medical Board By Matt Coker December 26, 2017 Psychiatrist Robert Perez, 1420 E EDINGER AVE STE 123, Santa Ana, CA 92705 A Santa Ana psychiatrist's license to practice has been placed on probation for 35 months due to his ill treatment of patients, family members, an Orange County judge and a Medical Board of California investigator, according to state officials. The order for Dr. Robert T. Perez went into effect on Dec. 8. That was after Perez and his Santa Ana attorney Lee J. Retros [...]

Korean Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul deletes twitter account after netizens complain

Koogle Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul under fire Jun Ko December 20, 2017 Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul first became known when he appeared on 'Infinity Challenge'. His second appearance to the world ended up less than satisfactory when he publicly diagnosed actor Yoo Ah In with hypomania. He had ended up apologizing for his diagnosis after it blew up. His name ended up coming up again when he recently called out Jonghyun's psychiatrist. He had commented on his twitter, "1) I can't acknowledge his psychiatrist as my peer. 2) 'Get some exercise' / 'Get some [...]

Rand Ritchie, Pismo Beach, California, psychiatrist – disciplined twice for alcohol abuse and multiple convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol

Propublica EXAMINING MEDICARE Some Doctors Still Billing Medicare for the Most Complicated, Expensive Office Visits By Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones December 27, 2017 -- Excerpt Psychiatrist Rand Ritchie, 354 MAIN ST SUITE C PISMO BEACH, CA Also on the list is Dr. Rand Ritchie, a Pismo Beach, California, psychiatrist. He billed 1,475 visits at the highest level, or 97 percent of his Medicare office visits, in 2015. The California medical board has disciplined Ritchie twice for alcohol abuse and multiple convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol. He completed probation most recently in 2014 and currently [...]