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Richard Seamark, UK psychiatrist – shaky past
The Courier-Mail UK Doctor in line for top Queensland job despite shaky past Chris Clarke, Sarah Vogler December 17, 2017 9:00am Psychiatrist Richard Seamark QUEENSLAND Health has been forced to reconsider a UK doctor’s application for a plum role in Cairns Hospital after reports surfaced that a former patient in the UK was left locked in a room for weeks. The Courier-Mail understands that Dr Richard Wayne Seamark was being considered for the $400,000 role of clinical director of mental health of Cairns Hospital. This is despite his work history – which is available online – revealing he was [...]
Candy Man David Houlihan, Iowa and Wisconsin VA Psychiatrist, nicknamed because of prolific amounts of drugs he prescribed
USA TODAY Investigation: VA knowingly hires doctors with past malpractice claims, discipline for poor care By Donovan Slack December 3, 2017 +++ Excerpt Psychiatrist David Houlihan, the “Candy Man.” Psychiatrist David Houlihan landed a job at a VA hospital in Wisconsin in 2002 and was promoted to chief of staff two years later, even though the Iowa Board of Medicine had charged him with engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a patient and taking patient medications home. He went on to earn the nickname “candy man” at the Tomah, Wis., VA because of the prolific amounts of narcotics he [...]
UK psychiatrist Richard Seamark – allegedly “locked one patient in their room for several weeks”
The Australian UK doctor withdraws Qld job application By Ed Jackson December 19, 2017 Psychiatrist Richard Seamark A British psychiatrist has withdrawn his application for a crucial mental health role at Cairns Hospital, Queensland's health minister has confirmed. News Corp Australia reported that Richard Wayne Seamark was in the running for the $400,000 role of clinical director of mental health, despite his work history revealing he was banned as a company director for seven years in the UK. Dr Seamark's time running a health service in the UK had led to multiple complaints including an allegation of "locking one [...]
Windsor Psych Ravi Shenava – Accused of Sexually Abusing patients
CTV News Windsor Disciplinary hearing date set for Windsor doctor November 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Ravishankar Shenava A Windsor doctor accused of sexually abusing patients has date set for a disciplinary hearing. The provincial college of physicians and surgeons has scheduled Feb. 12 for Dr. Ravi Shenava to begin arguments about the merits of the allegations. Besides alleged sexual abuse, the 67-year-old psychiatrist is alleged by the disciplinary committee to have engaged in an act or omission relevant to the practise of medicine, which would be regarded by peers as disgraceful, dishonorable or unprofessional. The Windsor doctor also faces multiple [...]
James Grigson, highly criticized Texas psychiatrist nicknamed “Dr. Death.”
Texas Tribune Texas district attorney who prosecuted Jeff Wood now wants him off death row The prosecutor in the death penalty case of a man who didn't kill anyone has asked the parole board and Gov. Greg Abbott to change his sentence to life in prison. By Jolie Mccullough December 7, 2017 --- Excerpt Psychiatrist James Grigson Six days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped it and sent the case back to the trial court in Kerr County to review Wood’s claim that a jury was improperly persuaded to hand down a death sentence because [...]
Gregg Friedman, Florida psychiatrist, was charged with felony grand theft
CNN Drugmaker paid doctors with problem records to promote its pill By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Investigates December 4, 2017 ... Begin Excerpt Gregg Friedman - Psychiatrist State prosecutors accused Florida psychiatrist Gregg Friedman of billing the Medicaid program more than $1 million, for example, saying that much of the money was for patient visits that never happened. In 2000, he was charged with felony grand theft and "organized scheme to defraud," in addition to 18 counts of Medicaid fraud. CNN wasn't able to determine the resolution of his criminal case because the records were destroyed under [...]
Dinesh Patel, New Jersey Psychiatrist, kept patient on lithium for more than a decade resulting in kidney failure
CNN Drugmaker paid doctors with problem records to promote its pill By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Investigates December 4, 2017 --- Excerpt New Jersey psychiatrist Dinesh Patel appeared to have an untarnished record until he came under investigation by the state in March last year, and was found to have inappropriately kept a patient on lithium for more than a decade. But even after being placed on probation by the state medical board for "gross negligence" in the treatment of this patient, who ultimately suffered kidney failure, Patel continued to receive thousands of dollars in speaking payments from [...]
Lenton Morrow, Sacramento psychiatrist, sexually abused patient and overdrugged five others
Sacramento Bee Sacramento psychiatrist ordered to surrender license in sex abuse complaint By Cathie Anderson December 11, 2017 Psychiatrist Lenton Morrow The California Medical Board ordered that Dr. Lenton Joby Morrow, who practiced at a Sacramento psychiatric hospital, surrender his medical license on Nov. 28 after investigating complaints that he had sexually abused one patient and overprescribed drugs to five others. Records from the medical board state that Morrow, 40, faced discipline as a result of his work with patients at Heritage Oaks Hospital and at a chemical dependency treatment center called Strategies for Change, which has two locations [...]
Ruth Schack, California psychiatrist, in hot water for drugging patient to the gills
OC Weekly State Probes Doctors Joseph Efe Imarah and Ruth Annette Schack By Matt Coker November 28, 2017 ...Excerpt The second case concerns Dr. Ruth Annette Schack, who has been a practicing psychiatrist for nearly 30 years. A man identified only as "A.K." saw Schack repeatedly from Jan. 3, 2002, through May 13, 2013. Over that span, Schack at various times diagnosed him with anxiety, depression, insomnia, panic disorder, grogginess, low testosterone and being "decompensated," which means his mental health was deteriorating. Schack began psychotherapy sessions that would continue with A.K. weekly and then monthly and then bi-monthly. Over his [...]
Craig Hudson, Toronto Psychiatrist, in trouble for breaking drug advertising rules
National Post Psychiatrist reprimanded for advertising natural-health invention says he's been denied free speech By Tom Blackwell November 28, 2017 Psychiatrist Craig Hudson Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons took issue with Dr. Craig Hudson promoting his natural-health product Zenbev on his own website. In an online marketplace packed with natural-health products of dubious value, Zenbev has a definite leg-up: the sleep aid was created and touted by a psychiatrist, a medical doctor with scientific credentials. But that connection has also landed Dr. Craig Hudson in hot water, with Ontario’s medical regulator reprimanding him for violating the group’s strict [...]