The Daily Gazette
Schenectady/Albany
Psychiatrist accused of touching staffers
June 12, 2012
By Justin Mason

Police arrested a psychiatrist on misdemeanor sexual abuse charges for allegedly rubbing up against two employees at his Colonie office on separate occasions in May.

Kevin W. George, 52, of East Schodack was charged with two counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of forcible touching. He was arraigned in Colonie Town Court and released on his own recognizance Friday.

Lt. Robert Winn said both of the women were clerical employees at Psychopharmacology Consultants Of Albany. He said the women both reported that George would come up from behind them and touch them in an inappropriate manner.

“Obviously, he was in a position of power over them,” Winn said Monday.

Colonie police alerted the state Department of Health about the arrest due to George’s occupation as a physician. Winn said investigators have no evidence that George had any inappropriate contact with his patients, but indicated that an investigation is ongoing.

Calls to the Psychopharmacology Consultants seeking comment for this story were not returned Monday.

George was recently fined $20,000 by the state Health Department’s Board of Professional Medical Conduct and was serving the first year of a 36-month probation period at the time of his arrest. The probation and fine came after he admitted to the charge of negligence in June 2011.

The board initially lodged 36 “specifications of professional misconduct,” according to Health Department records. Among the charges, the board found George had prescribed inappropriate amounts of certain drugs to several patients, that he failed to properly monitor them after they were placed on medication, and that he didn’t keep adequate records of their treatment.

Health Department spokesman Peter Constantakes declined to comment about George’s recent arrest. He said, however, the latest charges against him will be reviewed by the board.

“Based on what the law says, any incident of an arrest is something the office of Professional Medical Conduct would take a look at,” he said.