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The Atlanta Journal and Constitution August 23, 1995, Wednesday, ALL EDITIONS Government halting payments to psychiatrist who has collected millions BYLINE: Carrie Teegardin; STAFF WRITER SECTION: STATE NEWS, Pg. 1B LENGTH: 376 words Dr. Andrew Shankman, a St. Simons Island psychiatrist who has been paid millions of dollars from government health programs, is being suspended from receiving payments from Medicare and Medicaid, officials confirmed Tuesday. Shankman's payments are being cut off after reviews of evidence gathered during an FBI raid of his offices last week. The raid was the culmination of a yearlong inquiry by the investigative unit of the [...]
Barry Garfinkel
The New York Times June 3, 2007 Sunday Late Edition - Final After Sanctions, Doctors Get Drug Company Pay BYLINE: By GARDINER HARRIS and JANET ROBERTS SECTION: Section 1; Column 2; National Desk; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2937 words A decade ago the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice accused Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab of a ''reckless, if not willful, disregard'' for the welfare of 46 patients, 5 of whom died in his care or shortly afterward. The board suspended his license for seven months and restricted it for two years after that. But Dr. Abuzzahab, a Minneapolis psychiatrist, is still overseeing the [...]
John Simon
The New York Times June 3, 2007 Sunday Late Edition - Final After Sanctions, Doctors Get Drug Company Pay BYLINE: By GARDINER HARRIS and JANET ROBERTS SECTION: Section 1; Column 2; National Desk; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2937 words A decade ago the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice accused Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab of a ''reckless, if not willful, disregard'' for the welfare of 46 patients, 5 of whom died in his care or shortly afterward. The board suspended his license for seven months and restricted it for two years after that. But Dr. Abuzzahab, a Minneapolis psychiatrist, is still overseeing the [...]
The San Luis Obispo Tribune (California) October 29, 2007 Monday Psychiatrist can practice on probation; The Morro Bay man is accused of paying too much attention to one patient while neglecting another BYLINE: Sarah Arnquist, sarnquist@thetribunenews.com LENGTH: 664 words A Morro Bay psychiatrist accused of becoming infatuated with a female patient and failing to intervene before a 17- year-old patient committed suicide can continue practicing while on five years' probation. The state Medical Board revoked Douglas P.Murphy's license but agreed to suspend the revocation if he completes the terms of his probation, which include additional training in medical record keeping, [...]
George Huthsteiner
United Press International January 23, 1982 Dateline: LOS ANGELES A psychiatrist who billed Medi-Cal $1,500 for 11 counseling sessions with a woman patient -- nine of which included sex with his patient while her boyfriend watched -- has been sentenced to six months in jail. Municipal Court Judge Marion Obera imposed the sentence on Dr. George Huthsteiner, 61, Friday, saying the billings constituted both grand theft and petty theft of Medi-Cal funds and a violation of his parole. Obera also fined Huthsteiner, a neuropsychiatrist, $9,760, and remanded him directly to jail. Deputy City Attorney Lynn Miller said Huthsteiner pleaded no [...]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) February 12, 1998, Thursday, THREE STAR EDITION PSYCHIATRIST GETS 133-YEAR TERM FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF TWO PATIENTS BYLINE: The Associated Press SECTION: METRO, Pg. C2 LENGTH: 131 words DATELINE: LEXINGTON, MO. A psychiatrist who said "moral insanity" caused him to sexually abuse two patients was sentenced to 133 years in prison. Dr. William Cone was convicted in December of 19 counts of sexual assault. Circuit Court Judge Robert Ravenhill sentenced Cone on Tuesday to seven years on each count. Cone, 73, apologized to the victims and said he hoped that his case would help keep others [...]
Jury Awards $6.5 Million to Psychiatrist’s Ex-Wife
The Associated Press February 22, 1984 A psychiatrist accused of subjecting his ex-wife to bizarre experiments, including injecting her with her own urine, has been ordered by a jury to pay her $6.5 million. Ann C. Sleeper's malpractice suit against Dr. Harold Sleeper, medical director of Willow View Hospital, a local private mental facility, alleged he injected her while treating her for a variety of physical and mental problems. Her attorneys also said Sleeper convinced his wife her severe depression, paranoia and physical problems were due to the foods she ate and synthetic materials such as her polyester ski jacket. [...]
The Boston Globe October 4, 1994, Tuesday, City Edition Psychiatrists and sex abuse; State regulation marked by delay, confusion, loopholes; SIDEBAR 1; Sex abuse bills in limbo; SPOTLIGHT Third of four parts The series was prepared by the Spotlight Team: Editor Gerard O'Neill, reporters Dick Lehr, Brian C. Mooney, Bruce Butterfield and Dolores Kong, photographer John Tlumacki and researcher Karen Douglass. Today's story was written by Lehr. THIS STORY HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE DATABASE IN TWO PARTS. THIS IS PART TWO. BYLINE: By Dick Lehr, Globe Staff SECTION: METRO/REGION; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 1051 words Four years after a reform [...]
Arthur Brandt
The New York Times Landlord Charged With Tax Fraud November 9, 1982 A Manhattan psychiatrist was arrested yesterday on charges that he had fraudulently obtained $249,000 in housing tax abatements from the city. The psychiatrist, Dr. Arthur Brandt, 52 years old, was accused in an eight-count indictment of filing false documents with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which administers the J-51 tax-abatement program for builders who make major improvements in residential dwellings. He faces up to four years in prison on each count if convicted. According to the indictment, Dr. Brandt maintained that he had made improvements, which [...]
Edmund Matzal
The Associated Press July 5, 1977 Dr. Edmund O. Matzal, a Blairstown psychiatrist who was Lester Maddox's vice presidential running mate on the 1976 American Party ticket in New Jersey, was sentenced to three years probation Tuesday for federal income tax evasion. Matzal also was ordered to work eight hours weekly without pay at a hospital needing his services. He said he thought the penalty was "a fair sentence," but he is appealing his conviction. During a four-day trial last May, Matzal, 42, said he didn't pay taxes because he opposed foreign aid to countries aiding North vietnamese and because [...]
Joseph Salama
The Washington Post Psychiatrist Faces Drug, Statutory Rape Charges By Caryle Murphy May 13, 1977 A Fairfax County psychiatrist has been charged with the illegal distribution of a hypnotic drug and the statutory rape of a 14-year-old Fairfax girl, Fairfax County police reported. Dr. Joseph S. Salama, 56, whose office is at 6508 Fort Hunt Rd., was arrested Wednesday. He allegedly gave the hypnotic sedative methqualone, known commercially as Quaalude, to the girl and had sexual relations with her on Oct. 20, 1976, according to police. The warrant for Salama's arrest was obtained by Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan [...]
Jerome Bach
The Associated Press March 8, 1979 Dateline: Minneapolis Psychiatrist Jerome M. Bach says he will accept an order of the Minnesota Board of Medical Examiners placing him on indefinite probation for engaging in sexual activites with four female patients. Bach, 45, founder of his own psychiatric centre and a clinical associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, said Wednesday he will not appeal the decision. The board suspended Bach's right to practice medicine but stayed that order and put him on probation on the condition that he discontinue practicing "touch therapy." The medicial board said Bach admitted "substantially [...]
Lee Macht
The Associated Press January 18, 1980 Psychiatrist Allegedly Wrote Illegal Prescription For A Kennedy A psychiatrist and former state commissoner of mental health was under investigation today, reportedly for allegedly writing two illegal prescriptions for drugs to David Kennedy, 25-year-old son of the late Robert Kennedy. John J. Droney, Middlesex County district attorney, confirmed that Dr. Lee Macht, chief psychiatrist at Cambridge City Hospital, was under investigation but refused to comment on details. He said Thursday night there was a "probability" of legal action today in connection with the case, adding "but I cannot be sure." He refused to discuss [...]
South Carolina Psychiatrist/Burglar Ian Gale Sentenced
The Associated Press December 3, 1979 Psychiatrist-Burglar Sentenced to 15 Years A psychiatrist was sentenced by a judge Monday to 15 years in prison on one count of housebreaking and larceny for carrying out a series of burglaries that netted about $300,000 worth of property from homes in fashionable neighborhoods. Dr. Ian Gale was ordered to serve the same sentence on seven other burglary counts, but Circuit Judge Walter Cox directed that those terms run concurrently with the first sentence. Cox also ordered that the state Department of Corrections determine whether Gale's abilities as a physician could be utilized and [...]
Ian Gale
The Associated Press December 3, 1979 Dateline: Columbia, S.C. A psychiatrist sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for taking about $750,000 in property from homes in fashionable neighborhoods said he had not anticipated the "awesome consequences" of his actions. Dr. Ian Gale, 41, told Circuit Judge Walter T. Cox III before he was sentenced on one count of housebreaking and larceny that he was "sorry" for what he had done. "It's a very easy thing for someone to say they are sorry," Gale said. He said he did not anticipate the damage to his son, his patients and society. [...]