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The Providence Journal (Rhode Island) March 9, 2007 Friday All Editions Psychiatrist's license suspended for lying to board BYLINE: Felice J. Freyer, Journal Medical Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. B-02 LENGTH: 570 words Dr. Lorin Mimless prescribed narcotics for his wife, then misled state investigators about it. The state has suspended the license of Dr. Lorin Mimless, a Providence psychiatrist who prescribed a narcotic to his wife and then led state investigators on a "wild goose chase" to cover up his actions. Although the prescription to his wife was ethically questionable, the deception - which included repeatedly lying to the board [...]
Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts) May 07, 2002 Tuesday, FINAL EDITION Medicaid fraud is finally jailed BYLINE: Lee Hammel; TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A1 LENGTH: 856 words Five years after a jury convicted him of larceny and filing false Medicaid claims, a former Worcester psychiatrist got handcuffs placed on him yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court. Dr. Lorin H. Mimless, 50, his appeals exhausted, was led off to begin a one-year term in the Suffolk House of Correction. The state Appeals Court upheld his conviction on 219 counts of filing false Medicaid claims and two counts of grand larceny [...]
Cheryl Richardson
The Associated Press State & Local Wire January 14, 1999, Thursday, PM cycle Psychiatrist suspended when Mississippi fraud plea comes to light SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 457 words DATELINE: MOBILE, Ala. A Baldwin County psychiatrist was suspended after her employer learned that earlier this week she had pleaded guilty in Mississippi to defrauding Medicaid of more than $ 220,000. The director of the Baldwin County Mental Health Center in Fairhope suspended Dr. Cheryl Elizabeth Richardson on Wednesday after receiving a call from a local reporter seeking comment about her guilty plea in Jackson, Miss. on Monday. Ms. Richardson had [...]
Soorani
Los Angeles Times November 16, 1994, Wednesday, Valley Edition DOCTORS CHARGED IN KICKBACK CASE; MEDICINE: NORTHRIDGE ORTHOPEDIST IS AMONG THE FOUR ACCUSED OF PAYING TO GET WORKERS' COMPENSATION PATIENT REFERRALS. BYLINE: By JACK CHEEVERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER SECTION: Metro; Part B; Page 4; Column 1 LENGTH: 719 words A Northridge doctor and three other physicians have been charged with paying illegal kickbacks to a medical referral firm that is under investigation for workers compensation fraud. The physicians allegedly paid for patient referrals from L.A. Management, a former Sherman Oaks firm under investigation for possibly paying kickbacks to get patients from [...]
Muriel Sugarman
The Boston Herald March 29, 1996 Friday SECOND EDITION BYLINE: By MICHAEL LASALANDRA SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 059 LENGTH: 214 words The state's top court has upheld the suspension of the license of a Boston psychiatrist who was involved in a celebrated child custody fight. The Supreme Judicial Court yesterday denied the appeal of Dr. Muriel Sugarman, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, who had her license suspended and was fined $ 10,000 by the Board of Registration in Medicine in 1994. Sugarman had been involved in the Nicole LaLonde custody case in the late 1980s. The board had charged that [...]
North Dakota Psychiatrist James Bland
The Bismarck Tribune August 10, 1996 Saturday LENGTH: 571 words MINOT (AP) -- A psychiatrist accused of possessing explosives and harassing people said he is resigned to losing his state medical license. ""I don't have any hope at all,'' Dr. James Bland said. Bland said he is the subject of a smear campaign and is being harassed by ""political enemies.'' Bland's medical license has been temporarily suspended while an administrative hearing officer took testimony on revoking his license. Allen Hoberg is to recommend whether the state Board of Medical Examiners should take any more disciplinary action against him. Bland has [...]
The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA.) December 2, 1994, Friday PSYCHIATRIST TO SURRENDER MEDICAL LICENSE BYLINE: THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B14 LENGTH: 265 words RIVERSIDE An Upland psychiatrist has agreed to surrender his medical license as of today to settle sexual misconduct accusations brought by four former patients. Dr. Kenneth R. Jones was accused of molesting or attempting to molest four female patients between 1981 and 1991, according to the California Medical Board. Jones also was accused of persuading one of the patients to loan money to a company in which Jones had an interest. The company defaulted on the [...]
The Baltimore Sun May 19, 2010 Wednesday FINAL EDITION MARYLAND BOARD REVOKES LICENSE OF PSYCHIATRIST OVER CONDUCT BYLINE: Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 8A LENGTH: 372 words Towson psychiatrist Miguel Frontera's license to practice in Maryland has been permanently revoked after the state board that oversees doctors found that he had inappropriate contact with boys in his care. The Maryland Board of Physicians found that the psychiatrist, licensed in the state since 1988, acted improperly in a dozen cases, all involving pre-teen boys, some of whom came forward after the investigation began late last year. The board's [...]
Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) July 13, 2010 Tuesday Board suspends doctor's license BYLINE: By, Tina Marie Macias SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 210 words Dr. Allison Hargrave, a psychiatrist accused of a federal sex crime, has had her medical license suspended, according to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners' website. Her license was suspended June 6, "pending administrative action." Hargrave was indicted May 26 for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. A hearing will be set to discuss her license and the board would not release more information on why her license was suspended. "We don't generally give that [...]
The Miami Herald December 2, 2010 Thursday UM prof accused of submitting ghostwritten textbook By JOHN DORSCHNER; jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com December 2 2010 A national watchdog group has accused a University of Miami psychiatrist, Charles Nemeroff, of listing himself as a co-author of a textbook that was ghostwritten by a writing company and paid for by a major drug maker. The Washington-based Project on Government Oversight has written a letter to the National Institutes of Health complaining about three publications, including Nemeroff's, in which a marketing firm, Scientific Therapeutics Information, performed ghostwriting about drug benefits that was paid for by a company [...]
Los Angeles Times October 4, 2008 Saturday Home Edition Science File; Doctor accused in Congress' probe; An Emory University psychiatrist allegedly failed to report much of the income he got from firms whose drugs he was evaluating. BYLINE: Denise Gellene, Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writers SECTION: MAIN NEWS; National Desk; Part A; Pg. 19 LENGTH: 868 words A prominent Emory University psychiatrist received at least $2.8 million in consulting fees from companies whose drugs he was evaluating and failed to report a third of it, congressional investigators studying medical conflicts of interest said Friday. The allegations against Dr. [...]
Robert Ferrell
The Boston Globe Mass. medical panel charges five psychiatrists with sexual misconduct By Dolores Kong June 6, 1989 The state Board of Registration in Medicine has filed sexual-misconduct charges against five psychiatrists, bringing to nine the number of current and former Massachusetts psychiatrists who have admitted or been accused in recent months of having had improper sexual contact with patients. Several of the psychiatrists named in the five latest cases, which were initiated by the board between Sep-tember and last month, hold prominent positions. The cases came to light in a review of the board's public files last week. In [...]
Bangor Daily News (Maine) June 12, 2010 Saturday All Editions Psychiatrist disciplined for renewal violations BYLINE: MEG HASKELL OF THE NEWS STAFF SECTION: Pg. B2 LENGTH: 236 words DATELINE: BANGOR Bangor psychiatrist Mark Spear this week was fined $500 and accepted a reprimand from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. According to information provided by the licensing board, Spear agreed with the board that actions associated with renewing his license to practice in Maine could reasonably be construed to constitute fraud or deceit. In a renewal application submitted in May 2009, Spear stated he had completed the required continuing [...]
Surendra Johri, New Hartford Shrink, convicted of sexual misconduct – still has license
Observer-Dispatch After trial, status of Johri’s medical license uncertain By Jolene Cleaver February 22, 2019 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA — Two weeks after a New Hartford psychiatrist was found guilty on three sex abuse charges in a Utica City Court bench trial, there’s still no word from the state on the status of his medical license. Oneida County Assistant District Attorney Laurie Lisi co-prosecuted the case against Dr. Surendra Johri with Assistant District Attorney Maria Murad Blais. After the verdict was handed down on Feb. 7, Lisi said records showed Johri still maintained his medical license. Asked that same [...]
Skodnek
The Boston Globe March 23, 1996, Saturday, City Edition False bills, diagnoses cost doctor $ 1.5 million, prison BYLINE: By Judy Rakowsky, Globe Staff SECTION: METRO/REGION; Pg. 19 LENGTH: 466 words A Newton psychiatrist who invented diagnoses, session notes and bills for patients he never saw was sentenced yesterday to nearly four years in a federal prison camp and ordered to pay $ 1.5 million in fines and restitution. Dr. Richard P. Skodnek - who attended his three-week trial on charges of massive insurance fraud in cheaply made clothes and with his hair shaved on one side of his head [...]
The Associated Press June 14, 1999, Monday, BC cycle Two doctors sanctioned for sexual relationships with patients SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 268 words DATELINE: COLUMBIA, S.C. One South Carolina doctor has had his license revoked and another had his suspended for having improper sexual contact with patients, the Board of Medical Examiners announced. Dr. Djalma A. Braga, a psychiatrist at Shaw Air Force Base, had his license revoked June 7 after admitting to a sexual relationship with a patient. Braga told the board he had sexual intercourse with his patient once and hugged and kissed the patient several times. [...]
Kennard C. Kobrin
The Associated Press State & Local Wire May 31, 2003 Convicted psychiatrist gets suspended sentence, fines Psychiatrist Kennard Kobrin A Fall River psychiatrist who was convicted of prescribing illegal drugs and ordering unnecessary tests has received a suspended jail sentence. Dr. Kennard C. Kobrin, who works in Fall River and lives in Barrington, R.I., was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert Kane on Friday. Kane sentenced Kobrin to two 18-month prison sentences and a nine-month sentence, but he suspended the sentences. He also ordered Kobrin to pay $11,000 in fines and barred him from prescribing medicine for two years. [...]
Jeffrey Shapiro, Psychiatrist, Disciplined in 2 states – “serious threat to public health”
The Associated Press May 24, 1999 State medical board suspends Andover psychiatrist Dateline: Boston A doctor disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine also has been suspended in Massachusetts, state officials said Monday. The state Board of Registration in Medicine announced it had suspended Dr. Jeffrey S. Shapiro, a psychiatrist and neurologist from Andover. The board voted to take action against Shapiro on Wednesday after finding his continued practice of medicine posed a serious threat to public health. In a statement of allegations, the board said Shapiro had been disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine for borrowing [...]
Charles Stroebel
Hartford Courant (Connecticut) February 9, 1994, A Edition Doctor denies he broke no-drinking agreement; Psychiatrist denies he violated pact BYLINE: FRANK SPENCER-MOLLOY; Courant Medical Writer SECTION: CONNECTICUT; Pg. B1 LENGTH: 667 words Taking the stand for the first time, psychiatrist Charles F. Stroebel said Tuesday he had not violated a no-drinking pact he had with state Department of Public Health and Addiction Services. Stroebel said at a disciplinary hearing, which will determine whether he will keep his medical license, that he has not had a drink in more than five years. He said the one time a required blood check [...]
Joel Ganz
States News Service January 7, 2009 Wednesday DOCTOR SENTENCED ON OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 355 words DATELINE: WASHINGTON, DC The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia: Dr. Joel S. Ganz, a practicing psychiatrist, has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and to perform 100 hours of community service for obstructing a health care investigation, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, announced today. Dr. Ganz, 73, [...]
Wohltmann
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York) June 29, 2010 Tuesday Psychiatrist sentenced for failing to pay income taxes BYLINE: By, Patti Singer SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 227 words An East Rochester psychiatrist pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of failing to pay her New York state personal income taxes, according to the Department of Taxation and Finance. Dr. Virginia A. Wohltmann, 51, of 1108 Roosevelt Road in East Rochester, pleaded guilty on June 23 before Acting Monroe County Court Judge Stephen T. Miller. In December 2009, she was charged with felony counts for failing to file state personal income tax returns [...]
Edward Keelan
The Associated Press Judge Sentences 'Drug Pusher' Psychiatrist To Five Years By LARRY ROSENTHAL December 17, 1988, Saturday, PM cycle A psychiatrist who illegally prescribed drugs to addicts has been sentenced to five years in prison by a judge who called him nothing but a "highly educated, well-placed drug pusher." Dr. Edward M. Keelan also was fined $$25,000 on Friday, given a concurrent five-year prison sentence for two counts of witness tampering and ordered to serve five years' probation after his release from prison. "The bottom line is he's just another drug pusher - in a tailored suit," said Superior [...]
Patients hope Fayetteville psychiatrist ‘never practices again’ after alleged prescription fraud
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Patients hope Fayetteville doctor ‘never practices again’ after alleged prescription fraud February 11, 2019 By Zachary Hansen Psychiatrist Ginari Price Former patients of a Fayette County psychiatrist said they weren’t surprised when she, her husband and two of her nurse practitioners were accused by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of an illegal prescription scheme. Now they’re hoping she never gets to practice medicine again. Dr. Ginari Price is accused of helping her husband and two nurse practitioners issue about 2,500 prescriptions, including opioids, through her practice at Psycare LLC off Devant Street while she was in jail [...]
Jane McLennan, Edinburgh Psychiatrist, accused of lying about a patient
The Herald An Edinburgh psychiatrist is alleged to have lied in a report on a patient to an employment tribunal By Helen McArdle Health Correspondent June 27, 2018 Psychiatrist Jane McLennan A PSYCHIATRIST has been accused of lying about a patient by falsely claiming he recorded telephone conversations with clients and “felt like hitting people at work”. Dr Jane McLennan, an expert in old age psychiatry from Edinburgh, is alleged to have knowingly made a string of false claims about the patient, known only as Mr A, in a damning psychiatric report. Dr McLennan, a consultant psychiatrist at the [...]