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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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Edinburgh Psychiatrist Jane McLennan, “expert medical witness” – faces sanctions – audio tape proves she fabricated a damning report
The Herald Psychiatrist faces sanction over 'misleading and inaccurate' report on sacked Ministry of Justice man By Helen McArdle February 14, 2019 Psychiatrist Jane McLennan A PSYCHIATRIST known for her work as an expert medical witness fabricated a damning report on a patient who went on to lose his unfair dismissal claim against the Ministry of Justice, a tribunal has found. Dr Jane McLennan faces being suspended for acting dishonestly when she knowingly produced an "inaccurate and misleading" report on the man, known only as Mr A, following a consultation in August 2014. A fitness to practises tribunal found [...]
David Brendel, Belmont Psychiatrist, suspended – sexual relationship with a former patient
Board of Registration in Medicine NEWS News Massachusetts Board of Medicine Takes Disciplinary Action July 13, 2017 Psychiatrist David Brendel WAKEFIELD — At its meeting on July 13, 2017, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine took disciplinary action against the medical licenses of Sara E. Russell, M.D, David H. Brendel, M.D., and Natasha A. Reid, M.D. In a Final Decision & Order, the Board revoked Dr. Sara E. Russell’s inchoate right to renew her medical license after concluding that Dr. Russel had practiced medicine while her ability to do so was impaired. Dr. Russell was licensed in Massachusetts [...]
David Sosin, Tustin Psychiatrist – Ordered to Cease and Desist for incompetence, gross negligence and excessive prescribing
OCWeekly STATE SLAPS PSYCHIATRIST DR. DAVID SOSIN WITH CEASE PRACTICE ORDER By Matt Coker February 20, 2019 Psychiatrist David Sosin A Tustin psychiatrist with a long history of discipline by the Medical Board of California was recently slapped with a cease practice order. Dr. David Sosin’s license to practice medicine in the state had been placed on five years probation with several conditions, one of which was that he have his practice monitored by a board-approved physician or surgeon. Sosin’s monitor became unavailable, which kicked in a 60-day deadline for him to find a replacement. That didn’t happen, so [...]
North Shore psychiatrist Keith Ablow accused of sexually exploiting patients
Boston Globe ‘I own you’: Prominent psychiatrist accused of sexually exploiting patients By Michael Rezendes February 21, 2019 Psychiatrist Keith Ablow NEWBURYPORT — A prominent North Shore psychiatrist is facing lawsuits from three female patients who say he lured them into degrading sexual relationships, including beatings, conversations about bondage, and, in one case, getting a tattoo of the doctor’s initials to show his “ownership” of her, according to court documents. The women allege that Dr. Keith Ablow, an author who was a contributor to Fox News network until 2017, abused his position while treating them for acute depression, leaving [...]
Nomi Fredrick
Los Angeles Times October 26, 2000, Thursday, Home Edition EMBATTLED PSYCHIATRIST LOSES HER LICENSE; DRUGS: BOARD CALLS DR. NOMI FREDRICK GROSSLY NEGLIGENT IN TREATMENT OF PRODUCER DON SIMPSON, WHO DIED OF AN OVERDOSE. BYLINE: CHUCK PHILIPS, TIMES STAFF WRITER SECTION: Metro; Part B; Page 1; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1006 words Nearly five years after the overdose death of Hollywood producer Don Simpson, the Medical Board of California has stripped a Westside psychiatrist of her medical license for overprescribing addictive drugs to Simpson and other patients. In a blistering 25-page decision, the board blasted Dr. Nomi J. Fredrick for being dishonest, [...]
Martin Denker
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) August 1, 1987, Saturday, City Edition Correction Appended Board reprimands USF teacher for unlicensed drug program BYLINE: CAROL GENTRY SECTION: METRO AND STATE; Pg. 5B LENGTH: 473 words DATELINE: ORLANDO -- ORLANDO - Psychiatrists from the University of South Florida in Tampa had to make an embarrassing admission Friday. They told the Florida Board of Medicine that they didn't know it's illegal for a doctor to run a narcotics-withdrawal program without a license from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Dr. Martin W. Denker, an associate professor of psychiatry at USF, was accused of providing methadone [...]
Shervert Frazier
Chicago Tribune Science on the hot seat U.S. crackdown on research fraud raises concerns By John Crewdson March 19, 1989 After his conviction late last year for defrauding the United States government, Stephen E. Breuning was ordered to repay $11,000 of the money he stole, serve 60 days in a halfway house and perform 250 hours of community service. As crimes go, Breuning's might not have been noticed - except that he was a former University of Pittsburgh psychologist who had been charged with obtaining federal research grants on the strength of research he had never conducted. A few days [...]
Douglas Ingram
USA TODAY October 12, 1998, Monday, FINAL EDITION Molestation verdict reopens debate on doctor-patient bond BYLINE: Richard Willing SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4A LENGTH: 867 words A controversial jury verdict that held a psychiatrist responsible for the sexual misconduct of his patient has reopened a wrenching debate among mental health therapists: Protecting doctor-patient confidentiality vs. preventing harm to the public. "Therapists always have to live with that dual responsibility, and so does the law," says Phyllis Coleman, a family law specialist at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "It's a delicate balance that can be subject to readjustment," Coleman says. [...]
Joseph DeMasi
The Associated Press State & Local Wire October 9, 1998, Friday, PM cycle Doctor should have disclosed colleague's pedophilia, jury says BYLINE: By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 866 words DATELINE: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. A federal jury found that a psychiatrist was negligent when he failed to take any action after another doctor confessed his pedophilic tendencies during a therapy session and was later accused of molesting three young boys. On Thursday, a jury said that Dr. Joseph DeMasi's psychiatrist, Dr. Douglas Ingram, was partly to blame for the molestation of one of the boys because [...]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) September 27, 1998, Sunday, FIVE STAR LIFT EDITION PHYSICIANS WITH TROUBLED PASTS HAVE FOUND WORK BEHIND BARS BYLINE: Andrew A. Skolnick; Special to the Post-Dispatch SECTION: NEWS, Pg. G9 LENGTH: 975 words * Some states allow doctors who would otherwise not be licensed, to treat only inmates. When Nancy Blumenthal was interviewed by the jail psychiatrist, she had no idea that he had spent time behind bars himself. Dr. Harvey Lothringer served four years for killing a college sophomore in the 1960s in a botched illegal abortion and then trying to hide his crime by cutting [...]
James Halikas
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) U PSYCHIATRIST AMONG 4 DOCTORS DISCIPLINED BY STATE; $3,500 FINE LEVIED FOR HIS ACTIONS IN DRUG STUDY AT U By Tom Majeski May 26, 1998 A prominent member of the University of Minnesota's psychiatry faculty has been reprimanded and fined $3,500 by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice for failing to follow patient safety guidelines involving a drug study he was conducting. In other actions, the board fined a Golden Valley psychiatrist $10,000 and restricted his license, changed the restrictions on the license of a Wabasha physician after he violated an earlier board order and [...]
Arthur Leritz, Spokane Psychiatrist, Suspended
Business Wire License Of Spokane Psychiatrist Suspended By Medical Commission February 13, 1998 OLYMPIA, Wash. Feb. 13, 1998--The state Medical Quality Assurance Commission indefinitely suspended the license of Spokane psychiatrist Arthur F. Leritz (MD13906) last week. Leritz was temporarily suspended for sexual misconduct in December 1997 while his case was reviewed. Leritz had sexual contact with two patients in 1997. He also improperly administered medication to one of those patients, misrepresented facts during the Commission's investigation, and engaged in conduct that lowers the standing of the profession. Following a psychological evaluation, mental health treatment, payment of a $ 10,000 [...]
Boaz Harris
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution High court told unfit psychiatrist botched defense; Justices to rule whether damning testimony from defense witness should merit new murder trial. By Bill Rankin November 17, 1998 When accused killer Jack Bennett went to trial facing the death penalty in 1990, his defense lawyers relied on one defense: Bennett was insane when he stabbed his wife more than 100 times and then beat her with a claw hammer. The lawyers hired respected psychiatrist Boaz Harris as their chief witness. But Harris' testimony turned out to be so disastrous and damaging for Bennett that he deserves [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire December 10, 1998, Thursday, AM cycle State revokes psychiatrist's license for sexual relationship BYLINE: By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI, Associated Press Writer SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 400 words DATELINE: CONCORD, N.H. The state has revoked a Bedford psychiatrist's license for at least three years, finding he was unethical for having a sexual relationship with a patient. Having an affair with the woman also undermined Dr. Pierre Durand's treatment of her young son, the Board of Registration in Medicine ruled. Durand has been licensed in New Hampshire since 1965. He specializes in child and adolescent [...]
Grassley Probes Psychiatrist Nemeroff and University of Miami
Psychiatrist Charles Nemeroff The Miami Herald June 10, 2010 Thursday Senator tells University of Miami he's `troubled' over hiring By JOHN DORSCHNER Miami Herald Senator tells University of Miami he's `troubled' over hiring A U.S. senator chastised UM about the head of its psychiatry department, who has been under fire over receiving undisclosed payments from drug companies while doing NIH research at a previous job. Sen. Charles Grassley has written a strongly worded letter to University of Miami President Donna Shalala saying he is ``disturbed\'\' and ``troubled\'\' by actions surrounding UM\'s hiring of a psychiatrist-researcher under investigation by [...]
New Hartford Psychiatrist Surendra Johri, found guilty in sex abuse trial – sentencing April 11
WKTV GUILTY VERDICT IN NEW HARTFORD PSYCHIATRIST'S SEX ABUSE TRIAL February 7, 2019 By Joleen Ferris Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA, N.Y. -- A judge reached a guilty verdict in the sex abuse trial of a New Hartford psychiatrist, accused of inappropriately touching and exposing himself to two patients. Doctor Surendra Johri was found guilty of two counts of sexual abuse and one count of forcible touching, and found not guilty of two counts of forcible touching and one count of sexual abuse, regarding both women. It was a bit of a surprise Thursday in court for Dr. Surendra Johri [...]
George David, Fremont psychiatrist, arrested Monday in Fraud case
San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area psychiatrist indicted in disability fraud scheme By Megan Cassidy February 6, 2019 Psychiatrist George David A federal grand jury has indicted a Bay Area psychiatrist and a Union City woman in what prosecutors describe as a scheme to defraud California’s disability program by securing benefits for people who lied about an illness, injury or pregnancy. Dr. Bay Area psychiatrist indicted in disability fraud scheme, 78, a Fremont psychiatrist, and Linda Nguyen, 66, were each charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and substantive mail fraud, according to a Jan. 29 indictment that was unsealed [...]
Surendra Johri, NY psychiatrist – trial begins – accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with patients
Observer Dispatch Sex abuse trial begins for New Hartford psychiatrist Johri By Jolene Cleaver February 4, 2019 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA — The first of two alleged sexual assault victims took the stand Monday in Utica City Court to testify against their former psychiatrist, Dr. Surendra Johri. Johri, of New Hartford, is accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with those patients on three separate occasions in 2017. Also testifying at his bench trial Monday were mental health professionals and law enforcement officials who investigated the claims lodged by the two victims. “This case has to do with the abuse [...]
James Dilday, Psychiatrist – License Revoked in Arkansas now licensed in Alabama
The Associated Press State & Local Wire February 20, 2003 LR doctor accused of billing for visits that never occurred Psychiatrist James-Dilday A psychiatrist who once used health-care reform as a platform plank when he ran for statewide office has been accused by the state Insurance Department of billing insurance companies for dozens of operations and hundreds of office visits that never occurred. Dr. James C. Dilday, 46, of Little Rock, has pleaded innocent to theft and insurance fraud charges. After entering the pleas Friday in Little Rock District Court, Dilday was released on $50,000 bond. Dilday's attorney, Jack [...]