MEDIA
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) December 12, 1996 Thursday ONE & TWO EDITION STATE BOARD DISCIPLINES 3 DOCTORS FOR MISCONDUCT BYLINE: KAREN GARLOCH, Staff Writer SECTION: METRO; Pg. 4C LENGTH: 546 words Three N.C. physicians have been disciplined by the state medical board for sexual misconduct with patients. One, Dr. George Andrinopoulos, is a Charlotte obstetrician/gynecologist. The other two, neurologist Martin Hatcher and psychiatrist Robert Wangelin, are from Greensboro. All but Hatcher signed consent orders with the board, agreeing to suspensions or restrictions on their licenses to practice medicine. Signing a consent order enables the doctors to avoid public disciplinary hearings. [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire January 11, 2007 Thursday 11:32 PM GMT Jackson psychiatrist accused of fraud pays settlement SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 135 words DATELINE: JACKSON Miss. A Jackson psychiatrist has agreed to pay $216,000 to settle allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud after a multiyear investigation concluded. The U.S. Attorney's Office alleges that Dr. Viacin Faeza Jones misused billing codes and billed Medicare and Medicaid for excessive numbers of patients per day. A U.S. Department of Justice release said that Jones billed for treating up to 116 patients in a single day and was paid [...]
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) September 10, 1997, Wednesday, 0 South Pinellas Edition Psychiatrist accused of misconduct SECTION: CITY & STATE; BRIEFLY; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 136 words DATELINE: LARGO A Pinellas County psychiatrist whose medical license was restricted last year was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual misconduct. Richard Morales, 46, of 12130 75th St. N in Largo, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on Tuesday and held in lieu of $ 200,000 bail. Prosecutors filed charges against him on Monday; details of the case were not available. In December, Morales was charged with two counts of sexual misconduct by [...]
The Washington Times December 11, 2006 Monday Doctor faces federal charges; Medicaid drug claims probed BYLINE: By Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SECTION: METROPOLITAN; Pg. B01 LENGTH: 402 words A District-based psychiatrist whose license recently was suspended over drug possession now faces criminal charges stemming from a federal probe into his handling of Medicaid claims. Federal prosecutors say Dr. David T. Hackney used phony Medicaid claims to buy narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone. According to charging documents, Dr. Hackney wrote prescriptions for large numbers of painkillers using patients' Medicaid or Medicare information, picked up the drugs and never delivered them [...]
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) December 9, 2006 Saturday Final Edition Psychiatrist jailed for endangerment; Dr. Luttrell also charged in Fayette County with illegal possession of firearm BYLINE: Shirley Downing downing@yourappeal.com SECTION: CORDOVA APPEAL; Pg. CRB1 LENGTH: 284 words SOMERVILLE - A Memphis psychiatrist was arrested Friday on charges of reckless endangerment and illegal possession of a firearm, according to authorities. Dr. Mark Luttrell, 47, was in the Fayette County Jail on Friday awaiting an arraignment Monday in General Sessions Court here. Luttrell was medical director of the Shelby County Jail during the administration of former sheriff A.C. Gilless. Luttrell [...]
Sacramento Bee (California) December 9, 2006 Saturday METRO FINAL EDITION Psychiatrist faces sex assault charges BYLINE: Ryan Lillis SECTION: METRO; Pg. B2 LENGTH: 109 words DATELINE: SACRAMENTO A Granite Bay psychiatrist has been arrested and his medical license suspended after a female patient said he groped her, authorities said. Mandeep Behniwal, 50, was arrested Nov. 20, three days after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest, police said. Behniwal allegedly touched the patient after a session in his Sacramento office, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran. Behniwal has been charged with several counts of sexual assault, including [...]
States News Service December 6, 2006 Wednesday LOCAL PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FRAUD SCHEME BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 669 words DATELINE: HOUSTON, Texas The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Justice: Lewis Gottlieb, a Houston area psychiatrist, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay millions to the Medicare and Medicaid health care benefit programs for his involvement in a motorized wheelchair fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. At a sentencing hearing held on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2006, U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Dr. Gottlieb [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire March 26, 2007 Monday 7:02 PM GMT Methadone clinic doctor sentenced for prescription fraud SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 290 words DATELINE: PORTLAND Maine A psychiatrist who founded a methadone clinic in Westbrook was sentenced to six months in prison Monday for his convictions last year for prescription fraud. Dr. Marc Shinderman was convicted of writing prescriptions for controlled substances using the name and drug registration number of another physician. Shinderman, who was not licensed to write the prescriptions in Maine, said he thought the arrangement was acceptable. Shinderman also must serve another [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire January 12, 2007 Friday 4:03 PM GMT Tuscaloosa doc accused of sexual misconduct with patients SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 333 words DATELINE: TUSCALOOSA Ala. A Tuscaloosa psychiatrist has been banned from practicing medicine in the state after allegations of sexual misconduct with at least four of his patients. Allie Boyd's medical license was revoked when the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners ruled on Jan. 4 that he engaged in unprofessional conduct that was "immoral, willful, and shameful" and goes against the Medical Licensure Commission's rules. Five former patients filed suit against [...]
Marine Corps Times September 4, 2000 Monday public163538889.sgml BYLINE: By, Gordon Lubold LENGTH: 404 words The Navy psychiatrist accused of soliciting sex from his patients, including a female Marine and a Marine wife, pleaded guilty to four of the five charges against him. Capt. Scott R. McClelland, 52, pleaded guilty in a pretrial agreement Aug. 22 to an article of conduct unbecoming an officer, which included charges of wrongful use of government property, sodomy, adultery and fraternization. In light of his plea, the military judge, Col. Alvin W. Keller, dismissed the other charges against McClelland to avoid duplication. McClelland faces [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 29, 2000, Thursday, BC cycle Dispute with tenants leads to charge against doctor, wife SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 507 words DATELINE: NEOSHO, Mo. A psychiatrist and his wife have been charged in a dispute with their tenants in which a shot was allegedly fired at a sheriff's deputy and property was damaged with a pickax. Dr. Charles Patterson, 61, a staff psychiatrist at the Ozark Center in Joplin, was charged Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon. His wife, Carol Patterson, 52, was accused of property damage, assault and driving while [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 23, 2000, Friday, BC cycle Wayne State psychiatrist charged in online sex case SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 281 words DATELINE: WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. A Wayne State University psychiatry professor has been charged with soliciting sex with a minor over the Internet. Matthew P. Galloway, 47, of Bloomfield Hills is accused of having three sexually explicit online chatroom conversations with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl. In fact, he was chatting with an undercover White Lake Township police officer, said Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca. The conversation occurred in the [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 16, 2000, Friday, BC cycle Psychiatrist admonished for bill in Resendiz trial SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 446 words DATELINE: HOUSTON An expert witness who submitted a $63,100 bill for psychiatric work in convicted railroad killer Angel Maturino Resendiz's trial is under a judge's orders to trim his expenses. Maturino Resendiz has been sentenced to death in Texas for the 1998 rape and murder of a Houston-area doctor. His lawyers have conceded that he killed eight other people in Texas, Illinois and Kentucky in a cross-country killing spree. All were killed at [...]
The Miami Herald March 22, 2007 Thursday Psychiatrist jailed on fraud charges BYLINE: JOHN DORSCHNER, jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com LENGTH: 162 words Moraima Trujillo, a Miami-Dade psychiatrist, has been arrested and jailed on charges that she defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, the Veteran's Administration and several private employers, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced this afternoon. Investigators found documents that between January and December 2004, Trujillo billed the Medicaid and Medicare programs for treatment of patients at the same times she was supposedly working for the Veteran's Administration and several other employers. In 2004, Trujillo submitted time reports on 207 days to several employers and [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire May 25, 2004, Tuesday, BC cycle Former psychiatrist sentenced in Social Security scam SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 277 words DATELINE: ANDERSON, Ind. A former psychiatrist was sentenced to three years in prison for charging patients hundreds of dollars to get Social Security disability benefits. A jury had convicted Dr. Trivandrum S. Ramaswamy, 56, of committing corrupt business influence, theft and intimidation. Ramaswamy helped patients get disability benefits but then told them they had to pay him so he could pay off an insider he said he knew at the Social Security office. [...]
Arthur Schramm
Dayton Daily News (Ohio) March 15, 2007 Thursday Psychiatrist's license revoked for life; Two of Dr. Arthur Schramm's patients had given him lap dances at strip clubs, state medical board finds. BYLINE: By Anthony Gottschlich Staff Writer SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. A4 LENGTH: 304 words COLUMBUS - The state medical board revoked the medical license of local psychiatrist Dr. Arthur R. Schramm Wednesday on charges of professional misconduct and neglect. The revocation is permanent and goes into effect when the order is mailed to Schramm this week, said Joan Wehrle, spokeswoman for the State Medical Board of Ohio. Among several charges [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Associated Press March 2, 2004, Tuesday, BC cycle Trial delayed for man accused in cop killing SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 180 words DATELINE: GALLUP, N.M. The trial for a man accused of killing a Gallup police officer has been delayed. State District Judge Grant Foutz granted a continuance Tuesday in the trial of Robert Kiro after public defender Jeff Rein told the court that a psychiatrist who interviewed Kiro in January was not licensed to practice medicine in New [...]
Bangor Daily News (Maine) February 13, 2004 Friday Correction Appended All Editions Psychiatrist gets 6 months in assault case BYLINE: WALTER GRIFFIN OF THE NEWS STAFF SECTION: Pg. B3 LENGTH: 674 words DATELINE: BELFAST Child psychiatrist Robert Struba was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to aggravated assault for pummeling his female companion in the face as she arrived home with a load of groceries for him and their twin daughters. Struba, 50, formally of Race Street in Belfast and whose most recent residence was at his parents' home in Fall River, Mass., expressed deep remorse for [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire January 8, 2004, Thursday, BC cycle Police charge psychiatrist for husband's actions SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 217 words DATELINE: TRUMBULL, Conn. A psychiatrist has been arrested on charges of allegedly allowing her former husband to pose as a doctor. Dr. Liane Leedom, 42, surrendered at police headquarters Wednesday after being told there was a warrant for her arrest. "She allowed her husband to play doctor under her license and to dispense drugs under her license," Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney John DeMattia said. Leedom ran a psychiatric practice and the Noah's Ark Foundation, [...]
Liane Leedom
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT) April 29, 2003 Tuesday State lifts license of spouse to 'fake doc'; Trumbull man faces criminal charges today BYLINE: By DANIEL TEPFER dtepfer@ctpost.com SECTION: LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS LENGTH: 482 words BRIDGEPORT The other shoe dropped Monday in the case of a Trumbull man accused of pretending to be a doctor and molesting female patients when the state suspended the license of his psychiatrist wife. Stating that Dr. Liane Leedom represents a clear and immediate danger to public health and safety, the state Department of Public Health summarily suspended her license. In the order, state health officials cited [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire January 2, 2004, Friday, BC cycle Former Bismarck psychiatrist's license revoked BYLINE: By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Writer SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 315 words DATELINE: BISMARCK, N.D. A psychiatrist accused of having a sexual relationship with a patient at a hospital here two years ago has permanently lost his license to practice medicine in North Dakota. The state Board of Medical Examiners revoked the license of Alan Alexander, 35, on Monday. The 11-member panel also took disciplinary action against two other doctors on Monday. That brings to 16 the number of "serious" [...]
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY) March 11, 2003 Tuesday Doctor sent to prison for lying BYLINE: Timothy O'Connor, Staff SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1B LENGTH: 401 words Physician incorrectly stated his credentials in federal lawsuit Timothy O'Connor The Journal News WHITE PLAINS - A federal judge yesterday sentenced the former director of emergency services for Westchester Medical Center's psychiatric unit to nine months in prison for lying under oath during a Rockland-based civil suit last year. Dr. Faidherbe Ceus, 52, pleaded guilty to perjury Dec. 10 for giving sworn testimony in a federal civil suit in which he said he [...]
Austin American-Statesman (Texas) June 12, 2004 Saturday San Marcos doctor punished for misdiagnosis; Reprimand from state board comes in case where patient died BYLINE: Mary Ann Roser, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF SECTION: METRO/STATE; Pg. B5 LENGTH: 313 words The state medical board reprimanded a San Marcos doctor after it said he missed the diagnosis of a patient he saw in an emergency room in Uvalde. She died three days later. Guido Jose Calderon was among 33 physicians the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners disciplined at its regular meeting last week. The list also included an Austin psychiatrist. A reprimand is a [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire December 5, 2006 Tuesday 1:01 AM GMT Psychiatrist faces charges SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 61 words DATELINE: YANKTON S.D. A Yankton psychiatrist faces two counts of inappropriate sexual contact. A complaint filed by the Yankton County state's attorney charges Dr. Dwight F. King with one count of sexual penetration by a psychotherapist, and one count of three-degree rape of a person unable to give consent because of intoxication. King was arrested Friday night and released on bond Saturday.
The Associated Press State & Local Wire September 3, 2010 Friday 11:46 AM GMT Psychiatrist gets probation for drug convictions SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 139 words DATELINE: TOPEKA Kan. A former psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration hospital in Topeka has been sentenced to three years probation for unlawfully prescribing controlled substances. Fifty-eight-year-old Ethan Bickelhaupt, who now lives in Chicago, was sentenced Thursday. He worked at the VA Medical Center from May 2006 until February 2008. Prosecutors said he wrote prescriptions for people who weren't patients at the hospital. Prosecutors say he often prescribed drugs such as Adderall and Tylenol [...]