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Joshua Sonkiss, Alaska psychiatrist, accused of punching a man in grocery store
Anchorage Daily News Alaska psychiatrist is accused of punching a man because he wasn’t wearing a mask in a Juneau grocery store By Michelle Theriault June 18, 2020 Joshua Sonkiss - psychiatrist A prominent Alaska psychiatrist faces a criminal charge for allegedly punching a man in the face for not wearing a face mask in a Juneau Fred Meyer earlier this month. Joshua Sonkiss, 49, was charged with a single count of misdemeanor assault for the incident. He appeared in court Wednesday. The 53-year-old victim, Bowen Dallmann, told police Sonkiss “punched him in the face” for “not wearing a [...]
Charles Marke, Kamloops psychiatrist, reprimanded for sexual misconduct.
Charles Marke, Kamloops psychiatrist CFJC Today DISCIPLINARY ACTION Kamloops psychiatrist disciplined for inappropriate conduct with former patient By James Peters June 02, 2020 KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops psychiatrist has been formally reprimanded for sexual misconduct. In a decision released Monday (June 1), the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia says Dr. Charles James Marke had admitted to the misconduct by “failing to maintain the professional boundaries expected of a registrant.” The incident in question happened one month after Marke concluded treatment with a female patient. According to the disciplinary decision, Marke contacted the former patient and invited her [...]
Ian Anthony Martin, Launceston psychiatrist, notoriously had sex with his clients before hiring a violent criminal to shut one of them up
Hobart Mercury (Australia) New sex counts dropped By Amber Wilson June 3, 2020 Ian Anthony Martin -psychiatrist Disgraced Launceston psychiatrist Ian Anthony Martin, who notoriously had sex with his clients before hiring a violent criminal to shut one of them up, will no longer face court over fresh criminal allegations. The lascivious 74-year-old started a new life in New South Wales after he was struck off as a practitioner in 2005 and jailed at Risdon Prison in 2008. He was due to return to Tasmania this year to face the Supreme Court over allegations of indecent assault and aggravated [...]
Adrian Marsden, UK psychiatrist, arrested – confessed he had ‘fetish” for child abuse images
Daily Mail Paedophile NHS psychiatrist avoids jail after police found vile collection of almost 2,000 child abuse images when he confessed he had 'fetish' By Ieuan Ivett June 5, 2020 Adrian Marsden - psychiatrist An NHS psychiatrist addicted to child abuse images has avoided jail after he was found out when an amateur dramatics coach helped him download a mobile phone app to learn his lines. Charmaine Parkin was shocked to find a thumbnail of a vile image on child psychiatrist Dr Adrian Marsden's device and confronted him. Police later found almost 2,000 sickening images on his [...]
Bernard Murphy, Psychiatrist of Banteer, Cork – crossed “professional boundaries” with a patient
The Irish Times Psychiatrist censured at High Court for crossing professional boundaries The doctor was the subject of complaints by a former patient of six years By Aodhan O'Faolain May 1, 2020 A consultant psychiatrist has been censured at the High Court, with conditions attached to his registration, after he was found to have crossed professional boundaries with a patient. Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds on Friday confirmed the censure and conditions decision by the Medical Council arising from findings of professional misconduct and poor professional performance against Dr Bernard Murphy, of Banteer, Cork. Dr Murphy was the subject of complaints [...]
Richard Ingrasci, Mass. Psychiatrist, allegedly told patient “sexual contact was necessary to cure her cancer”
Quartz Psychedelic therapy has a sexual abuse problem By Olivia Goldhill March 3, 2020 Richard Ingrasci - Psychiatrist ...Sexual abuse is an old problem in psychedelic therapy. The pattern was evident in the early 1980s, before the substance was made illegal as a schedule 1 drug in the United States. In cases well-known among psychedelic practitioners, two psychiatrists who gave their clients MDMA, Richard Ingrasci and Francesco DiLeo, were separately sued by former patients who accused them of abusive sexual behavior. Ingrasci allegedly told one patient that sexual contact would help cure her cancer, while DiLeo said [...]
Iowa psychiatrist Scott Stuart didn’t report side business
The Gazette Audit: UI psychiatrist didn't report side business By Vanessa Miller March 04, 2020 IOWA CITY — A recently retired University of Iowa Health Care psychiatrist and part-owner of a private psychotherapy institute for years didn’t disclose the conflict and failed to properly report at least 1,024 hours of leave he took for reasons outside his UI obligations, a state audit requested by the university found. Scott Stuart, a professor in the UI Department of Psychiatry, told his supervisor Aug. 30 that after 28 years he was retiring and that his last day would be Aug. 31. The notice [...]
Donald Ewen Cameron, Montreal Psychiatrist – his grueling experimentation funded by CIA
WBUR Endless Thread Returns With Special Investigative Series On April 3 March 13, 2020 Psychiatrist Donald Ewen Cameron Psychiatrist Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron led the Allan Memorial Institute, a psychiatric hospital in Montreal, in the 1950s and 60s. Cameron was at the top of his field at the time, leading both the American Psychiatric Association and the World Psychiatric Association. Little did the families whose loved ones were sent to Allan Memorial know that Cameron's patients would be subject to grueling experimentation involving long periods of induced sleep and heavy use of electroshock therapy and psychedelic drugs. [...]
Allan Seltzer, Sudbury Psychiatrist, admits to sexually assaulting patient
Sudbury Star Sudbury court: Psychiatrist with no licence admits to sexually assaulting patient By Harold Carmichael February 18, 2020 Psychiatrist Allan Seltzer A Sudbury man who was practising psychiatry even though he was not registered to do so pleaded guilty to sexual assault following a relationship with a female patient. Allan Seltzer, 69, was scheduled to start a four-day Superior Court of Justice trial Tuesday on one sexual assault and three fraud charges arising from incidents in 2016. Instead, he pleaded guilty to the sexual assault charge. Since the court ordered a pre-sentence report, Seltzer, who acted [...]
Tim Valko, Toledo Psychiatrist – accused of over-prescribing medication to youth
WTOL Toledo psychiatrist's license revoked, accused of over-prescribing medication to youth Dr. Tim Valko is accused of prescribing one patient nearly 10 times the recommended amount of medication. By Emma Henderson April 15, 2020 Tim Valko - Psychiatrist TOLEDO, Ohio — Dr. Tim Valko of Toledo's Valko and Associates has had his medical license permanently revoked. The order was sent down from the Ohio Medical Board and made official March 26. The Ohio Medical Board found that he mistreated 15 patients and that there was a "failure to employ acceptable scientific methods in the selection of drugs or [...]
Enrique Tello-Silva, Hamden Psychiatrist Disciplined
Enrique Tello Silva full document CTwatchdog.com State Fines Three Doctors, Disciplines Two Others By Lisa Backus April 21, 2020 The state Medical Examining Board disciplined two physicians with $5,000 fines for failing to adequately inform and monitor patients while prescribing opioids or anti-anxiety medications... The board also agreed to issue a $5,000 fine and one-year probation to a Hamden psychiatrist who failed to withdraw a patient from the use of Xanax on a safe schedule, according to documents. Dr. Enrique Tello-Silva, of Hamden, discontinued the patient’s use of Xanax in October 2018, after the patient had [...]
Clayton Chau, Orange County Psychiatrist, failed to disclose lucrative Big Pharma speaking fees
Voice of OC Newly Appointed Orange County Public Health Official Hired to Tackle Coronavirus Once Was Fined By State For Failing to Report Pharmaceutical Payments By Norberto Santana Jr. April 27, 2020 Clayton Chau - psychiatrist Orange County’s newly-appointed Health Care Agency Director Clayton Chau – a well known clinician and public health executive known for his mental health expertise with immigrant communities – was fined by state authorities back in 2014 for failing to disclose lucrative drug company speaking fees from AstraZeneca and other pharmaceutical companies from 2009 to 2012 while he worked as a top psychiatrist at [...]
Scott Stuart, Iowa Psychiatrist investigated
The Daily Iowan Emeritus psychiatry professor and former UIHC employee investigated Rachel Schilke March 5, 2020 Scott Stuart - psychiatrist State Auditor Rob Sand Wednesday released a report on an investigation into a University of Iowa psychiatry professor emeritus who he found did not report at least 1,024 hours in paid leave for non-university obligations while traveling. Professor Emeritus Dr. Scott Stuart failed to comply with the UI Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy when Stuart did not disclose his ownership interest with the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute LLC. to the university, the report said. The investigation covered [...]
OC Psychiatrist Clayton Chau received at least $149,000 in speaking fees from pharmaceutical companies
Voice of OC Questions Surround County Doctor’s Speaking Fees By Thy Vo and Tracy Wood July 23, 2013 Clayton Chau - psychiatrist Dr. Clayton Chau, a former county Health Care Agency psychiatrist who is now a high-ranking CalOptima official, received at least $149,000 in speaking fees from pharmaceutical companies in recent years, including $84,250 in apparent violation of an agency policy against accepting such payments, according to a Voice of OC investigation. Most of the payments to Chau came from London-based AstraZeneca, which manufactures a top-selling antipsychotic drug that is on the formulary of the Health Care Agency or [...]
Anand Pandya, NYC psychiatrist, busted for meth possession
New York Post NYC psychiatrist busted for meth possession fighting for his license By Dean Balsamini February 29, 2020 Anand Pandya - psychiatrist A New York City psychiatrist who treated victims and relatives after the 9/11 terror attacks is fighting for his medical license after being busted for trying to sneak a pound of methamphetamine past security checkpoints at Newark Airport. The California Medical Board is seeking to discipline Dr. Anand Pandya — formerly of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles — for the Sept. 15, 2016 arrest, in which Customs officers said they found 16.3 ounces of [...]
Selwyn Leeks, NZ Psychiatrist, Pressure is building on a police review
Newsroom Becroft adds pressure to police review By David Williams February 24, 2020 Selwyn Leeks - Psychiatrist Pressure is building on a police review of their file into Lake Alice psychiatrist Selwyn Leeks. The review was prompted by a landmark decision by the United Nations Committee against Torture, which demanded a prompt, impartial and independent investigation into allegations of abuse and torture at the notorious state psychiatric hospital, near Whanganui, in the 1970s. Leeks was the psychiatrist in charge of the child and adolescent unit. The abuse claims aren’t contested by New Zealand authorities, but the UN [...]
Psych James Edwards, Alabama, indicted in pill mill investigation
WTVM 87-count indictment handed down in federal pill mill case By Jennifer Horton February 18, 2020 Psych James Edwards MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A federal grand jury has handed down a weighty superseding indictment in a pill mill investigation involving a Lee County psychiatrist. The indictment charges Dr. James Edwards with 87 counts of distribution of a controlled substance. Those charges represent 10 patients who received controlled substances outside the course of general medical care, according to the indictment. Court records indicate Edwards’s reportedly illegal prescribing practices date back to 2015, some of the patients listed in [...]
Ewen Cameron, UK psychiatrist – developed torture methods
The Sun 'WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?' How a Brit doctor created CIA torture techniques with sick human experiments on mental patients By Dan Hall February 17, 2020 Psychiatrist Ewen Cameron Brian Turley stood with a black bag on his head, his fingers numb from supporting the weight of his whole body against a cold cell wall. He'd been made to stand in the agonising stress position in a Northern Irish interrogation centre for hours as deafening white noise was blasted at him — techniques designed to psychologically break him into revealing information. Brian was [...]
Malikayil Skaria Alexander, UK Psychiatrist, Under Investigation
Evening Post Consultant psychiatrist who worked at Leeds Spire Hospital under investigation By Georgina Morris February 3, 2020 Psychiatrist - Malikayil Skaria Alexander Malikayil Skaria Alexander was the subject of an interim order hearing held in October last year when a number of conditions were placed on his licence. No information on the nature of the allegations under investigation has been published, but the conditions of the interim order include not contacting any patients via social media, not contacting patients outside working hours except in an emergency, and not carrying out consultations with anyone aged under 18. Other [...]
Air Force Psychiatrist court-martialed but continues to practice privately
Fox 46 Military sexual assault, rape victims blocked from justice February 4, 2020 They put their lives on the line for us but who’s protecting them? Sgt. Sherry Futch joined the Army in 2005 at the height of the Iraq war. The Charlotte native felt it was her patriotic duty to put on the uniform. “I wanted to serve my country,” said Futch. “I wanted to honor my country.” Futch was stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state where, in 2011, she alleges she was sexually harassed, repeatedly, by one of her superiors. “He appeared to be either rubbing [...]
Russell McGregor, Sydney Psychiatrist, struck off for ‘bizarre’ rants
Australian Associated Press Psychiatrist struck off for posting 'bizarre' QAnon conspiracy theories February 6, 2020 Russell McGregor - psychiatrist A Sydney psychiatrist who posted “bizarre” alt-right conspiracy theories he claimed were the directives of US President Donald Trump to his practice’s official website has been struck off the medical register. The Dee Why doctor Russell Everard McGregor claimed Trump had taped evidence of a global Satanist paedophile network, that 9/11 was faked, and that the ABC was part of an international deep state network covering up the crimes of the elite. Many of the 300-plus posts from 2018 [...]
Kamal Bijanpour, Long Beach Psychiatrist, arrested – illegal weapons parts and methamphetamine found at his home
CBS Los Angeles Southland Doctor Accused Of Illegally Importing Gun Parts February 10, 2020 Kamal Bijanpour - psychiatrist LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Southland psychiatrist has been accused of illegally importing parts that could be used to make guns more dangerous. Investigators said they found firearms, illegal weapons parts and methamphetamine at the home of Kamal Bijanpour — who remained in good standing with the medical board as of Monday night. “These are very serious charges,” Matthew Chan, special assistant to the U.S. Attorney, said. Bijanpour is a practicing psychiatrist with a private practice in Long Beach who [...]
Roy Monsour, PA psychiatrist, indicted in drug case
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ligonier psychiatrist indicted in drug conspiracy case By Torsten Ove February 7, 2020 A Ligonier doctor is under indictment in federal court on a felony conspiracy count related to the illegal distribution of two obesity treatment drugs from 2017 to 2019, and the U.S. attorney’s office has moved to seize his medical license. Dr. Roy Monsour, a psychiatrist in his mid 60s, appeared briefly Thursday before a U.S. magistrate judge to enter a not guilty plea. He was released on a $10,000 bond. A federal grand jury said Dr. Monsour, who has been practicing since 1987, conspired with [...]
Psychiatrist Roy Monsour, PA, arrested – accused of inappropriately touching a child
Tribune-Review Ligonier Township physician charged with indecent assault of child By Renatta Signorini October 13, 2017 ROY MONSOUR - psychiatrist Police this week arrested a Ligonier Township physician on allegations that he inappropriately touched a child on multiple occasions while the pair watched “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” according to court papers. Dr. Roy C. Monsour, 63, is charged with indecent assault and related offenses in connection with incidents alleged to have occurred between 2009 and 2014. He is free on $100,000 unsecured bond. When reached by phone Friday, Monsour referred a reporter to his attorney, who could [...]
TV Psych Keith Ablow – office raided by DEA
Newsweek FORMER CELEBRITY PSYCHIATRIST KEITH ABLOW HAS OFFICE RAIDED BY DEA By Matt Keeley February 14, 2020 TV psych Keith Ablow Former celebrity psychiatrist and TV personality Keith Ablow's office was raided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on Thursday, however, he was not arrested nor charged with a crime. The DEA raid started at approximately 7 a.m. at Ablow's office in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and remained there until 1 p.m. Agents removed paperwork and computers, according to The Newburyport Daily News. The DEA has not revealed what agents were looking for, but told the paper it was [...]