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Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa) September 18, 2010 Saturday Psychiatrist's license suspended SECTION: NEWS; Pg. a3 LENGTH: 155 words An Iowa City psychiatrist has had his medical license suspended indefinitely by the Iowa Board of Medicine The board charged Vernon Varner, 67, with "suffering from a physical, neuropsychological or mental condition" that could impair his ability to "practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety," according to a news release. The license suspension, dated Aug. 25, followed the board receiving a report that he had violated "appropriate physician-patient boundaries" and that his health could hurt his ability to continue his practice. He [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire May 24, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle Las Vegas jail psychiatrist had Arizona, Massachusetts licenses revoked SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 519 words DATELINE: LAS VEGAS Jail authorities are reviewing the work of a psychiatrist who treats high-risk inmates after a newspaper found his medical license was revoked in Massachusetts. Dr. Gilles Desmarais received license renewals from the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners despite a 1994 Massachusetts court finding of gross misconduct for having sex with a patient, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Thursday. Arizona's Board of Medical Examiners also ordered Desmarais in [...]
George Fairey
Newsday (New York) May 4, 2001 Friday NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION On Probation, He's Still Practicing; Psychiatrist's status concerns LI woman BYLINE: By Roni Rabin; STAFF WRITER SECTION: NEWS, Pg. A37 LENGTH: 608 words Laura Lombardi chose a psychiatrist for her 10-year-old daughter the way most folks find a doctor these days: She called the 800 number on the back of the insurance card, jotted down some names and made an appointment with the first one who could fit her in. Then, as a precaution, she plugged the doctor's name into the state Health Department's Web site. The Suffolk County [...]
The Houston Chronicle May 11, 2001, Friday 3 STAR EDITION Psychiatrist is charged in sex sting SOURCE: Staff BYLINE: LISA TEACHEY SECTION: A; Pg. 41 LENGTH: 238 words The former head of the Harris County Jail's psychiatric unit has been accused of charging a fee for patients to have sex with him and two female surrogates at his Galleria-area sex therapy practice, officials said Thursday. Marvin A. Stone, 58, is charged with two counts of aggravated promotion of prostitution - a third-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. According to court documents, Stone was arrested [...]
The Baltimore Sun December 27, 2006 Wednesday Correction Appended FINAL EDITION DOCTOR SUED ON ASSAULT CLAIM; SUSPENDED ON DRUG CHARGE, PSYCHIATRIST ACCUSED OF RAPING PATIENT WHILE SHE WAS SEDATED BYLINE: Josh Mitchell, Sun Reporter SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 361 words A Baltimore County psychiatrist who was suspended amid allegations that he traded drugs for sex was sued yesterday by a woman who says he raped her while she was sedated. The lawsuit was filed in Baltimore County Circuit Court by an unnamed woman against Dr. Nelson H. Hendler, medical director and founder of the Mensana Clinic in Stevenson. The [...]
The News Herald (Morganton, North Carolina) December 19, 2009 Saturday Medical board suspends local doctor's license BYLINE: Staff reports SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 431 words Raleigh, NC - The North Carolina Medical Board has suspended a Morganton psychiatrist's license. The board issued a consent order on Oct. 8 suspending the license of Dr. Kurian Chiramel Abraham. The board immediately stayed the suspension, except for 30 days from Dec. 1 through Dec. 30. Dr, Abraham will remain on probation until April 8. Every two months, the N.C. Medical Board produces a complete bi-monthly report of all its disciplinary actions such as revocations, [...]
Los Angeles Times December 17, 2009 Thursday Home Edition Doctor's license put on probation; Norman J. Lachman is accused of having improper relationships with 2 patients. BYLINE: Rong-Gong Lin II SECTION: MAIN NEWS; Metro Desk; Part A; Pg. 10 LENGTH: 607 words A Los Angeles psychiatrist agreed to have his medical license placed on probation last month after the Medical Board of California alleged he had controlling and improper relationships with two adult patients, a brother and sister. In an accusation filed by the Medical Board of California, the state agency that disciplines doctors accused Dr. Norman J. Lachman, 68, [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Associated Press December 19, 2000, Tuesday, BC cycle Doctor disciplined for prescribing painkillers for himself SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 192 words DATELINE: PHOENIX A Scottsdale psychiatrist has been disciplined by the State Board of Medical Examiners after admitting to prescribing thousands of prescriptions for pain killers -- mostly for himself. Dr. Daniel Glick told Board of Medical Examiners members that pain in his back forced him to need ten to twelve doses of the powerful narcotic Lortab a day [...]
William Leader
City News Service No City News Service material may be republished without the express written permission of City News Service, Inc. February 6, 2001, Tuesday Psychiatrist Sentenced to Five Years in Jail LENGTH: 366 words DATELINE: LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles psychiatrist was sentenced to five years in jail for illegally prescribing dangerous narcotics to two people with histories of psychiatric and drug problems. Dr. William Leader, 42, who has an office in the Mid-City district, was sentenced late yesterday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Josh Fredricks. A jury convicted the doctor of 14 counts of illegally prescribing a [...]
Chicago Sun-Times January 20, 2001, SATURDAY, Late Sports Final Edition 'Monkey doctor' witness for Lemak BYLINE: BY ART GOLAB SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4 LENGTH: 334 words Prosecutors sparred Friday with lawyers for Marilyn Lemak over whether the Naperville woman should be allowed to offer testimony from a psychiatrist prosecutors belittled as "the monkey doctor." Dr. William McKinney hasn't examined Lemak, who is accused of murdering her three young children. But her lawyers want him to testify that depression can make a person insane -- her defense. Prosecutors argued before Judge George Bakalis that most of the doctor's research has involved [...]
The Houston Chronicle June 06, 2004, Sunday 2 STAR EDITION Texas case points to wider abuse issue; Nationwide lack of reporting leaves public in dark about doctor misconduct SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram BYLINE: JAN JARVIS SECTION: A; Pg. 34 LENGTH: 757 words Six years before the Texas medical board temporarily suspended the license of child psychiatrist Donald Hughes based on sexual misconduct allegations, he was accused of similar behavior at one hospital and reprimanded for late-night visits to patients' rooms at another. One hospital restricted him from seeing adolescent patients after 10 p.m.; the other required him to quit seeing [...]
Portland Press Herald (Maine) September 20, 2006 Wednesday YORK Edition Physician suspended for ignoring counseling order BYLINE: From staff reports SECTION: LOCAL & STATE; Dispatches; Pg. B2 LENGTH: 95 words DATELINE: KENNEBUNK A Kennebunk physician was suspended from practicing medicine Tuesday by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. The state agency said that Sarah E. Babine, a psychiatrist, failed to comply with an order issued in July, when she was found to have engaged in habitual substance abuse and ordered to undergo monitoring and counseling. The board said failure to comply with that order represented ''an imminent danger to [...]
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) September 13, 2006 Wednesday SECTION: SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE; Pg. b1 LENGTH: 305 words JASPER Grand jury gets I-24 shooting case Aggravated assault charges were bound over to a grand jury Tuesday against Alex Fider, a Shelbyville, Tenn., psychiatrist accused of shooting into a van on Interstate 24. Marion County General Sessions Court Judge Mark Raines sent the case to the grand jury during a 45-minute preliminary hearing. Dr. Fider, who worked at the VA hospital in Murfreesboro, has been out on bond since the Aug. 20 incident. He was ordered back to court Oct. 13 to [...]
The Union Leader (Manchester NH) October 4, 2006 Wednesday STATE EDITION House candidate had M.D. license pulled BYLINE: By JOHN DiSTASO, Senior Political Reporter SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A8 LENGTH: 611 words CONCORD -- A retired psychiatrist running for the state House of Representatives had his medical license suspended in 1995 after a patient accused him of having a two-year sexual relationship with her. The patient abruptly withdrew the complaint against Dr. Edward L. Rowan of Exeter about a week after it was filed in October 1993, but the state Board of Medicine continued to investigate the charge as possible physician [...]
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) October 5, 1996 Saturday ONE-3 EDITION PSYCHIATRIST IS DISCIPLINED AGAIN BYLINE: KAREN GARLOCH, Staff Writer SECTION: METRO; Pg. 1C LENGTH: 348 words A Charlotte psychiatrist who gave up his medical privileges in 1989 after admitting he had sexual relationships with two patients has been disciplined again, for making inappropriate statements to patients. In 1993, the N.C. Medical Board reinstated Dr. Robert Shive's license with certain conditions, but after meeting with Shive this summer, the board reprimanded him for "having made inappropriate statements to two of his female patients" during therapy sessions. In a consent order dated [...]
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS October 9, 1996, Wednesday, HOME FINAL EDITION Court awards woman $ 8.4 million; Her psychiatrist, sought on fraud counts, defended rage reduction' therapy BYLINE: Michael Saul, Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 25A LENGTH: 646 words A 23-year-old Arlington woman who accused her psychiatrist of physically abusing her during "rage reduction" therapy won an $ 8.4 million judgment Tuesday. Human rights advocates said they hope the ruling will prompt the Legislature to ban the treatment statewide. The court found Dr. Robert H. Gross responsible for assaulting and intentionally inflicting emotional distress on [...]
Daily News (New York) November 19, 1996, Tuesday SHRINK SUSPENDED AFTER FAKE-RX STING BYLINE: By K.C. BAKER and KIMBERLY SCHAYE SECTION: News; Pg. 55 LENGTH: 287 words A Park Ave. psychiatrist, whose neighbors said his office attracted beer-swilling vagrants to their posh neighborhood, had his license suspended yesterday for allegedly selling prescriptions to undercover investigators. State Health Commissioner Dr. Barbara Ann DeBuono said she used emergency authority to suspend Dr. Mark Moshe Kesten's license because he "represents an imminent danger to public health." Kesten was nabbed in a sting by State Attorney General Dennis Vacco's office in June after he [...]
The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) February 16, 2006 Thursday Dr. Nelson Hendler sued in Baltimore Co. BYLINE: CYNTHIA DI PASQUALE SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 367 words A second woman who claims she was sexually abused by a prominent Baltimore County psychiatrist filed suit against the doctor this week."Jane Doe" alleges Dr. Nelson H. Hendler, a nationally recognized pain specialist whose license was recently suspended because of allegations by three women, pushed her into unnecessary psychiatric treatment starting in 1994, and then convinced her to separate from her husband. It was during that separation that Hendler abused her, according to the complaint [...]
The Baltimore Sun February 10, 2006 Friday FINAL EDITION Pain doctor targeted by police; He has been accused by medical board of sexual improprieties BYLINE: FRED SCHULTE, SUN REPORTER SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 4B LENGTH: 570 words A psychiatrist suspended from practice amid allegations that he traded narcotics for sex at a Baltimore County pain clinic is the target of a criminal investigation, police said. "We are still in consultation with the state's attorney's office," Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey said yesterday. As part of their investigation, Baltimore County police seized more than 5,800 pills, including such powerful narcotics as [...]
The Journal News (Westchester County, New York) November 16, 2009 Monday Thiells psychiatrist accused of negligence BYLINE: Jane Lerner SECTION: NEWS; Pg. NaN LENGTH: 155 words THIELLS - A Rockland psychiatrist has had his license to practice medicine limited by the state Department of Health after he was charged with negligence on more than one occasion , according to state records. Shyam Patil was also charged with failure to maintain accurate patient records. He did not contest either charge, records show. The state Board for Professional Medical Conduct took action against Patil after he treated a 46-year-old man. The board found [...]
The New York Times December 25, 1996, Wednesday, Late Edition - Final Psychiatrist Admits Selling Prescriptions BYLINE: By The Associated Press SECTION: Section B; Page 3; Column 6; Metropolitan Desk LENGTH: 199 words A Park Avenue psychiatrist has admitted selling prescriptions for controlled drugs to almost anyone who wanted to buy them. The psychiatrist, Dr. Mark M. Kesten, 58, has pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court in Manhattan to attempted sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, the state's Attorney General, Dennis C. Vacco, said yesterday. Dr. Kesten faces up to seven years in prison when he is sentenced [...]
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) October 29, 2009 Thursday Final Edition MUSC psychiatrist arrested on drug charges BYLINE: DAVID W. MacDOUGALL, The Post and Courier SECTION: LOCAL & STATE; Pg. B1 LENGTH: 541 words A prominent Lowcountry psychiatrist was arrested on prescription drug charges during a raid Tuesday at an adult entertainment club in North Charleston, authorities said. Two women were arrested on prostitution charges, and charges against a third woman were pending. Dr. Alberto B. Santos Jr., 52, of Sullivan's Island, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, theft of a controlled substance and unlawful possession [...]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 14, 2012 Thursday SOONER EDITION PSYCHIATRIST'S CONTRACT TERMINATED FOLLOWING AUDIT BYLINE: Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B-1 LENGTH: 365 words The state has canceled the contract of a physician at Torrance State Hospital who had been accused in an audit of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation that he may not have earned. Safdar Chaudhary, a psychiatrist from Monroeville who worked at the mental hospital under a contract with Liberty Healthcare Corp., was released Friday, the Department of Public Welfare confirmed. The agency said the move was based "in part" on Auditor General [...]
Melborne Williams
The Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky) June 29, 2012 Friday Suspended Danville doctor accused of prescribing drugs in at least 12 overdoses BYLINE: Beth Musgrave; bmusgrave@herald-leader.com SECTION: A; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 821 words FRANKFORT -- A Danville psychiatrist has been suspended by the state medical board for allegedly prescribing drugs that led to 12 drug overdose deaths, the complaint said. The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure issued an emergency suspension of Dr. Melborne Williams, effective Tuesday, after an initial inquiry found that 12 patients in Clay County had overdosed after taking drugs prescribed by Williams. A criminal investigation also is under [...]
ARISIDE ESSER
States News Service June 28, 2012 Thursday ROCKLAND COUNTY PSYCHIATRIST PLEADS GUILTY IN WHITE PLAINS FEDERAL COURT TO ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF SECONAL, A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 339 words DATELINE: New York City, NY The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DR. ARISIDE ESSER, M.D. pled guilty to an Information charging two counts of distributing and dispensing secobarbital, a Schedule II controlled substance that is commonly sold in a [...]