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South Carolina – Erroneous Billing by Psychiatrists
Post and Courier Four Charleston-area doctors overbilled S.C. Medicaid agency, repaid more than $344,000 By Renee Dudley April 11, 2012 Four local doctors were among 31 South Carolina health providers who erroneously billed the Medicaid agency nearly $2 million since 1999, according to state data released Tuesday. The providers, three from Charleston County and one from Berkeley County, have repaid more than $344,000 to the state stemming from the charges, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The local doctors face no sanctions stemming from the overbilling. The practices of Dr. Sondra Keller and Dr. Ricardo Fermo, [...]
Zabrin Inan, Chicago Psychiatrist, charged with felony child abduction
CBS Chicago Psychiatrist Charged With Abducting Kids March 3, 2011 Zabrin Inan, Chicago psychiatrist CHICAGO (CBS) — A Gold Coast psychiatrist was arrested at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday, after she allegedly took her two children across state lines without the consent of their father. Dr. Zabrin Inan, 43, of the 1000 block of North Lake Shore Drive, was charged with felony child abduction and violating a domestic order of protection, police said. She was also wanted on two warrants. Police said Inan allegedly took her two children out of the state without their father’s consent from Nov. 6, 2010 [...]
Second Opinion
KWWK 96.5 Best Country Psychiatrist Versus Doctor Story By Alan Reed August 17, 2015 Ever since I was a child, I’ve always had a fear of someone under my bed at night. So, I went to a shrink and told him: “I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think I’m going crazy.” “Just put yourself in my hands for one year,” said the shrink. “Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears.” “How much do you charge?” “$80 [...]
Hicksville psychiatrist Raj A. Danthuluri – convicted of sexual abuse
newsday.com Hicksville psychiatrist convicted of sexual abuse By ZACHARY R. DOWDY A Hicksville psychiatrist faces up to a year in prison for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl during counseling in his offices in Rego Park, Queens, authorities said yesterday, but the therapist\'s attorney vowed to appeal the verdict. Raj A. Danthuluri, 40, of 810 Highview Ave., was convicted Monday of endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree sexual abuse after a three-day trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Barry Kron, said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. Danthuluri, who chose to be tried before a judge instead of a [...]
Psychiatrist Douglas Murphy, SAN LUIS OBISPO, “acted negligently toward two patients who ended their own lives”
KSBY CA law now requires doctors to tell patients about probationary status By Aja Goare January 3, 2019 Psychiatrist Douglas Murphy A new California law that goes into effect in the New Year requires doctors who are on probation, such as the San Luis Obispo doctor featured in a KSBY investigative report in November, to disclose his or her status to a patient. SB 1448, known as the Patient’s Right to Know Act of 2018, will require doctors to provide patients with a disclosure that includes the doctor’s probation status, length of probation and probation end date, restrictions on [...]
Lionel Rosen, Michigan Psychiatrist, failed to report abuse, AG’s office said
Lansing State Journal Here are 11 MSU employees who AG's office said knew of Nassar's abuse, but didn't report it By Kara Berg December 21, 2018 Psychiatrist Lionel Rosen LANSING — The Michigan Attorney General's Office listed the names of 11 Michigan State University employees who were told about Larry Nassar's abuse but failed to report it to authorities. They received complaints from 1997 to 2015, and their names were included in the Attorney General's Office report detailing the findings of the investigation into MSU's handling of sexual assault complaints against Nassar. Of the 280 survivors interviewed for the [...]
Ronald Rubin, psychiatrist, treated underage girls without parent’s consent
Fox 6 News, Milwaukee (WITI) “Shocking accusations and penalty” one doctor faces By Meghan Dwyer October 15, 2014 Psychiatrist Ronald Rubin I'm Fox 6 investigator Meghan Dwyer. Coming up Sunday Fox 6 News at 9:00. We're doing a follow-up story on Doctor Ronald Rubin. You may remember he is the doctor who was accused of prescribing amphetamines to strippers and treating underage girls without their parent's consent. He's sitting down with me. A one on one exclusive interview. That's Fox 6 News at 9:00. Ronald Rubin
Syed Azhar Rizvi, Canadian Psychiatrist, Guilty of Sex with Patient – Suspended for Two Years – Thereafter chaperone must be present at all times when around female patients
The Telegram Psychiatrist found guilty of misconduct, having sex with patient October 21, 2015 A St. John’s psychiatrist has been found guilty by an adjudication tribunal of professional misconduct by engaging in sexual activity with a patient. The decision of an adjudication tribunal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador says on July 17, 2015, Dr. Syed Azhar Rizvi was guilty of professional misconduct by engaging in sexual intercourse and other sexual activity with a female patient. Syed Azhar Rizvi The tribunal found that the “sexual and intimate relationship” began on Aug. 4, 2005, [...]
Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin’s Wife Convicted for Attempting to Bribe Juror in his Sexual Assault Criminal Case
CBC News Erica Levin found guilty in juror bribing case Wife of psychiatrist Aubrey Levin found to have obstructed justice by trying to bribe jury member in his trial October 09, 2014 A Calgary woman has been found guilty of trying to bribe a juror in the sexual assault trial against her husband. Erica Levin, 71, was charged with obstruction of justice last year after a juror in the trial against Aubrey Levin, a former forensic psychiatrist. The juror claimed she was offered money in exchange for getting her husband acquitted. Erica Levin bowed her head and began rocking as [...]
James Christensen, Minnesota Psychiatrist, Threatens Patient with Shock Treatment
Property owned by Psychiatrist - James Anders Christensen, Rochester, MN (from Google Earth) Star Tribune State psychiatrist reprimanded for threatening mentally ill patient with electroshock therapy By CHRIS SERRES May 6, 2014 A state psychiatrist has admitted to threatening a mentally ill patient with electroshock therapy at the Minnesota Security Hospital, resulting in a rare reprimand from the state agency that oversees the state mental hospital. The psychiatrist, Dr. James Christensen, has been warned by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) that any further act of substantiated maltreatment may result in his disqualification, according to an investigation [...]
Psych – “My Child Porn Doesn’t Affect My Work”
The Argus Child porn doctor’s appeal for leniency By Anna Roberts 5th February 2013 A doctor downloaded hundreds of sick child porn images but told bosses it did not affect how he worked because he did it “in the privacy of his own home”. Dr Michael Beranek added that he should be treated more leniently because he had accessed the images – some of them the most severe available – for free. And he told health officials he should be allowed to carry on working as a staff psychiatrist, caring for mentally ill people in Sussex, because looking at the [...]
Randall Pitone
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Official restricts license of St. Petersburg psychiatrist By CAROL GENTRY April 21, 1990 A state official has taken the unusual step of restricting the license of a St. Petersburg psychiatrist without waiting for the Board of Medicine to act. Dr. Randall E. Pitone, who practices at 1201 Fifth Ave. N, is accused of sexual misconduct and violations of drug laws. He will be allowed to continue practicing pending action by the board, but only under certain conditions. The emergency restriction order was signed by Larry Gonzalez, secretary of the Department of Professional Regulation (DPR). The agency [...]
Psychiatrist Christopher Allison – rape sentence increased
The Independent, London Court increases psychiatrist's rape sentence AN EIGHT-YEAR jail sentence given to a psychiatrist who raped and sexually assaulted women patients was increased by two years by the Court of Appeal yesterday. Three judges agreed with submissions made on behalf of the Attorney General that the term imposed on Christopher Allison, 60, at Winchester Crown Court in December last year was "unduly lenient".
Utica Psychiatrist Surendra Johri awaits trial – accused of sexual misconduct involving patients
Psychiatrist Surendra Johri Observer Dispatch Sexual misconduct case against psychiatrist Johri adjourned By Edward Harris December 10, 2018 UTICA — The case against a local psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct involving patients was adjourned Monday in Utica City Court until next year. Surendra Johri’s trial was slated to begin Monday morning, but eventually was adjourned after a motion to dismiss one of the charges was brought by the defense. Defense attorney Christopher Pelli filed the motion after the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office had filed new charges against Johri, adjusting the date of one alleged incident from November [...]
Aftab Asif, Pakistan Psychiatrist, admits faking medical report
The News Top psychiatrist admits faking medical report used for accused’s bail By Umar Cheema December 13, 2018 Psychiatrist Aftab Asif ISLAMABAD: Akhtar Sait had a monetary dispute with Haroon Asif. He registered an FIR after the cheques for Rs3.4 million turned bogus. The police arrested Haroon. He was sent on judicial remand to Adiala Jail. Father of the accused, a medical doctor, conceived a plan to set his son free. He approached Prof Dr Aftab Asif, the Chairman of Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, King Edward Medical University and Mayo Hospital in Lahore. Top psychiatrist issued a letter [...]
Feds make Medicare fraud sweeps in Miami, nationwide
The Miami Herald Feds make Medicare fraud sweeps in Miami, nationwide By JAY WEAVER February 18, 2011 Miami lived up to its billing as the nation’s Medicare fraud capital on Thursday when authorities announced they charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and executives nationwide with conspiring to loot $225 million from the federal health insurance program. About one-third of the 111 people charged were from Miami. The takedown here and in eight other cities was touted by the Obama administration as the largest number of healthcare fraud arrests in U.S. history. The coordinated announcement of numerous indictments at press conferences [...]
Joel H. Feigon
The Boston Herald Sex-case doc called `victim of patients' By Kathryn Marchocki September 13, 1992 The attorney for a Cambridge psychiatrist whose license was ordered revoked last week in a sexual misconduct case yesterday portrayed the doctor as a victim of his female colleague and former patient, whom he had fallen deeply in love with and hoped to marry. "He was head-over-heels, madly in love with her," attorney Camille Sarrouf said of Dr. Joel H. Feigon, 60, and the female psychotherapist who first came to him in 1973 as a patient. Feigon left his wife of some 20 years to [...]
“Respected” Psych Expected to be Taken into Custody
Austin American-Statesman Former state psychiatrist charged with public lewdness By Andrea Ball and Eric Dexheimer Jan. 23, 2013 Charles Fischer waits in the elevator after appearing in court at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center on July 12, 2012 The psychiatrist facing felony charges that he molested five adolescent psychiatric patients under his care while he worked at the Austin State Hospital was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with public lewdness, according to police records. Charles Fischer was taken into custody at around 1 p.m. on Rollingwood Drive just west of MoPac (Loop 1) near Barton Springs Road, according to [...]
Surendra Chaganti – St. Louis Psychiatrist Reprimanded
St. Louis Post Dispatch Reprimand against psychiatrist Chaganti will stand after four-year battle By Blythe Bernhard August 2, 2014 Psychiatrist Surendra Chaganti A state reprimand against Dr. Surendra Chaganti, a St. Louis psychiatrist accused more than four years ago of unprofessional conduct and negligence, will stand, a Cole County judge has ruled. Last November, Chaganti received a reprimand from the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts for failing to report all of his past hospital affiliations when applying to renew his privileges at two hospitals. A judge in January granted Chaganti’s request for a stay on the [...]
Ellis Schwied – Orange County Psychiatrist’s License Suspended – gross negligence – developed relationship with patient’s mother, diagnosed patient with social anxiety and general anxiety disorder without an “adequate basis”
Orange County Register Laguna Niguel psychiatrist disciplined for dispensing meds without prescription By Jenna Chandler September 29, 2014 Laguna Niguel-based psychiatrist Ellis Michael Schwied had his license suspended by the California Medical Board after he was accused of giving a patient samples of a depression medication without a prescription. According to the medical board, Schwied gave samples of Lexapro to the 20-year-old patient’s mother and also left them in unmarked brown paper bags on her porch. “He is a well-respected psychiatrist in the community,” said Schwied’s attorney, Joel Bruce Douglas. “There was no malice or ill will, maybe just not [...]
Sue Sisley – Psychiatrist Canned by University of Arizona
Medscape Psychiatrist Fired as 'Payback' for Marijuana Research? Deborah Brauser July 21, 2014 Psychiatrist Sue Sisley A psychiatrist and researcher from the University of Arizona claims the school fired her because of her advocacy on behalf of a controversial, federally approved study investigating marijuana as a potential treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans. News of the dismissal of Sue Sisley, MD, from her various positions at the university has garnered widespread media attention, including a televised interview with CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. In addition, a petition launched last week calling for her reinstatement has already [...]
Cold War Russian Psychiatrist Yan Goland Uses Hypnosis to “Cure” Gays
BuzzFeed This Russian Psychiatrist Will Cure Your Gayness Through Hypnosis “Distinguished Doctor of the Russian Federation” Yan Goland started “curing” gays, lesbians, and transsexuals when gay sex was outlawed in the Soviet Union, and is still at it today. By Max Seddon August 13, 2013 Meet Dr. Yan Goland, a psychiatrist in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Psychiatrist Yan Goland According to the Russian Society of Psychiatrists, Dr. Goland is the only doctor in the country who cures patients of their homosexual desires - none of his Soviet-era colleagues are left. “They tried to cure them through castration, hormone therapy, [...]
A Pitchfork to the Temple
Dec 2018 A Pitchfork to the Temple The last memories pigs have before they are slaughtered are electrodes being attached to their heads. A moment later they are stunned with a jolt of electricity that blasts its way through their brains. This induces an epileptic seizure which renders the hog insensate, not responsive to any stimuli, and floppy. They are now ready to be butchered. This very scene of pigs being shocked into unconscious numbness on their way to the slaughterhouse was the the twisted revelation that inspired the invention of psychiatry’s most deadly legacy: shock therapy. It’s hard to [...]
Brent Cox, Mill Valley Psychiatrist, Suspended for Missing his Own Mental Exam
The Marin Independent Journal Marin psychiatrist has license suspended for missing his own mental exam By Gary Klien, February 1, 2013 The state medical board suspended the license of a Mill Valley psychiatrist Thursday for failing to show up for a mandatory psychiatric examination. The board ordered Dr. Brent Taylor Cox to get the test last year after a complaint that he "may be suffering from a substance addiction disorder and/or other mental impairment that may affect his ability to practice medicine safely," according to board documents. The board said Cox did not arrive for his scheduled exam, even though [...]
Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman, Daytona Beach, Sold Non-Existent Body Parts
News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida) Failed transplant leads officials to Ormond fugitive June 08, 2009 By Julie Murphy Erwin Langier was promised a lifesaving liver transplant when he traveled to the Philippines last year, but federal officials say instead the Canadian lived out his last days in a foreign hospital, away from his wife. She stayed behind to handle the financial arrangements for her dying husband. And, nearly $100,000 later, what she is left with are memories tainted by the knowledge she was duped by a former Ormond Beach psychiatrist who investigators say started scamming people internationally more than 40 years [...]