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Harold Sleeper – Psychiatrist – Injected Wife with Urine
The Associated Press February 22, 1984 Jury Awards $6.5 Million to Psychiatrist's Ex-Wife Dateline: Oklahoma City A psychiatrist accused of subjecting his ex-wife to bizarre experiments, including injecting her with her own urine, has been ordered by a jury to pay her $6.5 million. Ann C. Sleeper's malpractice suit against Dr. Harold Sleeper, medical director of Willow View Hospital, a local private mental facility, alleged he injected her while treating her for a variety of physical and mental problems. Her attorneys also said Sleeper convinced his wife her severe depression, paranoia and physical problems were due to the foods she [...]
Idaho Examines Top Prescribers
Idaho Statesman Idaho’s Medicaid payments for prescription drugs questioned But the state says Medicaid records don’t prove doctors are overprescribing November 11, 2012 By AUDREY DUTTON Idaho Medicaid Dick Armstrong addresses the State Legislature U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican who has assumed a role as a taxpayer watchdog, says some Idaho physicians have overprescribed antipsychotic drugs and addictive narcotics such as OxyContin to Medicaid patients. “After an extensive review of prescribing habits of the serial prescribers of pain and mental health drugs in your state, I have concerns about the oversight and enforcement of Medicaid abuse [...]
Wisconsin Psychiatrist Karl Strelnick accused of having sex with one patient, being negligent in the death of another and allowing yet one more patient to impregnate a fellow patient
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bice: Gov. Scott Walker criticized by Dems for not being tougher on disgraced psychiatrist By Daniel Bice October 26, 2018 ++ Excerpts ++ Gov. Scott Walker said the buck stopped with him. Back when Walker was the Milwaukee County executive, he said he was ultimately responsible for taking care of the problems at the Mental Health Complex. But Democrats are saying that didn't happen in the case of disgraced psychiatrist Karl Strelnick. During his 20 years with Milwaukee County, Strelnick was accused of having sex with one patient, being negligent in the death of another patient and [...]
Albuquerque psychiatrist Edwin Hall – “one of the worst prescribers in New Mexico”
nmpolitics.net Psychiatrist over-medicated hundreds of children in his care, search warrant says By Amy Linn, Searchlight New Mexico October 26, 2018 Psychiatrist Edwin Hall Unlike many doctors, Albuquerque psychiatrist Edwin Bacon Hall, 74, accepted patients on Medicaid and saw them in a timely manner. He often treated foster children, who were sent his way with the approval of their legal guardian, the Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD). On at least one occasion in his office, he prescribed drugs while dressed as a clown. But what really drew attention was his habit of handing out pills. “Hall has been [...]
Chinese Psychiatrist Yang Yongxin accused of using shock treatment on “patients” with “internet addiction”
South China Morning Post Screams from ‘Room 13’: Are China’s kids being electroshocked for internet ‘addiction’? Distressed boy heard screaming for his mother from mental hospital notorious for controversial treatment Clinic was closed down in 2016 but online video ignites fears it has started up again October 25, 2018 Psychiatrist Yang Yongxin A psychiatric hospital in eastern China is being investigated for restarting a controversial internet addiction treatment after a video in which a boy can be heard screaming for his mother went viral on Weibo. Weibo user “IADSER” claimed to have shot the video from outside the hospital [...]
Karl Strelnick
The Associated Press Woman Who Accused Therapist of Sexual Abuse Wins $$1,135,000 February 24, 1989 A woman who testified she was sexually abused by her psychiatrist has been awarded $$1,135,000 by a jury. The 42-year-old woman said Dr. Karl Strelnick had sexual contact with her repeatedly during a two-year period while she was receiving psychiatric treatment. The woman's attorney, Daniel Rottier, said she was satisfied with the Dane County Circuit Court verdict Thursday. "She feels an appropriate message was sent to the counseling community," he said. Strelnick said Friday he would not comment on the verdict. He gave up his [...]
Karuna Anand, Chief of Psychiatry, California Dept of Corrections – Busted down to mail clerk, then fired
Sacramento Bee She blew the whistle on the state prison system. She says it cost her job Dr. Karuna Anand, former chief of psychiatry at a California Department of Corrections facility in Stockton, alleges she was fired because she was a whistleblower. By José Luis Villegas Covering crime, police and courts in the Sacramento region From a $389,000 job to the mailroom. Prison psychiatrist says whistleblowing cost her job BY SAM STANTON October 25, 2018 Psychiatrist Karuna Anand Before California’s top prison psychiatrist accused his colleagues this month of providing misleading information about the medical care inmates are [...]
Greek psychiatrists implicated in racket
ekathimerini.com Racket probe points to medical certificate scam By Yiannis Souliotis A lawyer and at least two psychiatrists have been implicated in a racket that allegedly provided convicts with medical certificates that allowed them to petition for a reduced sentence, an investigation into a drug-related case has found. Evidence of the racket emerged during the investigation of 17 suspects who were arrested in April on suspicion of peddling drugs on the Athens clubbing scene. It revealed contacts between the suspects and two psychiatrists who served as expert witnesses at the Athens Court of First Instance, as well as a lawyer. [...]
Nasreen Kader – NY Drug Dealer Psychiatrist Charged with Drug Crimes
NewsDay Central Islip psychiatrist charged in prescription drug sting, state attorney general says By Candice Ruud September 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Nasreen Kader A psychiatrist from Central Islip faces multiple counts of illegally prescribing Xanax, Klonopin and Ritalin to undercover agents posing as patients wanting the drugs for "illegitimate purposes," the state attorney general's office said Tuesday. The investigation into Nasreen Kader, 48, started after two families complained that she was overprescribing the drugs to their relatives, her patients. Kader is charged with 15 counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, a felony, and she faces [...]
Robert Dragert, New Jersey Psychiatrist, suspended, fined $30K – “overprescribed opioid medications with reckless abandon”
The Trentonian Princeton doctor overprescribes opioids, must pay $30K fine and serve 2-year suspension By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman October 18, 2018 Psychiatrist Robert Dragert TRENTON — Dr. Robert J. Dragert had the hallmarks of a great career: Elite certifications, upward mobility and no shortage of patients. But the good doctor turned bad, overprescribing opioid medications with reckless abandon and contributing to the national public health emergency, forcing the state to punish him. Dragert has been suspended from medical practice and ordered to pay a $30,000 civil penalty for failing to properly manage the opioid dependence of his patients. The Princeton [...]
NY Psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto ACCUSED OF RUNNING AN ILLEGAL PILL MILL CLAIMED HE WAS AN EXPERT ON MEN’S SEX LIVES
NBC New York psychiatrist busted for peddling opioids claimed to be expert of men's sex lives Anthony Pietropinto's book was dismissed as 'tattle and platitude' in a review. by Corky Siemaszko October 13, 2018 NY Psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto poses with his book "Beyond the Male Myth" in 1978 in New York The New York City psychiatrist accused of running an illegal pill mill out of his rented Fifth Avenue office claimed he was an expert on men’s sex lives and co-wrote a book on the subject back in the 1970s called “Beyond the Male Myth.” But Dr. Anthony Pietropinto [...]
James Schaller, Florida Psychiatrist, Nationally known, pleads in gun threat case
Naples News Nationally known child psychiatrist pleads in gun threat case By Aisling Swift September 21, 2011 Psychiatrist James Schaller A nationally known Naples child psychiatrist who pointed a gun at his teenage son’s friend, then allegedly threatened his 15-year-old son, pleaded today to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to probation. Dr. James L. Schaller, 50, pleaded no contest to a third-degree felony involving a 14-year-old former neighbor as part of a plea deal that dropped a similar count involving his son, who had tried to intercede during an altercation on Jan. 2. The Daily [...]
Kernan Manion, North Carolina Psychiatrist, reported seeing people on the beach at night with red, green or white lights mounted on their heads.
Psychiatrist Kernan Manion BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL BOARD In Re: Kernan T. Manion, M.D., Respondent. NOTICE OF CHARGES AND ALLEGATIONS; NOTICE OF HEARING The North Carolina Medical Board ("Board") has preferred and does hereby prefer the following charges and allegations: 1. The Board is a body duly organized under the laws of North Carolina and Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes. 2. Kernan Manion, M.D., ("Dr. Manion") is a physician first licensed by the Board on April 17, 2002, license number 200200407. 3. At the times relevant herein, Dr. Manion practiced medicine in Wilmington, North Carolina. [...]
Sejal Mehta, Plano, Texas Psychiatrist – sued in Federal Court
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Gary Malone, Grapevine, Texas Psychiatrist Sued in Federal Court
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Virginia Psychiatrist Alfredo Cervantes, pleads guilty to fraud – faces up to 30 years in prison
WCYB Russell County psychiatrist pleads guilty to healthcare, wire fraud by WCYB Digital October 9th 2018 Psychiatrist Alfredo Cervantes A former Russell County, Virginia psychiatrist has agreed to never practice medicine again following a guilty plea for federal healthcare and wire fraud charges related to a sexual relationship with a patient. Alfredo Cervantes, 62, will be sentenced on Jan. 4 and faces up to 30 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. Cervantes was a practicing physician at Ballad Health's Russell County Medical Center outpatient ward known as Clearview when he began the inappropriate affair with the patient in [...]
Anthony Pietropinto, NY Psychiatrist, arrested, accusing of putting highly-addictive pills in the hands of drug addicts, for financial gain
pix11.com Doctors, pharmacist accused of selling millions of oxycodone pills: officials October 11, 2018 By Mary Murphy Psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto NEW YORK — Federal agents and the NYPD arrested five doctors and a pharmacist Wednesday, accusing them of putting millions of highly-addictive Oxycodone pills in the hands of opioid addicts, for financial gain. One of the physicians, 80-year-old psychiatrist Anthony Pietropinto, was tracked down by PIX11’s Mary Murphy last year, after the brother of an opioid addict asked for help. The brother had found prescriptions to his sister for Oxycodone, Xanax and Adderall that were written by Dr. Pietropinto [...]
Iowa Psychiatrist J. Patrick Bertroche, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress – “suffers from a health condition” give up license
Des Moines Register Des Moines psychiatrist who ran for Congress surrenders his medical license and retires By Tony Leys September 24, 2018 Psychiatrist J. Patrick Bertroche A Des Moines psychiatrist has surrendered his medical license and is retiring, state regulators said. J. Patrick Bertroche, 51, turned in his license this month, the Iowa Board of Medicine reported. The board, which regulates physicians, said the action came after the agency “received information which indicates (Bertroche) suffers from a health condition which impairs his ability to practice medicine.” Bertroche paid a $5,000 fine to the state board last year, after regulators [...]
Jopindar Harika, Penn. Psychiatrist, previously convicted of bogus billings, now charged with writing prescriptions while suspended
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monroeville psychiatrist charged with continuing to work while under suspension By Torsten Ove February 5, 2015 Psychiatrist Jopindar Harika A Monroeville psychiatrist with a felony conviction for bogus billings in the 1990s has been charged again with writing prescriptions and seeing hundreds of patients in the eastern part of the state while under suspension in the spring of 2012. Jopindar Harika, 61, of Red Oak Court, turned himself in on Thursday to authorities in Cumberland County, where the state attorney general’s office will prosecute him for Medicaid fraud and related theft counts. A state grand jury recommended [...]
Shubhranjan Ghosh – Alaskan Psychiatrist Indicted by Grand Jury for Medicaid Fraud
KTVA CBS 11 News Anchorage psychiatrist indicted for Medicaid fraud July 25, 2014 ANCHORAGE Psychiatrist Shubhranjan Ghosh A federal grand jury has indicted an Anchorage doctor on 18 felony counts of Medicaid billing fraud. Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh, 39, of Anchorage is also charged with committing a scheme to defraud Medicaid, tampering with evidence in an investigation and 15 counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Ghosh is the founder of Ghosh Psychiatric Services. He was arrested in April after an employee in his South Anchorage office reported numerous discrepancies in his Medicaid billing. According to charging documents, Ghosh tried [...]
Mark Batory
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Police release report about two men found dead in Wauwatosa. It cites drugs, sex and money issues. By Karen Pilarski September 25, 2018 WAUWATOSA – More than a month after a murder-suicide involving a well-known Wauwatosa psychiatrist and his estranged boyfriend, police have laid out a story of drug abuse, financial trouble, missing firearms and arguments over sex. Mark Batory, 54, and Henri T. Washington, 40, of Milwaukee, died Aug. 22 in Batory’s home, 7935 Warren Ave. Batory had a gunshot wound to his mouth; Washington was shot in the back of the head, the police report [...]
Wagdy Botros, Kitchener Psychiatrist, license revoked – “History of Misconduct”
CBC Kitchener sleep doctor's license revoked by Ontario regulatory body September 25, 2018 Psychiatrist Wagdy Botros The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has revoked the licence of a Kitchener psychiatrist after he failed to co-operate with a multi-year investigation into his sleep medicine practice. Dr. Wagdy Abdalla Botros's certificate of registration was revoked on Sept. 21, 2018 and he was ordered to pay the college $39,948.71. Botros was the medical director of three privately-owned, publicly funded sleep clinics in Kitchener, Cambridge and London. All three clinics abruptly shut their doors in September 2017, leaving a sign on [...]
Psych Surendra Johri, NY – Sexual misconduct case heads to trial
Observer Dispatch Sexual misconduct case against psychiatrist heads to trial By Jolene Cleaver September 14, 2018 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA — A local psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct involving patients is heading to trial in Utica City Court. Surendra Johri, 61, of New Hartford, appeared Friday morning in court. There, City Court Judge Christopher Giruzzi ruled, “The court has granted a motion for consolidation. There will be one trial on three dockets currently pending.” Giruzzi set the trial to begin at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10. Johri faces accusations of instances of sexual misconduct taking place on two dates [...]
William W. Wood, Illinois psychiatrist, “immediate danger to the public”, sex with patient, his license was previously revoked in Wisconsin – sex with patient
ROCKFORD (WREX) Rockford psychiatrist suspended after allegations of sexual misconduct By Audrey Moon January 27, 2015 A Rockford psychiatrist is immediately suspended after he is accused of inappropriately prescribing medications and being involved in sexual misconduct with several female patients, according to a notice of temporary suspension from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The notice states Dr. William W. Wood is suspended as allegations against him "constitute an immediate danger to the public." The notice details accusations that Wood violated boundaries with several female patients at his practice by sending text messages of a personal [...]
William Kafin, Illinois Psychiatrist, accused of immoral conduct
Chicago Tribune State suspends license of suburban psychiatrist because of alleged relationship with patient By Alexandra Chachkevitch February 1, 2013 The license of a psychiatrist practicing in Glenview and Skokie has been suspended for at least three years because of an alleged sexual relationship with a 19-year-old female patient more than 10 years ago, according to state officials. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation states that it revoked William Joel Kafin’s medical license in December, according to the department’s monthly report published Wednesday. As part of the punishment, the department also fined Kafin $5,000. Kafin’s lawyer, Michael K. [...]