MEDIA
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. [...]
Kim Eisenreich, formerly known as Kim Jørgen Holtz, Danish Psychiatrist, convicted for the third time “used a former patient’s mental illness to get sex with her”
Google translation: bt.dk CRIME September 21, 2018 Psychiatrists are sexually convicted for the third time By Birger A. Anderson "It was unethical, but not illegal," it said during the case of psychiatrist Kim Eisenreich about his sexual relationship with a former patient. But Glostrup's court found it illegal because he had used the woman's insanity to get sex. "It was unethical, but not illegal," it said during the case of psychiatrist Kim Eisenreich about his sexual relationship with a former patient. But Glostrup's court found it illegal because he had used the woman's insanity to get sex. Photo: Anne Bæk [...]
Ben Sessa, UK Child Psychiatrist, former raver and a club DJ, experimenting on subjects with Ecstasy
abc.net.au The hidden world of underground psychedelic psychotherapy in Australia By Jenny Valentish August 30, 2018 Child psychiatrist Ben Sessa John puts The Passion of the Christ soundtrack on the stereo and lies on the single bed in this Melbourne house. He's a 37-year-old engineer working in the renewable energy sector, and not at all savvy about street deals, so he bought his dose of cactus, which contains mescaline, on the dark web. He takes it without ceremony, then talks to his therapist about how he's been feeling. When he starts to feel a vague effect of the drug [...]
Ravishankar Thimmangur Shenava aka Ravi Shenava, Windsor Psychiatrist
Windsor Star Psychiatrist accused of sexual assaults pleads guilty to simple assaults, surrenders medical licence By Brian Cross September 7, 2018 Psychiatrist Ravishankar Thimmangur Shenava aka Ravi Shenava All charges against a Windsor psychiatrist accused of sexual assaulting patients have been dealt with, his lawyer says, following a court appearance this week in which the doctor pleaded guilty to three simple assaults and paid $3,900 in fines. Dr. Ravishankar Thimmangur Shenava — also known as Ravi Shenava — has also surrendered his Ontario medical licence, lawyer David Humphrey said. Sheneva was 67 last December when he was found not [...]
Rikki Lynn Halavonich, South Carolina Psychiatrist, “expert witness”, arrested on allegations she filed a false police report, claiming she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted
Aiken Standard (South Carolina) Psychiatrist arrested for filing false allegations By Karen Daily April 20, 2009 Psychiatrist Rikki Lynn Halavonic A board-certified Charleston forensic psychiatrist qualified in the court system as an expert witness has been arrested in Aiken on allegations she filed a false police report last week, claiming she was kidnapped in downtown Aiken and sexually assaulted, officials said. Rikki Lynn Halavonich, of Majestic Oak Drive in Charleston, was arrested less than a week after she reportedly went to Public Safety with the allegations. Early on the morning of April 14, police said Halavonich contacted investigators, claiming [...]
Psychiatrist Surendra Johri, New Hartford, accused of sex crimes against patients
PSYCHIATRIST ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING PATIENTS APPEARS IN COURT The New Hartford psychiatrist who is accused of sex crimes against patients appeared in Utica City Court on Thursday. By WKTV September 6, 2018 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri Psychiatrist Surendra JohriUTICA – The New Hartford psychiatrist who is accused of sex crimes against patients appeared in Utica City Court on Thursday. Dr. Surendra Johri was acquitted on sexual abuse charges back in June and then pleaded not guilty to new charges of sexual abuse and forcible touching, both misdemeanors. There is still no decision on the prosecution’s effort to consolidate the [...]
Richard Michaelson, Iowa Psychiatrist, substance abuse problems
Muscatine Journal (Iowa) Muscatine doctor faces sanctions April 9, 2008 MUSCATINE, Iowa -- A psychiatrist from Muscatine has had his license indefinitely suspended, officials from the Iowa Board of Medicine said this morning. Richard Michaelson of Muscatine, who was placed on indefinite probation in December, has now had his license suspended for failing to follow orders of the board issued because of substance abuse problems. Specifically, Michaelson consumed alcohol, did not comply with a drug screening program, did not attend required counseling sessions and did not pay his fine, among others. He could not be reached immediately this morning for [...]
Psychiatrist Edwin Hall, Albuquerque Psychiatrist, under investigation, government alleges that 36 patients died while in his “care”
Albuquerque Journal AG probing deaths of 36 patients in doctor’s care By Marie C. Baca September 10, 2018 Psychiatrist Edwin Hall A search warrant served by the New Mexico Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division alleges that 36 patients died while in the care of an Albuquerque psychiatrist over a six-year period. Edwin B. Hall ran a now-closed practice at 1709 Girard Blvd. NE. He has not been charged with a crime, and the warrant states that investigations into 30 of the 36 deaths are ongoing. Six of the deaths were allegedly the result of overdoses, according to the [...]
Royle Miralles, NY Psychiatrist, “accused of negligence involving seven patients”
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York) Wayne County psychiatrist resigns By Chris Swingle August 20, 2009 Dr. Royle Miralles, psychiatrist at Wayne County Behavioral Health Network who was disciplined by the state for professional misconduct and then suspended with pay by the county, has agreed to resign to resolve the internal investigation. The county Board of Supervisors agreed this week to the plan, which includes paying Miralles nearly $11,000 in accrued vacation time. Miralles has been the county's highest paid employee at a salary of $179,923. The state accused him of negligence involving seven patients from 2002 through 2008. Miralles [...]
Neil Pauker, Florida Psychiatrist, “accused of medical malpractice, professional misconduct and intentional infliction of emotional distress”
The News-Press Psychiatrist settles suit with ex-patient By Mike Hoyem February 5, 2005 A south Fort Myers psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a former patient - and ended up getting sued for it - has settled the case out of court. Dr. Neil Pauker was accused of medical malpractice, professional misconduct and intentional infliction of emotional distress in an April 2001 lawsuit filed in Lee Circuit Court by Lynne Rae Olson of Fort Myers. Olson, 62, was a patient of Pauker's for several years. The lawsuit said about a year after Pauker stopped treating Olson, the two of [...]
Monissa Solberg, Rhode Island Psychiatrist, surrenders license over ‘intimate relationship’ with patient
Providence Journal Providence psychiatrist surrenders license over ‘intimate relationship’ with patient By G. Wayne Miller August 30, 2018 Psychiatrist Monissa Solberg PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Psychiatrist Monissa Solberg has agreed to voluntarily surrender her license to practice medicine in Rhode Island following a state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline investigation that concluded that she “had an intimate relationship with an existing patient,” according to the Department of Health. Under the terms of a consent order signed earlier this month by Solberg and Health Department director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, the psychiatrist has agreed to surrender her license no later than [...]
Miguel Rivera-Sanabria, Puerto Rico Psychiatrist, Arrested by Feds for health care fraud, identity theft, false statement, attempted distribution of drugs
Department of Justice Doctor Indicted And Arrested For Health Care Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Puerto Rico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 24, 2018 SAN JUAN, P.R. - On July 19, 2018, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Dr. Miguel Rivera-Sanabria with 18 counts of health care fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, three counts of false statement relating to health care matters, and eight counts for attempted distribution of controlled substances. The defendant was arrested today, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto [...]
Prashanth Puspanathan, Aussie Psychiatrist, “I don’t plan on being in conventional psychiatry for the rest of my life. The psychedelic sphere is where I see promise for the future.”
Psychiatrist Prashanth Puspanathan John puts The Passion of the Christ soundtrack on the stereo and lies on the single bed in this Melbourne house. He's a 37-year-old engineer working in the renewable energy sector, and not at all savvy about street deals, so he bought his dose of cactus, which contains mescaline, on the dark web. He takes it without ceremony, then talks to his therapist about how he's been feeling. When he starts to feel a vague effect of the drug in his thighs, John puts on his eye shades and waits for the first wave to hit. [...]
Nigel Strauss, Aussie Psychiatrist, wants to experiment on subjects with Psychedelic drugs
abc.net.au The hidden world of underground psychedelic psychotherapy in Australia By Jenny Valentish August 30, 2018 Psychiatrist Nigel Strauss John puts The Passion of the Christ soundtrack on the stereo and lies on the single bed in this Melbourne house. He's a 37-year-old engineer working in the renewable energy sector, and not at all savvy about street deals, so he bought his dose of cactus, which contains mescaline, on the dark web. He takes it without ceremony, then talks to his therapist about how he's been feeling. When he starts to feel a vague effect of the drug in [...]
Ohio Pill Mill Psychiatrist Samuel Nigro faces up to 14 years in prison
Psychiatrist Samuel Nigro fox8.com Doctor Pleads Guilty to Running ‘Pill Mill’ by Jack Shea April 18, 2013 CLEVELAND– A local psychiatrist admitted on Thursday that he used his practice to illegally prescribe powerful drugs for profit. Dr. Samuel Nigro pleaded guilty to charges that include drug trafficking, tampering with drugs and attempting to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Dan Kasaris told FOX 8, “Drug addicts went to him for pills. Now there probably were some who did go to him for psychiatry, but they’re shoppers. Doctor shoppers find out where to go, where [...]
Irish Psychiatrist claims he can convert gay people to heterosexuality
Belfast Telegraph Belfast psychiatrist Miller to face cash dealings probe behind closed doors By Kim Pilling 18 April 2013 Psychiatrist Paul W. Miller Belfast psychiatrist Dr Paul Miller, a former health adviser to ex-Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Iris Robinson, is alleged to have taken, or attempted to have taken, financial advantage of a patient on a number of occasions between 2004 and 2010. The General Medical Council, which brought the case against Dr Miller, successfully applied for the entire hearing in Manchester to proceed in private. The case before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) had been in [...]
Los Angeles Psychiatrist believes gayness can be cured
News.com.au Family fury: Controversial conference speakers anger gay community By Daniel Piotrowski April 24, 2013 Psychiatrist Miriam Grossman A PSYCHIATRIST who believes she can cure gayness and a politician who believes marriage is now "meaningless" after New Zealand legalised gay marriage are causing a stir before they've even landed in Australia. Several controversial personalities will head to Sydney next month to deliver keynote addresses at the world's biggest 'family values' conference, the seventh World Congress of Families. And they've got critics fuming. The line-up for the conference - which organisers say will 'make families stronger' - includes New Zealand [...]
Psychiatrist John Matt Dorn aka James Hitchcock Ochiltree – Sexual Harassment
Bangor Daily News Investigator says woman’s claims of sexual harassment against former psychiatrist have merit By Abigail Curtis April 27, 2013 BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Bath woman has reasonable grounds to claim that she was subject to a hostile environment in public accommodations when her therapist allegedly subjected her to sexual comments and unwelcome touching, according to an investigator with the Maine Human Rights Commission. The counselor is denying his former patient’s allegations. The psychiatrist in question, Dr. John Matt Dorn of Brunswick — who now goes by the name James Hitchcock Ochiltree — had his license suspended in April [...]
Psychiatrist Joseph Jurand, West Virginia, sexually assaulted 15-year-old girl who was interested in Psychiatry
Herald-Mail Trial date set for Jefferson County psychiatrist on sex assault charges By Richard F. Belisle May 8, 2013 Psychiatrist Joseph Jurand CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — An Oct. 15 trial date has been set for a Jefferson County psychiatrist who was indicted by a county grand jury in April on felony sexual assault and abuse charges in a case involving a 15-year-old girl, Assistant Prosecutor Hassan Rasheed said Wednesday. Joseph Anthony Jurand, 60, of 6145 Shepherdstown Pike in Shenandoah Junction, W.Va., is charged with two counts of sexual assault in the third degree and one count of sexual [...]
Judge Gives Singapore Psychiatrist “one last chance”
The Straits Times Judge's ultimatum to witness: Appear or risk arrest By Walter Sim May 10, 2013 Psychiatrist Tommy Tan SINGAPORE - A psychiatrist who was supposed to testify in the sex-for-grades corruption trial was on Tuesday given "one last chance" to appear, or risk being arrested and hauled to court. Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye issued the ultimatum on Tuesday after Dr Tommy Tan missed several court dates despite having been subpoenaed. As he adjourned proceedings until 2.30pm today, the judge said: "In the meantime, I am going to issue a warrant of arrest against him. Either [...]
Raymond Kam, Boston Psychiatrist, barred from practicing – says 16-year-old patient suffered from “evil spirits”
The Boston Globe Doctor barred for 'spiritual diagnosis'; Sought to convert troubled teen and failed to report alleged abuse By Evan Allen May 11, 2013 Psychiatrist Raymond Kam A Boston Children's Hospital psychiatrist who became convinced his 16-year-old patient suffered from "evil spirits" and appointed himself as her spiritual mentor has been barred from practicing medicine, according to the state Board of Registration in Medicine. Raymond W. Kam gave the girl a cross to wear in exchange for a different, undisclosed religious symbol she had on; he also took her to church with him and let her stay [...]
Edward Rossario, Florida Psychiatrist, Sentenced for Sex with Patient
Fort Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel PSYCHIATRIST SENTENCED FOR SEX WITH PATIENT April 2, 1978 ORLANDO — A Daytona Beach psychiatrist who admitted having sexual affair with a patient was placed on three years probation yesterday by the Florida Board of Medical Examiners, which rejected a recommendation of harsher punishment. Just before board members cast the final vote on his probation. Dr. Edward J. Rossario told them in tear-choked halting English that, "Any decision by the board could not he any more punishment than I have suffered in my heart." The decision ended a four-year ordeal for Rossario, a Cuban [...]
Kiran Sukeri, South Africa Psychiatrist, claims were “unreliable”
News24 Tower Psychiatric Hospital is no Life Esidimeni - health ombudsman August 23, 2018 Canny Maphanga Psychiatrist Kiran Sukeri Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba has recommended that psychiatrist Dr Kiran Sukeri be suspended, finding that claims he had made about Tower Psychiatric Hospital were "unreliable". "The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) should consider the immediate suspension of Dr Sukeri until his fitness for office can be determined," Makgoba announced at a briefing on Thursday at the Medical Research Council in Pretoria. The hospital in Fort Beaufort made national headlines earlier this year due to Sukeri's claims about the [...]
Alexander Grinberg, San Francisco Psychiatrist – Judge wants to know more about his “probationary status arising out of complaints of unprofessional conduct and gross negligence”
Herald Mail Media Jailed Russian of interest in US election probe, official says By Kartikay Mehrotra August 25, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — A Russian charged with hacking LinkedIn is of great interest in a U.S. probe of election meddling, according to a Justice Department official, even as his own lawyers complain he hasn’t cooperated with them since landing in a California jail in March. The mystery around Yevgeniy Nikulin deepened Friday when a federal judge asked why his lawyers, who want him evaluated for possible mental illness, chose a San Francisco psychiatrist with a troubled past at California’s medical board. [...]
Gerald Klee, Psychiatrist, did LSD Experiments on U.S. Soldiers
UPI Psychiatrist in Army LSD experiments dies March. 9, 2013 Psychiatrist Gerald Klee Gerald D. Klee, a psychiatrist involved in secret research in which U.S. soldiers were given LSD in the 1950s, has died in Maryland, his family said. He was 86. Klee, an expert on the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, died Sunday of complications from surgery at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, north of Baltimore, The Baltimore Sun reported. The psychiatrist made headlines in 1975 when he confirmed the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Psychiatric Institute was involved in [...]