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Jonathon Thomas, Wisconsin Psychiatrist, suspended for sexual contact with two patients
Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin) Officials suspend doctor's license By Andy Nelesen June 11, 2009 State officials have suspended the medical license of a Green Bay psychiatrist, alleging he had sexual contact with two female patients. A formal complaint was filed May 18 against Dr. Jonathon W. Thomas, which led to the suspension. Thomas recently moved his practice to NEW Behavorial Medicine LLC, 1543 Park Place, Ashwaubenon, after practicing with Riverside Psychiatric Group SC in Ledgeview. The suspension prohibits Thomas from practicing medicine for 30 days and can be extended while disciplinary proceedings go forward.
Kenneth Spaulding, Missouri Psychiatrist, Sued by patient after sexual misconduct
Missouri Lawyers Media Verdicts & Settlements: Hospital settles with former psych patient By Allison Retka October 10, 2011 Psychiatrist Kenneth Spaulding A woman who claimed her psychiatrist carried on a sexual relationship with her has reached a confidential settlement with the Kansas City psychiatric hospital that hired the doctor. In 2009, the Missouri Division of Professional Registration suspended the license of the psychiatrist, named in court records as Dr. Kenneth Spaulding, for having inappropriate relationships with patients. The woman settled confidentially with Spaulding last year, said one of her attorneys, Chad C. Lucas. The woman checked in to Two [...]
Walter Ocampo Anderson, Indiana psychiatrist, arrested at psych hospital – Medicaid fraud
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Psychiatrist arrested on fraud charges Madison State Hospital doctor By Harold J. Adams January 11, 2002 A staff psychiatrist at Madison State Hospital has been arrested on federal charges of health care fraud and money laundering involving the Medicaid program in Mississippi. Internal Revenue Service agents took Dr. Walter Ocampo Anderson of Lexington, Ind., into custody Tuesday at the mental hospital, where he has been on staff since May of last year after practicing in Mississippi. At the time Anderson was hired, he was under indictment on state charges in Mississippi, accused of bilking its Medicaid [...]
GLORIA VANDERBILT won a $1.5 million judgment against her former psychiatrist Christ Zois and her former lawyer
New York Times September 29, 1993 By Nadine Brozan GLORIA VANDERBILT has won a $1.5 million judgment against her former psychiatrist and her former lawyer, who is now deceased, The Associated Press reported yesterday. They were accused of preying on her wealth and emotional fragility. Justice EDWARD J. GREENFIELD of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan said he agreed with a lawyers' disciplinary committee that concluded in 1992 that Thomas A. Andrews, the lawyer, had misappropriated funds and diverted them to himself and to Dr. Christ L. Zois, the psychiatrist. "In her mind, the worst betrayal was by the psychiatrist, [...]
Adam Travis, San Fran Psychiatrist – not allowed to see female patients without a chaperone
KPIX 5 San Mateo Bay Area Psychiatrist On Leave Amid Investigation By Devin Fehely April 25, 2018 Psychiatrist Adam Travis A well-known Bay Area psychiatrist is under investigation with new documents revealing he is not being allowed see female patients without a chaperone. According to documents obtained by KPIX 5 from the California Medical Board, Dr. Adam Travis’ license was restricted Friday, barring him specifically from treating “female patients” without a “female third party chaperone present” at all times. The move comes as the state agency said it has conducted an investigation into Dr. Travis and is prepared to [...]
Convicted war criminal, Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic, appealing 40-year jail sentence
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE UN judges to hear Karadzic appeal against 40-year jail term By AFP April 20, 2018 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic THE HAGUE: Once-feared Bosnian Serb leader, now convicted war criminal, Radovan Karadzic, on Monday launches his appeal before UN judges, seeking to overturn a 40-year jail term for abuses committed during Bosnia’s bloody 1990s conflict. Karadzic, 72, was sentenced to four decades behind bars in 2016 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, arising from the Balkan country’s three-year war which killed 100,000 people and left 2.2 million others homeless. The former strongman — with his recognisable [...]
Psych Kim Hyun-chul, Korea, inappropriate sexual relationships with patients, posted private information about one of his patients online – expelled from psych group
Korean Biomedical Review Korean psychiatrists bolster ethics education after ‘You Ah-in incident’ By Marian Chu April 20, 2018 Psychiatrist Kim Hyun Chul The Korean Neuropsychiatric Association said Thursday that it would add an ethics portion to the exam for psychiatric specialists following a controversial psychiatrist tweeting that a top Korean celebrity had bipolar disorder in December. The psychiatrist Kim Hyun-chul publicly claimed through a series of tweets that top star You Ah-in displayed symptoms of acute hypomania without having any experience of meeting, treating, or diagnosing the actor. Hypomania is a feature of bipolar II disorder characterized by little [...]
Connecticut psychiatrist Naimetulla Syed, paid $422,641 to resolve allegations that he submitted false Medicaid claims
CTPOST Med Board Fines Newtown Psychiatrist, Ansonia Doctor By Kate Farrish April 19, 2018 --- EXCERPT The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday disciplined three doctors, including fining a Newtown psychiatrist $15,000 for submitting false insurance claims. In 2016, the doctor, Naimetulla Syed, paid $422,641 to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid between 2009 and 2013, state and federal officials said in a news release at the time. An investigation revealed that he used a code for psychotherapy sessions lasting 45 to 50 minutes when in most cases, he only saw the patients for five [...]
Brian Cassmassi, Calabasas psychiatrist, showed his patient gay porn, exposed his penis and began masturbating in front of him
The Acorn Lewd psychiatrist could lose license By Ian Bradley April 18, 2018 Psychiatrist Brian Cassmassi Calabasas psychiatrist Brian Cassmassi faces a June 4 court date relating to charges that he exposed himself to a male patient in his office. Cassmassi, who is in danger of losing his medical license, is accused of an October 2015 incident in which he showed the patient gay pornography, exposed himself and began masturbating. Cassmassi, 34, was charged with indecent exposure and pleaded no contest in December 2016. He was placed on probation for 36 months and his medical license restricted. He was [...]
Claudio Soares, University of Alberta head of psychiatry, facing sex misconduct charges
CBCNEWS New University of Alberta psychiatry chair facing sexual misconduct allegation By Charles Rusnell Sep 11, 2012 Psychiatrist Claudio de Novaes Soares The University of Alberta's new head of psychiatry is facing an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a female patient in Ontario. Documents obtained by CBC News indicate the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons will hold a hearing into the allegation that Dr. Claudio de Novaes Soares had sexual relations with a woman who was a patient between November 2007 and May 2009. At that time, he was a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton. A date [...]
Phillip Bird, Aussie Psychiatrist, accused of wrongly drugging patients who suffered catastrophic consquences
Sunshine Coast Daily 'Drugs turned patients to monsters': Doctor faces misconduct by JESSICA GREWAL January 21, 2017 Psychiatrist Philip Bird A RESPECTED psychiatrist with an exclusive private practice in the heart of the Sunshine Coast stands accused of wrongly diagnosing and drugging patients who suffered catastrophic consequences. Amid allegations he was prescribing potentially toxic doses of the speed-like drug dex-amphetamine, widely used on hyperactive children, the Australian Medical Board is pursuing Dr Phillip Bird for alleged professional misconduct - namely favouring a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder rather than treating a patient's primary mental illness. A series of [...]
William Kadish, Mass. Psychiatrist, license revoked – sex with patient leaving her “severely traumatized” – admits his behavior was “an extreme and grotesque deviation from any rational conception of treatment”
The Boston Globe BOARD CITES 'MISCONDUCT,' REVOKES PSYCHIATRIST'S LICENSE By Judith Gaines August 26, 2001 Psychiatrist William Kadish The two women trusted their doctor, and he concedes that he betrayed that trust in "grotesque" ways. Citing "gross misconduct in the practice of medicine" and "extreme deviation from any clinically appropriate standard of care," the Massachusetts Board of Registry in Medicine last week revoked the license of William A. Kadish, 44, who was director of psychiatry at UMass Memorial Marlborough Hospital. At the hospital, Kadish supervised physicians and patients, planned curriculum, lectured on treating addiction and abuse, and, according to [...]
Bartholomeus Lakeman, UK Psychiatrist, Scored badly on competence tests – wants job back
Evening Express Struck off Aberdeen doctor launches bid to start working again By Dale Haslam April 6, 2018 A doctor who lost his job working in Aberdeen after scoring badly on competence tests has launched a bid to start working again. Dr Bartholomeus Lakeman worked for NHS Grampian as a doctor in child and adolescent psychiatry in Aberdeen between 2004 and 2010. He was struck off after concerns were raised to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) about his performance levels. Dr Lakeman has applied to the MPTS for permission to be put back on the register, allowing him to [...]
Resiliana (aka Priscillana) Gilboy, Phillipine Psychiatrist, Arrested for Extortion
The Manila Times Former BJMP doctor nabbed for extortion BY Rhea Ruth Rosell April 5, 2018 Psychiatrist Priscillana Lee Gilboy Police arrested a retired psychiatrist of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and her sister-in-law in an entrapment in Barangay Mabolo in Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) identified the suspects as former superintendent Resiliana Lee Gilboy, 49, of Mount View Village, Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, and Fatima Gilboy, 45, of Cavite West, Palo, Leyte. Chief Inspector Chuck Barandog, CIDG team leader, said a male BJMP applicant went to their office [...]
David Ruben, Tucson Psychiatrist, indicted on 26 felony charges alleging he illegally prescribed opioids to multiple patients
azcentral.com Tucson doctor charged with unlawfully prescribing opioids By Gabrielle Olivera April 4, 2018 Psychiatrist David Ruben A Tucson doctor has been indicted on 26 felony charges alleging he illegally prescribed opioids to multiple patients, the Arizona Attorney General's Office said Wednesday. Dr. David Alan Ruben, 70, a medical doctor and board certified psychiatrist, was prohibited from prescribing, administering or dispensing any Schedule 2 controlled substances for two years by the Arizona Medical Board in February 2016. Despite that order, Ruben continued prescribing Hydrocodone and Oxycodone to 11 different patients on 25 separate occasions between September 2016 and March [...]
Delaware Psychiatrist Gregory Villabona; “immediate danger to public safety” – history of sex offenses
Associated Press State April 3, 2018 Hearing delayed for psychiatrist accused of sex offenses Delaware Psychiatrist Gregory Villabona DOVER, Del. (AP) - Attorneys for a Delaware psychiatrist with a history of sex offenses have stalled his disciplinary hearing until next month. The delay gives Gregory Villabona's lawyers more time to delve into two Department of Justice investigations that outline serious allegations against 69-year-old Gregory Villabona, including that he prescribed opioids to known drug addicts and bartered treatment for guns. Deputy Attorney General Stacey Stewart protested the delay, saying witnesses may be too intimated to come forward. The News Journal of [...]
Ian de Saxe, Aussie Psychiatrist – mutual masturbation with patient during “treatment” – found guilty of engaging in professional misconduct with three patients
Daily Mail Dr Ian de Saxe was found guilty of engaging in professional misconduct By Brooke Rolfe For Daily Mail Australia March 27, 2018 Psychiatrist Ian De Saxe A psychiatrist has been banned from practice for two years for telling an alleged sex offender his behaviour was 'OK' and offering to lie on his behalf. Dr Ian de Saxe, a Sydney practitioner, was found guilty of engaging in professional misconduct with three patients, dating back to 2010. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal deemed Dr de Saxe unfit for practice on Tuesday, ABC News reported. The tribunal suspended Dr [...]
James Lincoln Duffy, NY Psychiatrist, Medical Director, under investigation for misconduct, surrendered license – failed to tell Putnam Hospital Center
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY) Hospital not told of license surrender By Melissa Klein May 17, 2002 CARMEL - When Dr. James Lincoln Duffy resigned as medical director of Putnam Hospital Center earlier this month, he told hospital officials he was leaving for personal reasons. Duffy, who was known as "Linc," did not say he had been under investigation by a state medical oversight board for misconduct and had agreed to surrender his medical license. "We were completely unaware of this," Marje Schneider, a hospital spokeswoman, said yesterday. Schneider said hospital officials learned of the allegations against Duffy last [...]
Charles Williams (aka C. Donald Williams); Washington Psychiatrist, disciplined for inappropriate sexual contact with women patients
The Seattle Times PSYCHIATRIST HASSLED FOR PAST MISTAKES? -- INVESTIGATION REACTIVATED AFTER WOMAN INQUIRES ABOUT SEXUAL-CONTACT COMPLAINT By Peter Lewis June 22, 1993 Psychiatrist Charles Williams A Yakima psychiatrist, disciplined five years ago for inappropriate sexual contact with women patients, alleges the state Medical Disciplinary Board has bowed to political pressure and is hounding him for the same conduct for which he's already been punished. Lawyers for Dr. C. Donald Williams, who are asking a federal judge to halt what they claim is harassment of the doctor, say the board acted to take his license after U.S. Rep. Jay [...]
Antonio Colotto, Italian Psychiatrist – being investigated for Forgery and Corruption
Ansa.It Peculiar, investigated former primary Psychiatry Power of attorney, irregular intramoenia and money for certified forgery Editorial Staff March 29, 2018 Psychiatrist Antonio Colotto Antonio Colotto , former director (now retired) of the Department of mental health of the Valle d'Aosta, is being investigated by the aostana prosecutor in an investigation for peculation , forgery and corruption . The ANSA has learned it. The hypothesis of the investigators is that he has withheld the money (which should have gone to the health care company) of some visits carried out under the freelance profession and received money in exchange for [...]
Patsy Firth, Maryland Psychiatrist, reprimanded – failure to maintain medical records on 10 juvenile patients
The Daily Record Md. psychiatrists disciplined The Daily Record Staff November 12, 2008 The Maryland Board of Physicians on Tuesday announced disciplinary actions against two Maryland-based psychiatrists for failing to meet basic standards of psychiatric care. According to a board announcement, Dr. Myron Brenner of Owings Mills "surrendered his license to avoid disciplinary charges and the prosecution of the charges based on his unprofessional and sexual relationship with a female patient while under his care as her treating psychiatrist. " Brenner may not apply for nor seek reinstatement of his medical license for five years. In the second case, Dr. [...]
Myron Brenner, Maryland Psychiatrist, surrendered his license to avoid disciplinary charges – sexual relationship with a female patient
The Daily Record Md. psychiatrists disciplined The Daily Record Staff November 12, 2008 The Maryland Board of Physicians on Tuesday announced disciplinary actions against two Maryland-based psychiatrists for failing to meet basic standards of psychiatric care. According to a board announcement, Dr. Myron Brenner of Owings Mills "surrendered his license to avoid disciplinary charges and the prosecution of the charges based on his unprofessional and sexual relationship with a female patient while under his care as her treating psychiatrist. " Brenner may not apply for nor seek reinstatement of his medical license for five years. In the second case, Dr. [...]
Delaware Psychiatrist Gregory Villabona – license suspended after sex, drug, gun complaints
The News Journal After sex, drug, gun complaints, state department suspends doctor's license By Margie Fishman March 19, 2018 Psychiatrist Gregory VillaBona A Dover psychiatrist, accused by the Department of Justice of bartering treatment for guns and failing to properly monitor patients' pain medications, had his license suspended Monday. Gregory Villabona, whose license has been on probation in Delaware off and on for 15 years, had his medical license and controlled substances privileges suspended for 60 days by Secretary of State Jeff Bullock. During that time, the state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline will conduct a disciplinary hearing [...]
Woonsocket psychiatrist Stuart Gitlow raided by FBI
NBC 10 FBI searches home, office of Woonsocket psychiatrist by NBC 10 March 21st 2018 Psychiatrist Stuart Gitlow FBI agents searched the home and the office of a Woonsocket psychiatrist who specializes in addiction. Officers had warrants to search Dr. Stuart Gitlow's property on Saturday as part of an ongoing investigation. The FBI told NBC 10 News that it could not comment. Gitlow told The Call of Woonsocket that agents were looking for patient records, but he doesn't know why.
Alfredo Cervantes, Virginia Psychiatrist, arrested on drug trafficking charges
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Lebanon, Virginia psychiatrist indicted on federal drug trafficking, healthcare fraud charge By Zach Irby March 20, 2018 Psychiatrist Alfredo Cervantes ABINGDON, Va. -- A Lebanon, Virginia-based psychiatrist faces 25 federal drug trafficking and healthcare fraud charges following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Abingdon. Alfredo Cervantes, 61, of Abingdon is charged in an indictment returned last week following his arrest on 23 counts of unlawfully distributing a Schedule IV controlled substance, one count of healthcare fraud and one count of wire fraud. Cervantes, a psychiatrist who provides treatment on an outpatient basis, engaged in [...]