MEDIA

Alan Emamdee, New Mexico Psychiatrist, arrested for sexually abusing patient

kob4 Farmington psychiatrist arrested for sexually abusing patient Devin Neeley July 21, 2017 FARMINGTON, N.M. -- A Farmington doctor is behind bars after being arrested for sexual abuse of a patient, and police say there could be more victims. Farmington police arrested psychiatrist Alan Emamdee and charged him with six counts of criminal sexual penetration and five counts of criminal sexual contact. “These were all visits to his office during office hours that were part of supposed treatment,” said George Joy, a detective with the Farmington Police Department. Emamdee was employed by San Juan Health Partners for the last three [...]

Lars Søndergård

Psychiatrist Lars Søndergård Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed Kritik i forbindelse med udfærdigelsen af erklæring - speciallæge Lars Søndergård (autID 00Q0K) Sundhedsvæsenets Disciplinærnævn finder grundlag for at kritisere speciallæge i psykiatri Lars Søndergård (autID 00Q0K) i forbindelse med udfærdigelsen af erklæring af 7. juli 2015 til Center vedrørende , da speciallægen har overtrådt autorisationslovens § 20, stk. 1. Sundhedsvæsenets Disciplinærnævn finder ikke grundlag for at kritisere, at speciallæge i psykiatri Lars Søndergård (autID 00Q0K) har videregivet oplysninger til Center om den 7. juli 2015, da speciallægen ikke har overtrådt sundhedslovens § 40, jf. § 43, stk. 2, nr. 1. Klagen [...]

Kim Joergen Holtz

stiften.dk Psykiater igen dømt skyldig i groft misbrug af patient AF: MARIE-LOUISE ANDERSEN Publiceret 27. april 2017 kl. 16:25 1/1 Landsretten har stadfæstet byrettens dom over en psykiater, der udnyttede sin position som læge til at opnå sex med en patient. Foto: Kim Haugaard 0 kommentarersend til en venSend Print Twitter Facebook En i dag 40-årig kvinde fik torsdag Landrettens ord for, at hendes tidligere psykiater har udnyttet hendes behandlingsmæssige afhængighed til flere gange at skaffe sig sex med hende. Retten stadfæster dermed den kendelse, som byretten afsagde i 201 AARHUS: Et patient-læge forhold udviklede sig i sommeren 2014 til [...]

California Psychiatrist Michael Vivian throws in the towel

Ventura Star Ventura psychiatrist surrenders medical license By Tom Kisken July 12, 2017 Psychiatrist Michael Vivian A Ventura psychiatrist accused of violating his medical probation surrendered the license that allowed him to practice as a doctor in California, regulators said. Dr. Michael Vivian was placed on five years probation by the Medical Board of California last year after being accused of using amphetamines in his office, including a 2014 incident when he was allegedly found passed out. He entered a drug treatment program later that year. In October last year, the board issued an order to stop Vivian’s medical [...]

Psychiatrist Omar Hasan fighting suspension of license over allegations of inappropriate relationship with patient

The Register Herald Beckley psychiatrist files petition for appeal in licensure suspension Wendy Holdren July 12, 2017 An attorney representing Beckley psychiatrist Dr. Omar Hasan has filed a petition for appeal after the West Virginia Board of Medicine suspended the psychiatrist's medical license, claiming he had an inappropriate relationship with a patient. In the appeal, attorney Stuart McMillan argues the hearing examiner's findings of fact and conclusions of law — which determined a sexual relationship could not be proven between Hasan and his patient — were wrongfully rejected. "Even more concerning, the board provided no deference to its hearing examiner [...]

Rajesh Jain, UK Psychiatrist, allegedly made inappropriate comments which left patients in shock or in tears

Daily Mail Psychiatrist 'rubbed his thighs, licked his lips and darted his tongue in and out as he grilled patient over her sex life' By Paddy Dinham July 13, 2017 Psychiatrist Rajesh Jain A psychiatrist rubbed his thighs and licked his lips as he counselled a woman over her love life during a series of sexually-charged consultations with vulnerable patients, a medical tribunal heard today. Dr Rajesh Jain, 46, pulled his chair up close to the patient, sat with his legs open and stared at her intently as he asked her if she had frequent sex with her boyfriend, [...]

Philip Ney, British Columbia Psychiatrist, Charged with Animal Cruelty

iheartradio.ca SOOKE RESIDENT DR. PHILIP NEY CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY By Sandy Hall July 19th, 2017 Psychiatrist Philip Ney Sooke resident, Dr. Philip Ney, has been charged with animal cruelty following the death of his 6 year old mix-breed dog "Star". Ney is a psychiatrist who ran for public office several times, including 2 terms as a Victoria School Board Trustee. Senior SPCA animal protection officer Erika Paul says Star appeared to have had many litters of puppies over the years, including 14 puppies in January. Paul says according to Ney only 4 puppies in the litter survived and [...]

Mogens Broedsgaard, Danish Psychiatrist, Criticized for Treatment of Patient

Danish health care service disciplinary board Criticism of treatment - Psychiatrist Mogens Broedsgaard Publication Date: December 17, 2015 Psychiatrist Mogens Broedsgaard The Danish health care service disciplinary board find the basis for criticizing Psychiatrist Mogens Broedsgaard for his treatment of in the period from the 4th of February 2013 to the 7th of March 2014 in his clinic, as the Psychiatrist has violated the authorization section 17. The complaint The complaint is as follows: did not receive a proper treatment by psychiatrist Mogens Broedsgaard in the period from the 4th of February 2013 [...]

Harry Henderson, La Mesa Psychiatrist, negligently prescribed the powerful and dangerous “holy trinity”

nbcsandiego.com Medical Board Alleges East County Psychiatrist Negligently Prescribed Controlled Substances to Addicts By Paul Krueger July 7, 2017 The Medical Board of California wants to revoke the license of an East County doctor who allegedly wrote hundreds of controlled-substance prescriptions for drug-addicted patients, without proper examinations and medical need. In a detailed, 94-page document filed on June 29, the Medical Board accused Dr. Harry Henderson III of gross negligence, repeated acts of clearly excessive prescribing, failure to maintain adequate and accurate medical records, and other licensing violations. The accusation alleges Henderson has a history of negligence involving six patients [...]

Lee Hartman, Texas Psychiatrist, Injected Prison Inmates with LSD

Texas Tribune My grandfather was a death row doctor. He tested psychedelic drugs on Texas inmates. An Austin-based writer's quest to learn his grandfather's story leads to death row — and a little-known series of experiments that involved giving hallucinogens to inmates in the early 1960s. By Ben Hartman July 5, 2017 Editor's note: In this special contribution to The Texas Tribune, Austin writer Ben Hartman tells the story of his search for the truth about his late grandfather, a prison psychiatrist on Texas' death row who performed little-known medical experiments on inmates in the 1960s. Eusebio Martinez was polite [...]

Greg Paniccia, San Diego Psychiatrist, accused of gross negligence and overprescribing

nbcsandiego.com South Bay Psychiatrist Accused Of Overprescribing Controlled Substances By Paul Krueger July 6, 2017 A South Bay psychiatrist, Dr. Greg Paniccia, is accused of gross negligence and overprescribing controlled substances to five patients, according to an accusation filed by the Medical Board of California. The 41-page document also asks an administrative judge to revoke or suspend Paniccia’s license. The accusation, filed in the administrative law court on May 1, alleges Paniccia prescribed narcotics, sedatives and other powerful drugs “...without an appropriate prior examination and medical indication,” and that “...he knew or reasonably should have known” that four of those [...]

Christopher Doyle, Ontario Psychiatrist, in Hot Water – “inability to maintain a strict doctor-patient relationship”

Waterloo Region Record Cambridge doctor faces hearing by Johanna Weidner Jul 05, 2017 Ontario Psychiatrist Christopher Doyle CAMBRIDGE — A Cambridge psychiatrist is again facing allegations of professional misconduct. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario will hold a hearing to decide if Dr. Christopher Doyle committed acts of professional misconduct and if he's incompetent. A date has not yet been set. Doyle has taken a leave of absence from Cambridge Memorial Hospital while the matter is before the college. Doyle was hired by Cambridge Memorial in 2010, less than a year after being disciplined by the college [...]

John Stevens, English Psychiatrist, initially reluctant to help ill passenger on flight – then billed American Airlines four hours for his time

ILL British Medical Journal Doctor demands payment for helping airline passenger By Clare Dyer September 12, 1998 Psychiatrist John Stevens A doctor who answered an emergency call on a transatlantic flight will break new legal ground next month when he goes to court in a bid to force the airline to pay for his services. John Stevens, a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, was returning with his family from a holiday in California in January 1997 when the call for a doctor went out over the American Airlines jet’s public address system. Dr Stevens, who divides his time between Springfield [...]

Omar Hasan, WV Psychiatrist, found not credible by Board of Medicine after denying sexual relationship with patient

Register-Herald Beckley psychiatrist's license suspended due to inappropriate patient relationship By Wendy Holdren June 26, 2017 Psychiatrist Omar Hasan The West Virginia Board of Medicine has suspended for one year the license of a Beckley psychiatrist due to an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former patient. Dr. Omar Khalid Hasan of Raleigh Psychiatric Services denied the allegations, but after reviewing testimony presented at a four-day hearing, the board found “clear and convincing evidence” of the relationship. The board found that Hasan departed from the standards of acceptable medical practice in regard to his outside-the-office communications with the patient and [...]

Shoichiro Kaneko, Japanese Psychiatrist, Gets 5 year prison term – negligent in plowing his car into 5 people, killing one

The Mainichi Doctor handed 5-year prison term after epileptic fit led to fatal car crash June 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Shoichiro Kaneko A doctor who plowed his car into pedestrians in downtown Tokyo in 2015 after suffering an epileptic fit, killing one of them and injuring four others, was handed a five-year prison term on June 27. The Tokyo District Court convicted the defendant, 55-year-old Shoichiro Kaneko, of dangerous driving resulting in death and injury under the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Injury or Death on Others by Driving a Vehicle. Prosecutors had demanded that Kaneko be imprisoned for [...]

Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk of Chicago Fined $100,000 – Immigration Fraud

LAW360 Doc Giving Citizenship Test Waiver Gets Probation, $100K Fine By Jessica Corso May 22, 2017 Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced to three years probation and a $100,000 fine Monday by a judge who questioned why it took the federal government so long to indict him for trying to procure a U.S. citizenship test waiver for at least one immigrant patient. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said at a hearing Monday that three years of probation without home confinement was “sufficient but not greater than necessary” to punish Marek Walczyk for signing off on a waiver [...]

Faruk Abuzzahab, 85-year-old Minnesota Psychiatrist, “surrounded by controversy and complaints for decades”

Minneapolis WCCO Investigation Into Man’s Death Reveals Depth Of Minnesota’s Prescription Drug Problem By Liz Collin May 30, 2017  Psychiatrist Faruk Abuzzahab A Twin Cities family wants answers after they believe a psychiatrist went too far in prescribing medications to their son and brother. Mike Arens died 18 months ago. WCCO found the doctor writing his prescriptions has been in trouble before. WCCO investigates the psychiatrist who’s been on the state’s radar for decades and the upcoming changes to better track what medications Minnesotans take. Known for his generosity and signature smile, Mike Arens grew up the middle boy [...]

Henrik Day Poulsen, Controversial Danish Psychiatrist, gets massive criticism for “careless treatment of patients”

Translation provided by Ulrik Pedersen Avisen DK By Freja Wedenborg January 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen The controversial psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen is receiving criticism from the health care Disciplinary Board, which evaluates the complaint cases in health care. In one case he diagnosed a patient with paranoid schizophrenia after just one and a half hour consultation. This is the conclusion from the Board's decision in the complaint case, which has been publicised on the website www.sundhed.dk. Inadequate basis "it is the Disciplinary Committee's assessment that the diagnosis was made on an inadequate basis, because a conversation of [...]

Temitope Oluwagbemisola Ademola, Scottish Psychiatrist, convicted of assaulting patient , kicking her and covering her mouth to stop breathing

The Press and Journal NHS Grampian doctor suspended for assaulting disabled patient By Jon Hebditch June 8, 2017 Royal Cornhill Psychiatric Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland A former NHS Grampian doctor has been suspended after assaulting and threatening a disabled patient. Dr Temitope Oluwagbemisola Ademola has been disciplined by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) following her actions at Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen in December 2014 and January 2015. Dr Ademola was convicted in November, 2015 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court of assaulting a patient, known only as patient A, at the Bracken ward of the hospital – by kicking her on [...]

Jason Hui-Tek Yang, California Psychiatrist, convicted for involvement in insurance fraud

Business Insurance By Joyce Famakinwa June 8, 2017 The California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation said Wednesday it has suspended Pasadena, California-based psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in California’s workers compensation system. Dr. Yang was convicted in Riverside County Superior Court for his involvement in an insurance fraud conspiracy that involved referring patients for unnecessary care to justify workers comp billing, the California Department of Industrial Relations said in a statement. Dr. Yang has more than 2000 active workers comp liens with an estimated total claim value of more than $13.7 million, according to [...]