MEDIA
Emery Berczeller – Psychiatrist accused of filing false claims
The New York Times August 13, 1981 2 Indicted by U.S. In Medicare Fraud A Federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted a psychiatrist and a psychologist on charges of filing false Medicare claims in a 15-month period at the Beacon Hall Home for Adults in Beacon, N.Y. The psychiatrist, Dr. Emery Berczeller of Forest Hills, Queens, and the psychologist, George Cohen of Spring Valley, N.Y., were accused of filing claims for services that were not performed. The defendants filed the claims after asking mentally disabled patients at the home to sign blank Medicare forms, according to the prosecutor, Sara E. [...]
Lowell Finkelstein – NYC Psychiatrist Arrested – Strangulation of Nude Man in his Apartment
The New York Times PSYCHIATRIST, 33, HELD IN SLAYING October 27, 1985 469 West 57th Street, NYC A 33-year-old psychiatrist was arrested yesterday in connection with the apparent strangulation of a man found nude in the psychiatrist's apartment in Manhattan, the police said. The police said they expected the psychiatrist, Dr. Lowell Finkelstein, to be charged with second-degree murder. Officers went to Dr. Finkelstein's apartment at 469 West 57th Street off Tenth Avenue at 8:42 A.M. yesterday after neighbors reported hearing the sounds of a struggle, the police said. A police spokesman said Dr. Finkelstein answered the door in the [...]
Robert E Bell Jr – Head Psychiatrist Arrested Over Cans of Tuna
The Miami Herald PRISON PSYCHIATRIST JAILED AFTER ALTERCATION May 22, 1991 By Herald Staff Florida State Prison's head psychiatrist was in jail Tuesday on charges of breaking into a Bradford County home and threatening his former girlfriend at knife-point. Robert E Bell Jr, who has worked at the Starke prison since 1988, was arrested after Donna Lee Brannen reported that he broke into her home. Investigators said he threatened to stab and kill her unless she returned items he claimed she had taken: chocolate syrup, several cans of tuna and some cigarettes. Bell was charged with armed burglary and aggravated [...]
Charles Culver – “Captain Ethics” Psychiatrist Expelled by the American Psychiatric Association
The Associated Press Medical Ethicist Disciplined for Affair With Patient Dateline: LEBANON, N.H. December 22, 1992 A psychiatrist once billed as "Captain Ethics" has been expelled by the American Psychiatric Association for allegedly having sex with a patient. Dr. Charles Culver, who helped found the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College, was investigated by the association after complaints by his former wife and a former patient, the Valley News of Lebanon reported Saturday. Culver was a psychiatrist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center before moving to Argentina in January. In a ruling released earlier this month, the association said he had "a personal [...]
Ewen Cameron – Psychiatrist did CIA LSD experiments
United Press International May 6, 1981 Psychiatrist Ewen Cameron Psychological treatment given Velma Orlikow at a Montreal hospital in the 1950s was not unlike ''brainwashing'' at concentration camps, an expert witness has told a court hearing her suit for damages. In Mrs. Orlikow's lawsuit against the Royal Victoria Hospital, the late Dr. Ewen Cameron is accused of having given her drugs and treatment that caused her permanent psychological damage. Cameron, former director of the hospital's Allan Memorial Institute, was described in court Tuesday as having been the foremost psychiatrist in Canada at the time Mrs. Orlikow, wife of federal [...]
Louis Tsavaris – License Revoked for Killing Patient
The Associated Press State Revokes Tsavaris' Medical License By Ken Klein October 11, 1982 Psychiatrist Louis Tsavaris State medical authorities have revoked the license of a Tampa psychiatrist because he was convicted of manslaughter in the death of a female patient, officials said Monday. Dr. Louis J. Tsavaris was barred from practicing medicine by the Florida Board of Medical Examiners at its meeting in Bal Harbour over the weekend. Last year, Tsavaris was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury found him guilty in the death of Cassandra "Sally" Burton, who died in 1975. Tsavaris is being [...]
Robert M Thompson – Psychiatrist, Got 200 Years in Prison
United Press International Dateline: Little Rock, Arkansas October 2, 1982 A psychiatrist convicted for homosexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to 200 years in prison and fined $200,000. "I'm still shocked," Dr. Robert M. Thompson said as he was led from the courtroom Friday. "I must be a pretty bad guy. I didn't know this was worse than murder." Thompson, 48, of North Little Rock received the maximum fine and prison sentence on each of 20 counts of carnal abuse. Deputy prosecutor Lloyd King said the 200-year sentence was one of the longest handed down and the fine [...]
Infamous Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Must Turn Himself In Within 48 Hours – Sexually Assaulted Male Patients – He Once “Treated” Gay Soldiers with Electric Shocks
Montreal Gazette Calgary psychiatrist guilty of sex assault loses appeal, must turn himself in By Bill Graveland April 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has refused to overturn a psychiatrist's three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. Levin, 75, had asked the Appeal Court last October to dismiss the convictions and order a new trial. He had remained free on bail while the appeal was being heard. But the court has ruled [...]
NY Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner – License Revoked – Sex with Patient, Morally Unfit, Gross Negligence, Gross Incompetence
Democrat & Chronicle Pittsford psychiatrist loses medical license By Patti Singer April 26, 2014 Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner A Pittsford psychiatrist has had his medical license revoked for misconduct, including gross negligence, gross incompetence and moral unfitness to practice medicine. Dr. Melvin K. Pisetzner, whose practice is at 1000 Pittsford-Victor Road, gives up his license Monday, according to the state Department of Health. A hearing committee of the department's Board for Professional Medical Conduct sustained numerous allegations on six charges. The charges also were for negligence on more than one occasion, incompetence on more than one occasion and failure to [...]
Video – Wisconsin Sleazebag Psychiatrist Ronald Rubin Smokes Pot with Teen Patient – “He’s a nightmare,” Patient’s Mother Says. Had Sex with another Patient. Overprescribed Adderal.
fox6now.com Psychiatrist accused of smoking pot with patient, overprescribing ADD meds April 27, 2014 by Meghan Dwyer Psychiatrist Ronald Rubin MEQUON (WITI) — Even the best kids can be difficult teenagers. But Debra Wilcox doesn’t blame puberty for her daughter’s transformation. She blames something else. “I think he thought he was God,” Wilcox said. Four years ago, her daughter got hooked on Adderall, a potent amphetamine prescribed for Attention Deficit Disorder. “I had a messed up daughter after this,” Wilcox said. She was prescribed 90 milligrams a day — more than twice the maximum recommended dose for an adult. [...]
Illinois Psychiatrist Gabriel Telot Surrenders his License when Confronted with Mysterious Disciplinary Action
Pantagraph.com Normal psychiatrist gives up license in face of board inquiry April 30, 2014 By T. J. Fowler Psychiatrist Gabriel Telot SPRINGFIELD — A psychiatrist in Normal has given up his medical license after facing unspecified claims by a state medical board. Dr. Gabriel Telot agreed to have his physician and surgeon license permanently relinquished, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The report doesn't specify any of the allegations made against Telot, but says that the Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board may find him in violation of state law if the [...]
Minnesota Psychiatrist James Jarmuskewicz Caught Peeping Under Stalls of Men’s Restroom in Louisiana
WDAY6 Child psychiatrist from Bemidji arrested for peeping in Baton Rouge bathroom By WDAY TV May 01, 2014 BATON ROUGE, LA -- LSU Police arrested a Minnesota man on suspicion of peeping under stalls of a men's restroom on campus. Psychiatrist James Jarmuskewicz LSUPD arrested James Jarmuskewicz, 56, of Wilton, Monday on peeping tom charges. Captain Cory Lalonde said police received a complaint that Jarmuskewicz had followed someone into a restroom in Middleton Library and laid on the floor to peer up into the victim's stall. The victim reported it to officers when he saw Jarmuskewicz in the library [...]
Oregon Psychiatrist Joel Rice Sentenced for Shooting 7 Cows
Capital Press Psychiatrist sentenced in cattle shooting By Mateusz Perkowski May 7, 2014 Psychiatrist Joel Rice LA GRANDE, Ore. — A psychiatrist from Eastern Oregon has pleaded guilty to seven counts of first degree animal abuse for shooting several cows last year. Joel Rice, 57, was sentenced to two days in jail and two years of probation, as well as $1,600 in fines and 369 hours of community service. As conditions of his probation, Rice must also build a corral on his property to hold trespassing cattle and rebuild a fence that separates his property from a neighbor’s. In [...]
Video – Washington State Psychiatrist Said Farzad Made Bomb Threat – Doesn’t Remember – “Anger Induced Blackout” He says
Psychiatrist Said Farzad KIRO Tacoma psychiatrist accused of making bomb threats speaks out May 12, 2014 TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma psychiatrist accused of threatening to blow up an insurance office said he might have made the threat, but doesn’t remember doing it because of an anger-induced blackout. Dr. Said Farzad was arrested May 6 by Bothell police after he allegedly told a representative from Molina Health Care over the phone that, "I am five minutes away from Bothell and I will bomb you when I get there. I have a gun. I want to shoot your director. [...]
Child Porn Psychiatrist wants to “treat” again
Billings Gazette Billings psychiatrist again seeks reinstatement of his medical license By Cindy Uken Psychiatrist James Peak A Billings child and adolescent psychiatrist who spent time in prison for possessing child pornography is trying yet again to get his medical license back so he can return to practice. Dr. James H. Peak has petitioned the state Board of Medical Examiners to reinstate his license when it meets Friday in Helena. Peak is expected to appear before the board, according to a spokesman for the board. Peak, 52, did not return phone calls Wednesday. Peak’s quest to get back his [...]
Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski Gets the Slammer – Sexual Misconduct
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Sentenced to Four Years For Abusing Patients By Avery Moore May 15, 2014 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski (right) “He was my support system, my parent, my confidant, my compass and my guide. He was my cheerleader,” she said as she stood before the man she had put all her trust in for over two decades. A man who sexually violated her and failed her in her time of need. “Stanley Dobrowolski, I trusted you,” the woman –one of 22 women whose names are protected under a publication ban– told her former psychiatrist in court on Thursday while [...]
Johnathan Greenfield – Psychiatrist – Grand Theft Arrest
Westbocanews.com 6 Arrests: DUI, Theft and More by Warren Redlich May 17, 2014 Excerpt: Psychiatrist Johnathan Greenfield Last, Johnathan Greenfield ... 44, was arrested early Monday by Boca PD, also for grand theft of a motor vehicle. His reported address is in Seasons of Boca Raton. We’re not sure, but it looks like he is a psychiatrist operating out of St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach with a secondary office on 441 in West Boca. He was last in the news in 2010 related to an employee accused of writing bogus prescriptions.
Extremist Psychiatrist Imran Waheed wants men and women segregated in public places
The Telegraph 'Extremist’ working as psychiatrist for NHS By Patrick Sawer and Ben Lazarus Apr 6, 2014 Psychiatrist Imran Waheed A British doctor responsible for the care of some of the country’s most vulnerable people can today be exposed as a senior leader of a radical Islamist party banned in several countries. Dr Imran Waheed is a consultant psychiatrist at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust, one of the largest of its kind in the country. He specialises in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and obsessive compulsive disorders, and also provides advice to courts [...]
NY Old Geezer Psychiatrist Kiyoshi Kimura – Illegally Sold Drug to Undercover Cop
Syracuse.com Syracuse psychiatrist, 82, accused of illegally selling prescription for drug used to treat heroin addictions By Jeff Stein April 15, 2014 Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh Syracuse, N.Y. -- A Syracuse doctor has been charged with illegally selling a prescription for Suboxone, a drug often used to treat heroin addictions, according to court documents. Kiyoshi Kimura, 82, was caught selling the prescription to an undercover detective with the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office for $350 on March 3, a criminal complaint says. The complaint against Kimura was publicly filed in City Criminal Court in early April. Kimura faces the [...]
Louisiana Child Psychiatrist Gary Jefferson Byrd Gets 15 Years in the Slammer – Child Porn – Previously Spent 10 years in Prison on another Child Pornography Case
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Former child psychiatrist sentenced to 15 years in child porn case Richard Burgess April 12, 2014 Psychiatrist - Gary Jefferson Byrd LAFAYETTE — A former Opelousas child psychiatrist was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Friday on child pornography charges that arose after his release from serving an earlier 10-year sentence in a separate pornography case. Gary Jefferson Byrd, 72, of Opelousas, also faced state sexual battery charges in the 1980s in St. Landry Parish for allegedly molesting two boys in his care, but those charges were dropped in an agreement that called [...]
Alaska Psychiatrist Shubhranjan Ghosh Nabbed in Medicaid Fraud Case – He billed $42,500 for “services” in his office while he was traveling internationally
KTUU Anchorage Psychiatrist Accused of Medicaid Fraud Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh faces four charges for alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, including billing fake patients Austin Baird Apr 16, 2014 Psychiatrist - Shubhranjan Ghosh ANCHORAGE - One day last summer, an employee who billed patients for psychiatrist Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh allegedly noticed something strange: a series of charges associated with a “patient” who had never been inside Ghosh's Anchorage office. Prosecutors say the discovery signaled the beginning of the end to what they call a large scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid, in which Ghosh is charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor. [...]
Wife Beating Psychiatrist Empee Vithayathil banned from psychiatry for a year
Cambridge News Wife-beating Cambridge psychiatrist Empee Vithayathil barred from profession for a year by Chris Havergal April 19, 2014 A psychiatrist who repeatedly assaulted his wife, breaking her ankle on one occasion, has been banned from the profession for a year. Cambridge-based Dr Empee Vithayathil, who was described as having ruled his household “with a rod of iron”, was suspended at the conclusion of a four-day hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. The hearing heard Dr Vithayathil had been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Cambridge Crown Court last year. He was also made subject [...]
Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – 3-week retrial begins Monday – accused of sexually molesting two men
Calgary Herald Doctor faces sexual assault retrial Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald March 01, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin A three-week retrial will begin Monday for a former forensic psychiatrist accused of molesting two patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin, 74, is accused of sexually molesting two men during their visits to his office at Peter Lougheed Centre. A jury was chosen on Friday to hear the case, which will be presided over by Justice Beth Hughes. The trial involves two of four counts of sexual assault that resulted in a hung jury after Levin's first trial. The two other counts were subsequently [...]
New Trial Commences for Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – Sexual Assault on Two Male “Patients”
Sun News New trial opens for psychiatrist accused of sexual assault By Kevin Martin March 3rd, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY ─ Suffering from depression, one to the point of being suicidal, two male patients were taken advantage of sexually by a prominent psychiatrist, court heard Monday. In his opening address to a Calgary jury, Crown prosecutor Dallas Sopko detailed the case he and co-counsel Shane Parker hope to lead against Dr. Aubrey Levin. Levin faces two charges of sexual assault in connection with incidents at his Calgary offices inside the Peter Lougheed Hospital. Sopko said both men were [...]
Sydney psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan Gets Prison Time – Inappropriate Touching of Young Girls
Sydney Morning Herald Ong Ming Tan jailed for abusing trust of psychiatric patients By Louise Hall March 6, 2014 Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan. Photo: Nick Moir A psychiatrist who abused the trust of four young women with eating disorders by touching them inappropriately and making sexually suggestive comments during private therapy sessions has been sentenced to at least two years jail. Ong Ming Tan, 40, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated indecent assault against four patients who were under his care for serious mental illnesses, including anorexia. The abuse occurred at a private hospital and a private clinic [...]