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Anjena Gandham, Saskatchewan – suspended for lying
Anjena Gandham Star Phoenix Psychiatrist-in-training suspended for lying about prescription By Kathy Fitzpatrick January 9, 2019 -- Excerpt A doctor training to be a psychiatrist is suspended from medical practice for one month for repeatedly lying about a prescription for a colleague she signed in contravention of the rules. Dr. Anjena Gandham was partway through a psychiatric residency program at the University of Saskatchewan when she was disciplined by her licensing body, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. Along with the suspension, Gandham was reprimanded and ordered to take an ethics course on professionalism...
Emily Lazarou, psychiatrist, “loose cannon”
Emily Lazarou Tampa Bay Times Pinellas judge: Controversial psychiatrist can testify in Jonchuck case By Dan Sullivan December 10, 2018 A forensic psychiatrist who has been criticized for being "biased and coercive" in her evaluations of criminal defendants will remain as an expert witness in the case of John Jonchuck, who is accused of dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge. Over vocal objections from defense attorneys, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Christine Helinger said Monday there was no need for a hearing on whether to boot Dr. Emily Lazarou from the case. "What you're suggesting is that she's a horrible psychiatrist," [...]
Anthony Wolf, Psychiatrist, Ann Arbor – sex with patient
Anthony Wolf The Detroit News State suspends Ann Arbor psychiatrist's license By Charles E. Ramirez November 12, 2018 -- Excerpt An Ann Arbor psychiatrist's medical license has been suspended for at least six months after he allegedly had a sexual relationship with a patient, according to documents filed with the state. Anthony John Wolf has also been fined $20,000 by the state's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. The state's Board of Medicine issued its order to suspend Wolf's license on Oct. 12, according to documents recently released by the licensing department... The psychiatrist allegedly began a sexual affair with [...]
Stephen Greer, Oklahoma VA Hospital Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Stephen Greer PRESS RELEASE Tulsa Man Sentenced To 21 Months For Tampering With Witness Thursday, October 25, 2018 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma VA Psychiatrist Inappropriately Involved With Patient MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stephen Lester Greer, age 58, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment and three years supervised release for Tampering With A Witness, Victim, Or Informant, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(b)(3). The charge arose from an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs - [...]
Samuel Loomis
Dead Entertainment Misdiagnosed: Psychiatrist Loses Medical License After Releasing Violent Murderer from Hospital The embattled Dr. Loomis thought “everything checked out” with patient Michael Myers. By The Rotting Corpse October 18 2018 Smith's Grove Sanitarium psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis recently came under fire for releasing a violent psychopath from his care following a less-than-thorough examination of the patient’s mental state. Michael Myers was committed to the facility after murdering his older sister and promptly put under the watch of the veteran doctor with a penchant for trusting his instincts. Unfortunately, those instincts gave him the totally wrong idea with respect [...]
Alexander Neumeister, Yale psychiatrist, Sentenced
Alexander Neumeister Yale News Ex-Professor Sentenced to Play Piano By Carly Wanna October 16, 2018 -- Excerpt Alexander Neumeister, a former associate professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, was sentenced to play the piano last Wednesday after pleading guilty in June to stealing government funds. Neumeister was a psychiatry professor at the New York University School of Medicine from 2011 to 2015. According to his guilty plea, Neumeister stole $87,000 from NYU as well as from other grant programs from 2012 to 2014. During his time as a researcher at Yale from 2004 to 2010, Neumeister was [...]
Kurt Freund, Czech psychiatrist Kurt Freund – Court Rules Psych’s Penis Measuring Treatment has “No Relation to Medical Treatment” and “No Evidence of any therapeutic benefit”
Appeals Court Rejects Arousal Test for Sex Offender BY TANYA CALDWELL JUNE 21, 2006 12 AM PT Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options TIMES STAFF WRITER A periodic test that measures a man’s response to erotic images is “Orwellian” because it examines his mind, not just his body, and should not be used because it deprives him of more freedom than necessary, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. In order to be released from prison, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson had ruled in 2001, Matthew Weber would have to subject himself to tests in which a pressure-sensitive electronic device is [...]
John Katzenberg, Townsend Psychiatrist, License revoked
John Katzenberg Lowell Sun Well-known Townsend doctor’s license revoked September 12, 2018, Updated: July 11, 2019. By Scott Shurtleff -- Excerpt TOWNSEND — A well-known physician with a long-standing downtown practice has had his state medical license revoked, in part for having a romantic relationship with a patient, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. The decision to revoke Dr. John P. Katzenberg’s medical license was announced recently following a disciplinary decision by the board on Aug. 9. According to a final report of action, the Internal Medicine doctor “engaged in a romantic relationship [...]
Kimberly Frank, Mequon Psychiatrist, “pleaded insanity”
FOX 6 Now Milwaukee 'It was just dropped, like it never happened:' Child psychiatrist still practicing after psychotic episode By Bryan Polcyn September 12, 2018 MEQUON — A Wisconsin psychiatrist pleaded insanity, and the court agreed, so how is she still practicing? ... In the spring of 2011, a mother took her three young children to a Naples, Florida beach, where a mentally unstable stranger mistook the children for her own. "The woman was yelling 'these are my kids. Jesus, these are my kids!'" said Ashli Minor, the mother of the three children. Minor lives in [...]
Riyaz Mazcuri, (Texas & Florida), psychiatrist, sentenced
Riyaz Mazcuri U.S. Department of Justice Press Release Houston Psychiatrist Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Role in $155 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Tuesday, September 4, 2018 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A Houston psychiatrist was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for his role in a $155 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false and fraudulent claims for psychiatric services. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston [...]
Harry Brown, Weston Psychiatrist – let his secretary sign prescriptions
Harry Brown Hartford Courant State Medical Board Disciplines 3 Doctors By Kate Farrish August 21, 2018 --Excerpt Also on Tuesday, the board rejected a consent order that would have imposed a $25,000 fine against a Weston psychiatrist who let his secretary sign prescriptions for controlled substances for herself and for patients he had not examined.The psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Brown, would also have been reprimanded and had his license placed on probation for two years under the order. Brown has surrendered his state registration to prescribe controlled substances. Board members said the proposed discipline was not stringent enough. From 2014 [...]
Peter Neubauer, Austria Psychiatrist, split up triplets at birth “to study them”
Peter Neubauer NaijaNews The Incredible Story Of The Identical Triplets Separated At Birth July 24, 2018 By Olawale Adeniyi -- Excerpt The triplets became a media phenomenon after they met at age 19, but things began to shift in the 1990s Robert, David and Eddy were born in a suburb of New York in July 1961. They were separated at birth and given to adoption for three different families. The three grew up unaware that they were identical twins, until, by a coincidence, they finally got to know each other. At age 19, Robert Shafran went to university for [...]
Aviel Goodman, Saint Paul Psychiatrist, Child Porn
Aviel Goodman Press Release Saint Paul Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Receipt Of Child Pornography Friday, July 20, 2018 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of AVIEL LI GOODMAN, 62, to one count of receipt of child pornography. GOODMAN, who was initially charged on February 20, 2018, pleaded guilty earlier today before U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed in court, on multiple occasions between March 1, 2015, and August 27, 2017, [...]
New Hartford psychiatrist accused of sexual abuse and forcible touching by CNYCentral UTICA, N.Y. — A New Hartford doctor is accused of forcible touching and sex abuse. Utica Police say Dr. Surendra K. Johri turned himself in on June 18 to face charges of third-degree sex abuse and forcible touching, which police say are related to alleged misconduct by Johri while working as a psychiatrist in Utica. Johri was booked on the charges and released, according to Utica Police. Utica Police say the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs assisted with the case. Anyone with [...]
Matthew Hopkins, Wyoming Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Matthew Hopkins Associated Press Jury convicts former Wyoming psychiatrist --Excerpt CODY, Wyo. (AP) - A former Wyoming psychiatrist has been found guilty of several charges stemming from a crash that injured another person. A jury in Cody convicted Matthew Hopkins of intentional misuse of a toxic product, controlled substance DUI and aggravated assault. The Cody Enterprise reports that District Judge David Park sentenced Hopkins to 18 to 36 months of prison, with credit for a little over two months he served last summer in jail. Prosecutors said Hopkins had been inhaling compressed air before the wreck occurred on March 14, [...]
Alain Pidolle, French psychiatrist, sentenced
Alain Pidolle Google translation: 20 MINUTES Strasbourg: A former psychiatrist sentenced to 13 years in prison for rape and sexual assault May 20, 2018 -- Excerpt The hearing was held behind closed doors. A former psychiatrist accused of rape and sexual assault by former patients was sentenced on Saturday to 13 years in prison by the Bas-Rhin Assize Court . Alain Pidolle was found guilty of raping two of his former patients and sexual assault on three others. Aggravating circumstances for these acts, "committed to a vulnerable person by a person abusing the authority conferred on him by his position", [...]
Psychiatrist Leon Fajerman, San Diego, surrenders license
Psychiatrist Leon Fajerman nbcsandiego.com South Bay Doctor Accused of Abuse Surrenders Medical License By NBC 7 Investigates May 16, 2018 -- Excerpt A South Bay psychiatrist accused of sexually abusing female patients has surrendered his medical license. According to documents released by the California Medical Board, Dr. Leon Fajerman fondled, kissed, or sexually abused eight women in his Chula Vista offices. Last year, an administrative judge suspended Fajerman's license after the first credible complaint was filed. After NBC 7 Investigates reported that decision, more women came forward claiming abuse...
Jo Erik Brøyn, Norway Psychiatrist, sentenced
Jo Erik Brøyn The Sunday Guardian A case exposing the double standards of Norway’s CPS By Nibedita Saha May 12, 2018 -- Excerpt One of Norway’s top child-protection policy experts, Jo Erik Brøyn, was sentenced to prison under the country’s child pornography laws. His arrest further discredits Norway’s Child Protection Services. A child psychiatrist and top child protection expert, 56-year-old Jo Erik Brøyn, who in 2010 became the single father to two Indian surrogate babies, has been sentenced to nearly two years’ jail under Norway’s child pornography laws. Brøyn was found guilty of possessing and sharing an enormous quantity of [...]
Mani Pavuluri, Psychiatrist, University of Illinois, “put children at risk”
Mani Pavuluri Propublica The $3 Million Research Breakdown How a star psychiatrist at the University of Illinois at Chicago violated protocols and put children at risk. by Jodi S. Cohen April 26. 2018 -- Excerpt For nearly two decades, the University of Illinois at Chicago has touted child psychiatrist Mani Pavuluri as one of its stars: She founded a renowned clinic to treat children with bipolar disorder and secured millions of dollars in coveted federal funding to help unlock the mysteries of the disease. Parents from around the country brought their children to see her. She helped boost the university [...]
Ian McAlpine, Perth child psychiatrist, sentenced
Ian McAlpine ABC NEWS Former child psychiatrist Ian Stuart McAlpine jailed over sexual assault of teenager By Briana Shephard April 18, 2018 Ian Stuart McAlpine walks down steps outside a court building in Perth wearing a black jumper and pants. The assaults by Ian Stuart McAlpine included sexual penetration on the teenager's 18th birthday.(ABC News) A former Perth child psychiatrist has been sentenced to five years and two months in prison for sexually and indecently assaulting a female patient almost 30 years ago. Ian Stuart McAlpine, 70, stood trial for 17 offences allegedly committed between 1988 and 1990 against two [...]
James Yelton-Rossello, Florida psychiatrist, alleged to have molested jailed psychiatric patients
James Yelton-Rossello Daily Mail Doctors all over the US are keeping their licenses to practice medicine despite rampant sexual misconduct against patients, shocking investigation reveals By Associated Press April 14, 2018 -- Excerpt The lenience of penalties for sexually abusive doctors sometimes a source of frustration even for members of the medical board who administer the discipline, according to Jason Rosenberg, a former chairman of the Florida medical board. 'This is incredibly inappropriate,' Rosenberg said during one 2013 meeting when Florida's medical board allowed James Yelton-Rossello, a psychiatrist alleged to have molested jailed psychiatric patients, to keep his license. The [...]
Thomas Radecki, Pennsylvania psychiatrist, not too old for prison
Thomas Radecki PENNLIVE Psychiatrist convicted in drugs-for-sex scheme isn't too old for prison, Pa. court says --Excerpt A Pennsylvania psychiatrist who traded pills to 13 female drug addicts for sex in a bid to build a "commune" could be fated to die in prison. The odds of that happening to 72-year-old Thomas Radecki increased this week when a state Superior Court panel refused to overturn his 11- to 22-year jail term. In an opinion by Judge Victor P. Stabile, the state court rejected Radecki's argument that his sentence is too long. In short, Stabile found that Radecki doesn't deserve a [...]
William Lewek, NY Psychiatrist, Back to Prison
Democrat and Chronicle William Lewek, who admitted to burying body, back in jail on parole violations --Excerpt William Lewek, the former psychiatrist who admitted to burying the body of a dead man in his backyard, has been returned to jail on three parole violations. Lewek, 66, is accused of possessing hydrocodone and failing to seek a mental health evaluation. There are two violations related to the mental health issue, according to Lewek's attorney, Matthew Parrinello. Lewek, who has lost his medical license, pleaded guilty in February 2015 to burying the body of 32-year-old Matthew Straton in the backyard of [...]
Bandy Lee, “Armchair Psychiatrist”
Bandy Lee Washington Examiner Trump's doctor dismisses dementia fears: 'That's just tabloid psychiatry'The Examiner (Washington, DC) January 16, 2018 Tuesday -- Excerpt White House physician Ronny Jackson on Tuesday said the idea that President Trump has mental health issues was "tabloid psychiatry," dismissing a claim that some mental health experts are making even though they haven't examined the president. "People shouldn't be making those types of assessments about the president unless they've had the opportunity to get to know him and examine him, and in my opinion, that's just tabloid psychiatry and I'm not going to [...]
James Cowan, Ridgewood psychiatrist, license revoked
James Cowan The Record (Bergen County, NJ) RIDGEWOOD DOCTOR LOSES HIS LICENSE --Excerpt A Ridgewood psychiatrist who worked from a home office had his license revoked, a week after he pleaded guilty to prescribing Adderall, officials said Friday. Dr. James Cowan Jr.'s license to practice medicine was taken from him by the state Medical Examiner Office, records show. Cowan pleaded guilty in Superior Court Nov. 30 to illegally prescribing Adderall. "Instead of doing his part to help fight the scourge of addiction, Dr. Cowan exacerbated the problem by dispensing habit-forming drugs to patients without justification," said state Attorney General Christopher [...]