MEDIA
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 [...]
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 [...]
Peter Steiner, Louisville Psychiatrist, Charged
Courier Journal Louisville psychiatrist's license suspended after marijuana charges By Matthew Glowicki March 6, 2018 -- Excerpt A psychiatrist's license is now suspended after police say he was found at his east Louisville office hiding marijuana inside a McDonald's bag. Peter Steiner, 60, is charged with possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, as well as tampering with physical evidence, a Class D felony. The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure issued an emergency license suspension late last week, which temporarily bans Steiner from practicing medicine. The suspension order details a June 2017 search warrant on Steiner's private practice, 6500 [...]
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 February 22, 2018 By Matt Miller -- 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 [...]
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 [...]
Julian Kent, Aussie Psychiatrist, banned for life
Julian Kent The Advertiser (source:https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/) BEAST ON THE COUCH November 18, 2017 By Nigel Hunt -- Excerpt An Adelaide psychiatrist who sexually abused three of his vulnerable patients has been banned for life, after a lengthy investigation by police and the state's medical board. Dr Julian Kent, right, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct over the shocking abuse, which happened over a 12-year period and inflicted further psychological damage to his victims. In one of the worst cases of misconduct uncovered in the profession in Adelaide, the SA Health Practitioners Tribunal permanently disqualified Dr Kent from applying for registration after [...]
Jayakumar Patil, New Hamphshire Psychiatrist, reprimanded
Jayakumar Patil Union Leader Psychiatrist reprimanded by NH Board of Medicine November 14, 2017 -- Excerpt CONCORD -- A New Hampshire psychiatrist will pay a $10,000 fine, undertake extensive medical education courses and have his work monitored by an expert under terms of a disciplinary agreement reached with state medical officials earlier this month. The agreement allows Dr. Jayakumar Patil to remain in practice. But he does so under reprimand by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine, which was issued two weeks ago and released to the media on Monday... His license was suspended for 30 days earlier [...]
Dan Nicolau, psychiatrist, Tennessee – probation for two years
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau Dan Nicolau Knoxville News Sentinel 3 ET doctors have licenses placed on probation, state says By Kristi L Nelson Published 4:31 p.m. ET Oct. 23, 2017 | Updated 2:50 p.m. ET July 10, 2018 -- Excerpt Three Upper East Tennessee doctors have had their licenses put on probation, said the Tennessee Department of Health. One, psychiatrist Dr. Dan Nicolau of Johnson City, prescribed narcotics to a woman “not pursuant to a doctor-patient relationship” and entered her home uninvited, according to state records... Nicolau will pay $2,000 in civil penalties, in addition to the costs of prosecuting [...]
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau “medical license was placed on probation”
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau Johnson City Press 3 local doctors disciplined after overprescribing, stalking and other offenses, state says Oct 15, 2017 Updated Jun 24, 2020 --Excerpt Dan Nicolau, Johnson City. After entering into a romantic relationship with an acquaintance to whom he prescribed drugs and later stalked, Nicolau’s medical license was placed on probation for two years... Nicolau was ordered by the court to pay costs, complete a treatment plan established by the TBME and have no contact with “C.B.” After a multidisciplinary assessment, it was recommended Nicolau refrain from consuming alcohol for one year, participate in a [...]
Marshall Hubsher, Sands Point Pychiatrist – sentenced
Psychiatrist Marshall Hubsher Marshall Hubsher Long Island Business News Former psychiatrist sentenced in attempted jury tampering, burglary case By Adina Genn August 9, 2017 -- Excerpt A former psychiatrist has been sentenced in a case involving attempted jury tampering and burglary, authorities said Wednesday. Marshall Hubsher of Sands Point was sentenced to one to three years after he pleaded guilty in July to third-degree burglary and two counts of first-degree attempted tampering with a juror, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas... While Hubsher was on trial in a separate case in 2016, he entered private jury [...]
Sibyl Simon, Florida Psychiatrist, charged with destroying evidence
WPTV Coral Springs psychiatrist arrested for hit-and-run crash on Turnpike By Jennifer Tintner, Amy Lipman August 2, 2017 -- Excerpt Sibyl Simon - Psychiatrist A Coral Springs psychiatrist turned herself into Florida Highway Patrol troopers in Fort Pierce for fleeing from a crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Palm Beach County, according to FHP. The victim told troopers he was driving northbound on the turnpike heading to Disney World with his wife and children in a red Subaru sedan on July 17, a report states. He said in the report a white Toyota Prius was weaving aggressively through traffic [...]
Psychiatrist Mark Beale: 1-star Google rating
Psychiatrist Mark Beale Post & Courier (Charleston, SC) Libel lawsuit over West Ashley psychiatrist's 1-star Google rating sparks First Amendment fight, more 1-star reviews; Online review sparks lawsuit over libel July 30, 2017 Sunday By Andrew Knapp -- Excerpt A West Ashley psychiatrist was so offended by a poor online review that he has sued the anonymous critic and demanded that Google unmask the user's identity. What did the review say? Nothing. It simply gave Dr. Mark Beale one out of five stars - a judgment that Beale said has caused him "extreme and constant distress." Beale insisted that it [...]
Peter Baumann, Swiss Psychiatrist, sentenced
Peter Baumann SWI Doctor sentenced over assisted suicides July 6, 2007 -- Excerpt Peter Baumann was given a three-year prison sentence, two years of which are suspended, by Basel criminal court on Friday. Switzerland has one of the most relaxed laws on assisted suicide in Europe, but calls have been mounting for the practice to be subject to more supervision. Swiss law tolerates assisted suicide where the act is committed by the patient and in which the helper, who might for example provide a needle of morphine and then leave the room, has no direct interest. Direct active euthanasia – [...]
Slawomir Puszkarski, Chicago psychiatrist busted
Slawomir Puszkarski Chicago Sun-Times Doctors gave fake medical opinions to help win citizenship March 31, 2017 By Frank Main -- Excerpt ... Dr. Slawomir Puszkarski, whose practice on Milwaukee Avenue on the Northwest Side catered to Polish patients, was sentenced to probation in 2015 after he admitted helping an undercover federal agent submit a fake Form N-648. "I learned a lot from my mistake, and I would never do it again," the 55-year-old psychiatrist told the Chicago Sun-Times. Puszkarski, the Chicago psychiatrist busted for citizenship fraud involving the N-648 forms, is a Polish immigrant who became a U.S. citizen. In [...]
Greg Thompson, New Hampshire Psychiatrist, Surrenders License
Greg Thompson New Hampshire Union Leader Psychiatrist agrees to surrender medical license By Mark Hayward December 20, 2016 -- Excerpt A Hampstead psychiatrist has agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine in New Hampshire for a year, after state medical authorities raised three cases involving sloppy record keeping and negligent prescribing practices. Greg Thompson, who has been practicing medicine in New Hampshire for 33 years, also agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and to participate in continuing education in medical ethics and record keeping. The Board of Medicine gave Thompson 60 days to help his patients find alternative treatment. [...]
Sandra Vonderembse, Ohio psychiatrist, sentenced
Sandra Vonderembse Psychiatrist sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion Monday, November 21, 2016 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio A psychiatrist from Oregon, Ohio, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy A. Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office. According to court records, from as early as 2005, Sandra Vonderembse failed to pay taxes and filed [...]
Barlow Smith, Marble Falls psychiatrist, surrenders license
Barlow Smith Austin American Statesman Two Central Texas doctors lose licenses after felony convictions By Mary Ann Roser September 4, 2016 -- Excerpt An 85-year-old Marble Falls psychiatrist who pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge was sentenced Tuesday in Burnet County to 10 years of probation and a short jail stay. Barlow Smith reached an agreement with the Burnet County district attorney’s office in which he pleaded guilty to one of three felony counts concerning the fraudulent dispensing of a controlled substance. The DA recommended probation on the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in [...]
Fernando Mendez-Villamil, Miami Psychiatrist, sentenced
Fernando Mendez-Villamil South Florida Business Journal Psychiatrist gets prison time for role in $63M health care fraud By Nina Lincoff July 26, 2016 -- Excerpt South Miami psychiatrist Fernando Mendez Villamil was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his role in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security fraud schemes, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office announced Monday. Villamil, 48, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health and wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and more. As a result of the scheme, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other government organizations suffered a combined loss [...]
Huberto Merayo, Miami Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Huberto Merayo Propublica Florida Doctor Pleads Guilty to Fraud — Years After Complaints About His Prescribing By Charles Ornstein June 23, 2016 -- Excerpt Seven years after a U.S. senator cited him as a national example of aberrant practices, the onetime top prescriber of antipsychotic drugs in Florida’s Medicaid program is in federal custody awaiting sentencing on fraud charges. The second-highest prescriber is serving a four-year term in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud charges in 2012, but he only relinquished his license to practice medicine in Florida last fall. Taken together, the cases illustrate how long [...]
Michael Reinstein, Chicago psychiatrist, sentenced
Michael Reinstein Chicago Sun Times Psychiatrist gets 9 months for accepting kickbacks from drug firm March 11, 2016 -- Excerpt A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday for taking nearly $600,000 from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for prescribing a certain drug to patients. Dr. Michael J. Reinstein, 72, of Skokie, pleaded guilty last year to violating the federal Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback statute, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Along with the sentence, the agreement call for him to repay about $592,000. Reinstein, who practiced psychiatry in the Uptown neighborhood since 1973, prescribed the [...]