MEDIA
Edward Askren, Georgia Psychiatrist, “disciplined in sex case”
Edward Askren The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Psychiatrist is disciplined in sex case; License suspended a month for intimacies with patient in 1981 By Steve Sternberg April 4, 1991 -- Excerpt The medical license of Dr. Edward L. Askren III, a psychiatrist who had admitted having sex with a patient, was temporarily suspended Wednesday by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners. The one-month suspension will be followed by five years of probation during which Dr. Askren must undergo psychotherapy, must be supervised by another psychiatrist - and may not see any patient without a licensed therapist in the [...]
Marc Talisman, Ca. Psychiatrist, accused of sex with 17-year-old
Marc Talisman Los Angeles Times Psychiatrist Accused of Sex with Two Patients By Lanie Jones February 26, 1991 -- Excerpt The Medical Board of California has accused a longtime county Health Care Agency psychiatrist of gross negligence for allegedly having sexual relations with two patients, one only 17 years old. The board, which monitors the professional conduct of the state's physicians, is seeking to revoke or suspend the license of Marc Z. Talisman, 45, a part-time psychiatrist in the county's Mission Viejo mental health office for 10 years. Under ethical cannons, psychiatrists are not supposed to have any personal relationship [...]
James White, Newport Beach psychiatrist, sentenced
James White Los Angeles Times PSYCHIATRIST SENTENCED FOR MOLESTING PATIENT;CRIME: THE JUDGE GIVES DR. JAMES WHITE SIX YEARS AND TACKS ON EIGHT MONTHS FOR HIS FAILURE TO APPEAR AT AN EARLIER SENTENCING. HE WAS ARRESTED LATER IN TEXAS. By Jerry Hicks January 10, 1991 -- Excerpt A judge sentenced Newport Beach psychiatrist James Harrington White to six years and eight months in prison Wednesday for sexually molesting a 29-year-old patient while the man was unconscious. White, 48, pleaded guilty last spring to two counts of sexual molestation stemming from one incident, which he had preserved on videotape. But the day [...]
Norman Ackerman, Manhattan psychiatrist, arrested
Norman Ackerman Newsday (New York) Psychiatric Clinic Charged In $ 1.3M Fraud By Gale Scott December 7, 1990 -- Excerpt A Roslyn psychiatrist and his two Manhattan partners were arrested yesterday and charged with $ 1.3 million in Medicaid fraud in connection with a defunct psychiatric clinic they operated on 121st Street in Harlem. Dr. Nathaniel Lehrman, 67, of Roslyn, Dr. Norman Ackerman, 65, who practiced psychiatry in Manhattan until his license was revoked for sexual misconduct, and their office manager, Robert Cohen, 51, are charged with fraudulently billing the state for 50,000 "phantom" psychotherapy sessions at the Lenox Psychiatric [...]
Leonard R. Friedman, Massachusetts Psychiatrist – “sexual activity with patient”
Leonard R. Friedman The Boston Globe SJC rule backs medicine panel NEW ENGLAND NEWS BRIEFS November 2, 1990 The state's highest court ruled yesterday that the state Board of Registration in Medicine did not abuse its powers when it decided three years ago to revoke the license of a Boston psychiatrist for engaging in sexual activity with a patient. The Supreme Judicial Court said there was "substantial evidence" for the board to conclude that Dr. Leonard R. Friedman of the Back Bay had "engaged in gross misconduct in the practice of medicine." The board revoked Friedman's license on June 24, [...]
Simon Sanchez, West Islip psychiatrist, sentenced
Simon Sanchez Newsday (New York) Psychiatrist Gets Jail WEST ISLIP June 12, 1990 -- Excerpt A 62-year-old West Islip psychiatrist has been sentenced to 6 months in jail, 850 hours of community service and a $ 1,000 fine for overbilling Medicaid by exaggerating the amount of time he spent with Medicaid patients. The psychiatrist, Dr. Simon Sanchez, appeared yesterday before Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Kenneth K. Rohl. He was jailed April 12 after pleading guilty to the crime of offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree, according to a news release from the Office [...]
Velma Powell, College Park psychiatrist, sentenced
Velma Powell The Washington Post College Park Psychiatrist, 2 Aides Sentenced in Prescription Case By Paul W. Valentine May 11, 1990 -- Excerpt A College Park psychiatrist and two of her assistants have been sentenced on charges of improperly prescribing drugs to scores of patients. A social worker and an unlicensed therapist working for the psychiatrist, Velma E.L. Powell, illegally wrote prescriptions on slips signed in advance by Powell, prosecutors said. The assistants also switched patients' medications and dosages for powerful tranquilizers and pain killers such as Valium and Demerol, often with little supervision by Powell, according to the prosecutors. [...]
George Hayter, California psychiatrist, accused of kissing and fondling one of his patients
George Hayter Los Angeles Times PSYCHIATRIST CHARGED WITH FONDLING A FEMALE PATIENT By LANIE JONES May 9, 1990 -- Excerpt The Medical Board of California has accused an Orange psychiatrist of kissing and fondling one of his patients and continuing that intimate conduct for 3 1/2 years. Dr. George M. Hayter, 52, vehemently denied the charges. "That's totally untrue," he said. A 1966 graduate of Duke University Medical School, Hayter has been licensed to practice medicine in California since 1968 and has served on staff at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange for 18 years. In an April 12 civil [...]
Henry Spitzer, Ca Psychiatrist, house seized
Henry Spitzer The Associated Press Marshals Seize Home of Drug-Issuing Psychiatrist January 17, 1990 -- Excerpt U.S. marshals, acting under a federal law aimed at stripping drug dealers of their means of doing business, seized the house of a 73-year-old psychiatrist accused of illegally writing prescriptions there. Tuesday's seizure of the home of Henry Spitzer marked the first use of the forfeiture statute against a doctor in California, authorities said. Spitzer surrendered his license to practice last year after he was charged with 16 felonies in 1988. Undercover agents had concluded he was prescribing Valium and an amphetamine in cases [...]
Carlton Blake, Long Island psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty To Bilking Medicaid
Carlton Blake Newsday (New York) Doctor Pleads Guilty To Bilking Medicaid By Arnold Abrams November 16, 1989 -- Excerpt A Long Island psychiatrist has pleaded guilty to a charge of repeatedly inflating bills for treating a client he believed was a Medicaid patient. The psychiatrist, Dr. Carlton Blake, was arrested and arraigned Tuesday in First District Court, in Hauppauge, where he pleaded guilty before Judge Peter J. Newman to offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree. He also agreed to make restitution to Medicaid of $ 1,000 on the charge, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a [...]
Paul Walters, Harvard Psychiatrist, accused
The Boston Globe 2 psychiatrists accused of abuse lose Mass. licenses By Alison Bass November 14, 1989 -- Excerpt ...Paul Walters, former head of Harvard University's mental health services, permanently surrendered his medical license in Massachusetts last month rather than face public hearings accusing him of sexual misconduct. Walters told the board he would also surrender his medical license in California, but officials there said yesterday he has not yet done so... In the past year, nine Massachusetts psychiatrists have been charged by the state medicine board with having had improper sexual contact with patients. So far, five have either [...]
Cesar Menez, Farmington Psychiatrist, accused of false insurance claims
Cesar Menez St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) DOCTOR ACCUSED OF FALSE INSURANCE CLAIMS DOCTOR IS CHARGED IN FALSE CLAIMS Farmington, Mo. (AP) October 13, 1989 --Excerpt A psychiatrist in Farmington has been charged with stealing from an insurance company. A year ago, he surrendered his Kansas psychiatric license after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. The psychiatrist, Dr. Cesar Menez, 52, was arrested Wednesday in Farmington after an indictment last month charged him with stealing from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. A grand jury in Jackson County handed up the indictment Sept. 29, but prosecutors [...]
Francesco Di Leo, Maryland Psychiatrist, gave hallucinogenic drugs
Francesco Di Leo The Washington Post Psychiatrist's Patient Granted $ 700,000 in Md. October 1, 1989 -- Excerpt A Circuit Court jury in Baltimore has awarded $700,000 in damages to a woman who was fondled and given hallucinogenic drugs by a psychiatrist who said the practice was a new form of therapy. The Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance temporarily suspended Francesco Di Leo's license in July 1987, after finding him guilty of immoral conduct and incompetence in the case. Authorities also found that Di Leo was taking hallucinogens...
Redencio Bugaoan, Massapequa psychiatrist, charged with Medicaid fraud
Redencio Bugaoan Newsday (New York) Two Psychiatrists Accused of Fraud By Mara D. Rose September 22, 1989 -- Excerpt Two Long Island psychiatrists have been indicted on charges of Medicaid fraud for falsely inflating the amount of time they spent with patients from 1987 from 1988, officials said yesterday. Dr. Eugeniu Liteanu of Ridge was indicted on five counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, while Dr. Redencio Bugaoan of Massapequa was charged with six counts of the same felony... Bugaoan was charged with submitting false reimbursement claims between Dec. 18, 1987, and July 11, 1988, stating that [...]
Eugeniu Liteanu, Long Island Psychiatrist, charged
Eugeniu Liteanu Newsday (New York) Two Psychiatrists Accused of Fraud By Mara D. Rose September 22, 1989 -- Excerpt Two Long Island psychiatrists have been indicted on charges of Medicaid fraud for falsely inflating the amount of time they spent with patients from 1987 from 1988, officials said yesterday. Dr. Eugeniu Liteanu of Ridge was indicted on five counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, while Dr. Redencio Bugaoan of Massapequa was charged with six counts of the same felony... Liteanu was charged with filing fraudulent claims between July 7 and Oct. 26, 1987, and overstating session lengths [...]
Beltran Pages, Florida Psychiatrist – Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Beltran Pages St. Petersburg Times HRS gets veiled look at blots on doctors' records November 20, 1988 By Carol Gentry -- Excerpt ... In another August case, the board pondered what to do about 37-year-old psychiatrist Beltran Pages, who had been found guilty of sexually abusing a patient while in private practice. By the time Pages came before the board, he was working at Health and Rehabilitative Services' Miami hospital for the criminally insane. Board members suspended Pages' license for three years, but agreed that the suspension could be put on hold while he was appealing his case as long [...]
Jerome Driesen, Manhattan psychiatrist, sentenced
Jerome Driesen The New York Times Psychiatrist Given Probation In New York Corruption Case September 26, 1987, Saturday, Late City Final Edition By The Associated Press -- Excerpt A Manhattan psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution at last year's city corruption trial was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation for mail fraud. Dr. Jerome Driesen, 48 years old, a close friend of Geoffrey L. Lindenauer, the former deputy director of the Parking Violations Bureau, pleaded guilty last October to one count of mail fraud in a plea bargain with prosecutors...
Franklin Simon, Manhattan psychiatrist, charged with 4-year-old girl abuse
Franklin Simon The New York Times State Psychiatrist Held In Sex Abuse of Girl, 4 September 26, 1986 --Excerpt A supervising psychiatrist at the state's Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island was arrested yesterday and charged with sexually abusing a 4-year-old neighbor girl at his home. The psychiatrist, Dr. Franklin Simon, 45, of 325 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. State officials said he would be suspended without pay from his $75,000-a-year job pending the case's outcome. Lieut. Richard J. Marcus of the Manhattan sex crimes [...]
Charles Berry, Atlanta Psychiatrist – sentenced to 20 years in prison
Charles Berry Washington Post Customs Service Leads War on Child Pornography By Mary Thornton August 9, 1986 -- Excerpt Dr. Charles Markham Berry, a prominent Atlanta psychiatrist known for his Christian counseling and volunteer work at local orphanages, was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison on federal and state charges of child molestation and child pornography. At Berry's federal trial, U.S. Attorney Stephen Cowen said that "the evil that Dr. Berry has done in his life totally overshadowed the good. He wrapped himself in religious piety and used his position in the church and the community to shield [...]
Rafael Rivera, Army psychiatrist, accused of sexual relations with patient
Rafael Rivera United Press International Army psychiatrist accused of having sex with patient By Neil Roland July 7, 1986 -- Excerpt The Army is investigating allegations against a psychiatrist accused of having sexual relations with a female patient at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center between 1983 and 1985, an Army spokesman says. On June 17, the Army ordered an investigation of charges that Dr. Rafael ''Pete'' Rivera, a colonel, committed sodomy, ''indecent acts,'' adultery and ''conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,'' Army spokesman Lt. Col. John Ooley said last week... The commanding general at Fort Belvoir, Va., will [...]
Joseph Chung, Ca psychiatrist, Medicare privileges revoked
Joseph Chung Los Angeles Times February 15, 1986 PSYCHIATRIST'S PRIVILEGES REVOKED AT HILLCREST By David Smollar and Daniel M. Weintraub -- Excerpt Federal health authorities this week revoked the Medicare privileges of a psychiatrist in conjunction with its three-year halt of Medicare funds for the county's Hillcrest mental hospital, where the physician worked, a federal spokeswoman said Friday. The county was in the process of terminating the Medicare privileges of Dr. Joseph M. Chung when federal action was decided Jan. 22, county spokesman Robert Lerner said Friday. Chung's last day as a county employee was Jan. 30, and he [...]
Jose Tombo – Michigan Psychiatrist, Accused of Improper Sexual Activities
Jose Tombo United Press International Psychiatrist terminated amid charges of improper activities Dateline: Lansing, Michigan December 13, 1985 --Excerpt A psychiatrist accused of improper sexual activities with patients, including an accused child killer, was fired Friday by the Mental Health Department. Mental Health Director Patrick Babcock said the decision to fire Jose Tombo was made following a disciplinary conference at the Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital, where Tombo was employed. The doctor, a veteran of about 10 years with the department, can appeal the decision through grievance or arbitration processes. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment. The action [...]
Robert Stein, chief psychiatrist, dismissed by Army
Robert Stein The Associated Press Army Dismisses Fort Carson Psychiatry Chief Dateline: Colorado Springs, Colorado November 18, 1985 --Excerpt The chief psychiatrist at the Army's Fort Carson Hospital, who is being dismissed because of alleged affairs with two patients that cost him his civilian license before he entered the service, calls the charges "trumped up." Col. Robert Stein's civilian license was revoked in Kansas in 1980 after an investigation showed he had sexual intercourse with two patients, post spokesman Maj. Tom Barnum said today. Kansas reinstated Stein's license in 1983. Stein, 56, chief of psychiatry at the hospital since [...]
Hector Retik, Yonkers Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Hector Retik The New York Times Doctor Sentenced In Medicaid Theft August 3, 1985 By AP -- Excerpt A Yonkers psychiatrist was ordered today to perform six months of community service and to treat 50 Medicaid patients for free as punishment for stealing $100,000 from the state's Medicaid program. Judge Nicholas Colabella in Westchester County Court also placed the psychiatrist, 51-year-old Hector Retik, who lives in New City, on probation for five years and ordered him to repay the stolen money... According to Edward Kuriansky, a deputy attorney general, Dr. Retik billed the state for 31-to-60-minute psychotherapy sessions for [...]
Sevil Akman, Michigan Psychiatrist, Fired
Sevil Akman The Associated Press Psychiatrist Fired In Death Of Patient At Mental Hospital Dateline: Northville, Michigan June 7, 1985 -- Excerpt A staff psychiatrist has been fired following an investigation of the slaying of a patient at the Northville Regional Psychiatric Center, becoming the eighth employee disciplined in the case, an official says. Dr. Sevil Akman was fired for making "major errors in professional judgment" in her handling of one of the patients charged with murder in the May 26 slaying, state Mental Health Director C. Patrick Babcock said Thursday...