Written by Kate Farrish The State Medical Examining Board on Tuesday voted to allow a Trumbull psychiatrist, who was disciplined eight years ago in an unusual case, to practice in a health care facility on…
Written By: Kate Farrish A Stamford ophthalmologist was fined $4,500 Tuesday by the state Medical Examining Board for performing a laser treatment on the wrong eye of a glaucoma patient. Dr. Gregory Gallousis performed the…
Written By: Kate Farrish A Woodbridge pulmonologist who lost his medical license for inappropriate sexual contact during the medical exams of two women has been granted the right to a hearing on whether his license…
Despite efforts to educate the public about the financial benefits of generic drugs over brand-name medicine, a study released this week shows that many doctors continue to honor patient requests for the more expensive ones…
By: Kate Farrish The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday fined an East Lyme doctor $2,000 for lapses in care during cosmetic surgery and revoked the medical license of a Massachusetts psychiatrist who officials said…
Written by: Theresa Sullivan Barger The state Medical Examining Board Tuesday accepted a Southbury doctor’s voluntary surrender of his medical license, fined a New Milford Hospital anesthesiologist $5,000 and reprimanded and fined a New London…
Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger After twice sending the case back to a review panel for further sanctions, the state Medical Examining Board Tuesday accepted a memorandum of decision that imposes probation on a Watertown…
A former Plainville physician whose license to practice medicine was revoked in December 2010 has been sentenced to a jail term for illegally prescribing narcotics and insurance fraud. Richard P. Luzietti, 39, of Plainville, pleaded…
Written by Lisa Chedekel In 2010 and 2011, Dr. Irene Abramovich of West Hartford was the state’s top prescriber of Invega, an antipsychotic medication marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals. She also was in the top five…
Two Doctors’ Licenses Revoked, Three Suspended Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger An East Hartford doctor facing charges of sexually assaulting a patient had his medical license revoked and a Glastonbury doctor charged with sexually assaulting…
The state Legislature has approved a bill that would provide terminally ill people with the option of receiving hospice care in a special facility. It awaits the signature of Gov. Dannel Malloy. Proponents of the…
The state Legislature bailed out Gov. Dannel Malloy’s efforts to force unionization on day care and home care workers for the disabled and elderly, but that doesn’t mean the issue is decided. State Sen. Joe…
In April Connecticut officially abolished the death penalty for people convicted of murder, making it the 17th US state to do so, even though a majority of state residents wanted to keep it intact. But…
The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday reprimanded the licenses of a New Milford radiologist for patient care lapses, and of a Cheshire physician assistant for improper drug prescribing. The board imposed a reprimand and…
Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger The state Medical Examining Board revoked a Cheshire doctor’s medical license Tuesday alleging that he had consensual sex twice with a drug-addicted patient, continued to prescribe her drugs after she…
Disciplined Docs Reap Drug Company Benefits Written by Lisa Chedekel In 2010, as state health officials were investigating allegations that Dr. Gerson Sternstein of Berlin was overmedicating patients, three pharmaceutical companies were showering thousands of…
When you are worried about the winter weather and increasing heating and grocery bills it is understandable if you don’t pay close attention to the interminable arguments in Congress over this bill, that legislation and…
written by Theresa Sullivan Barger Doctors admit it’s sometimes hard to give patients the truth about their prognosis. In fact, 55 percent of those who answered a nationwide survey said that they sometimes put a…
Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger The state Medical Examining Board voted unanimously Friday to suspend the medical license of an East Hartford internist charged with raping a patient in an examining room. Dr. Edwin A….
I was speaking with a friend who works in elder care the other day, and got several surprises about the progression of life and death. I was relating the story of a woman I had…