New York State Education
Department
Office of the Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional Misconduct and
Discipline
June 14, 1996
Terms under which
this information is provided.
Certified Social Work - Dentistry - Engineering and Land
Surveying - Massage - Nursing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Public Accountancy
Certified Social Work
Harry L. Appledorf,
Staten Island, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
018930; Cal. No. 15902
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 5 year suspension, following service of
suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a
conviction of Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Dentistry
Frank A. C.
Mirchel, Vancouver, WA
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 036392; Cal. No.
13670
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
take a post-operative radiograph after inserting a post
notwithstanding the patient's complaint of pain; failing to
take an adequate radiograph of the teeth that were to serve as
abutment teeth for the bridge; and failing to detect that one of
those teeth was perforated.
Anthony W. Ferraro,
Burnt Hills, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033857; Cal. No.
15222
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: License did not contest charges of
failing to place root canal filling material in the canals of two
teeth.
Peter J. Mehr,
Elizabethtown, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039740; Cal. No.
15804
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
making several attempts at a crown construction.
George Eugenievich
Anastassov, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042919; Cal. No.
15916
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
hiring a dentist without verifying licensure as a dentist in the
State of New York and submitting an erroneous insurance claim for
a procedure which had not been performed.
Allan G. Beal,
Westport, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033575; Cal. No.
16009
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a
conviction on five counts of the crime of Offering a False
Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree, a Class A
Misdemeanor.
Charles F. Negus,
Massena, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023682; Cal. No.
16050
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
placing an unruly minor patient across his knee and spanking her
buttocks, in the presence of the patient's mother.
Abdullah Al Amin,
Astoria, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042017; Cal. No.
16094
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
slapping a 7 year old patient in the face.
Engineering and Land Surveying
John I. Johnsen a/k/a John
Johnsen, Eglin, FL; Orlando, FL
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
054753; Cal. No. 15503
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been
convicted of acts constituting the Federal crime of Conspiracy to
Defraud.
Massage
Robert Joseph, New
York, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003734;
Cal. No. 16104
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
kissing the breast and feet and licking the toes of a female
patient.
Nursing
Rita A. Collacchi,
Brooktondale, NY
Professional: Registered Professional Nurse;
Lic. No. 331153; Cal. No. 12178
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
practicing beyond her scope as the result of dispensing a
medication.
Helen Breiden,
Dallas, TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 241758; Cal. No. 13976
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
failing to comply with her probation in that she did not inform
the State Education Department of her residence and employment,
did not submit quarterly performance reports, did not submit
written proof that she paid all registration fees, proof of
registration, or written proof that she is not engaging in the
practice and does not wish to register.
Kathryn E. Leavitt a/k/a
Kathryn E. Nobles, Ghent, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse Lic.
No. 391737; Cal. No. 14051
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
signing out a volume of controlled substances but failing to
chart as administered, and diverting various medications from the
hospital for her own use.
Patricia Ann Feerick a/k/a
Patricia Feerick-Kossmann, Holliswood, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 339042; Cal. No. 15684
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation
stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having a
conviction of Criminal Trespass, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Jean Kalamaras-Katsaros
a/k/a Jean Katsaros a/k/a Mary Jeannie Katsaros a/k/a Jean
Kalamaras a/k/a Jean Calamaras a/k/a Jeannie Katsaros a/k/a J.G.
Kalamaras Katsaros; Staten Island, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 174692, 380180; Cal. Nos. 15924,
15925
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
a violation of Title 18 United States Code 2113(b), a
Misdemeanor.
Zelia V. Spence,
Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
123955; Cal. No. 15968
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1
year.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been
convicted of three counts of Willful Violation of the Health
Laws, a misdemeanor.
Kathy E. Rouse a/k/a Kathy
Rouse a/k/a Kathy Carey, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
190591; Cal. No. 15982
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been
convicted of Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor and Grand
Larceny in the Fourth degree, Class A Felony.
Amy Lynn Atwell,
Gerry, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 414769; Cal. No. 14422
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to report a significant change in a patient's condition.
Regina Lynn Marth,
Lockport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218287; Cal. No. 14489
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996 (see also
February 1998)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that she
failed to administer Castor Oil to a patient but indicated on the
patient's Medication Administration Record that she had done
so.
JoAnne Mary Lepine,
Potsdam, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 370495; Cal. No. 15217
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
medication, transcriptions, and other errors.
Patricia Jean
Belile, Nicholville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
068659; Cal. No. 15351
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of a
conviction of Criminal Possession of Marihuana in the Third
Degree, a Class E Felony.
Sharon Louise
Proctor, Springville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 374055; Cal. No. 15439
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Suspension until successfully
participates in a course of therapy and treatment - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted having been found by
the Commissioner of health to be in violation of Article
Thirty-Three of Public Health Law relating to controlled
substances.
Patricia M. Kelly,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 183952, 418639; Cal. Nos. 15453,
15454
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 50 hours of public service, probation
presently serving under Order Nos. 14514 and 14513 be
modified.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
falsely answering a question on a nursing job application.
Barbara Ann Cohick
Ligoci, Liverpool, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
178353; Cal. No. 15529
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
making medication administration/recordkeeping errors.
Daniel Abraham
Donaldson, New Britain, CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
228005; Cal. No. 15671
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of a
conviction of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth
Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Saliha Fardan,
Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 217735, 454802; Cal. Nos. 15729,
15730
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being
convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth
Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Patricia Mitchell,
Shelter Island, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 256306; Cal. No. 15786
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996 (see also February 2007)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2
years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that
she failed to obtain the signature of a witness to the disposal
of a controlled substance.
Teresa L. Brewer,
Romulus, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 092352, 419623; Cal. Nos. 15904,
15903
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
medication administration errors.
Evelyn Davis
Johnston, Greenport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
035733; Cal. No. 15907
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Partial suspension in certain area until
successfully completes certain course, probation 2 years to
commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that
she gave a patient an injection on two occasions, although there
was no physician's order calling for such injections; less
than a week later she gave the same patient an injection of a
non-controlled substance, although there was no physician's
order calling for such injection; and that she failed to respond
to a written communication from the New York State Education
Department.
Barbara Simons,
Richmond, VA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
087697; Cal. No. 15959
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of making
medication administration errors.
Larry Allen
Gifford, Ilion, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
209730; Cal. No. 16005;
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Suspension for not less than 6 months
and until fit to practice - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of a
conviction of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, a Class B
Misdemeanor.
Stacey Michelle
Kelly, Watertown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. Nos.
185625, 390554; Cal. Nos. 16020, 16019;
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
two medication administration errors.
Carol Ann Haynes,
Cerritos, CA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 182079; Cal. No. 15953
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a
finding of guilty by the California State Board of Registered
Nursing for gross negligence in the practice of nurse
anesthetist.
Mark J. Fowler,
Elmira, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 329133, Cert. No. 300010; Cal. Nos. 16066,
16067
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license as well
as to surrender certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of a
conviction of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a Class B Felony.
Pharmacy
Satish Ramanlal Shah a/k/a
Satish R. Shah, Clifton, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039297; Cal.
No. 15633
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of
unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly conspiring, combining,
confederating, and agreeing with each other and with others to
defraud the United States by impeding, impairing, obstructing and
defeating the lawful government functions of the United States
Food and Drug Administration in its administration of the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and related regulations.
John Edward Hresko,
East Meadow, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027040; Cal.
No. 16012
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that he
routinely entered another pharmacist's initials into the
pharmacy's computer records for prescriptions he
dispensed.
Joseph Manning
Vincent, Cazenovia, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 020409; Cal.
No. 16040
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted failing to properly
dispense medications.
Stu Lehrer a/k/a Stuart
Lehrer, Lido Beach, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037783; Cal.
No. 15728
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a
conviction of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth
Degree.
Podiatry
Edward F. Rogan,
Jr., East Setauket, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003522; Cal.
No. 15983
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years to
commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a
conviction of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First
Degree, a Class E Felony.
Alan S. Katz, New
York, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004106; Cal.
No. 15985
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996 (see also
June 2005)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a
conviction of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in
the Seventh Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Psychology
Gregory Theodore
Anderson, Coram, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 010939; Cal.
No. 15665
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being
convicted of committing Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Public Accountancy
Andrew Youngwook
Choi, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 056231; Cal. No. 15552
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996 (see also
June 2001)
Action: 2 year suspension with leave to apply
for early termination upon submission of certain written proof,
probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of signing
a "Certification of Employer" form which contained
false information regarding the applicant's public accounting
experience and wilfully failing to register.
Marvin Cohen, Long
Beach, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 057757, Enrollment No. 000310; Cal. Nos. 16035, 16036
Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, upon service of
suspension, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
a conviction of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
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