Certified Public Accountancy - Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Massage Therapy - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Podiatry - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Psychology - Veterinary Medicine
Bernard Miller, New
Lebanon, NY
Profession: Public Accountant; Lic. (Enrollment)
No. 001974; Cal. No. 17489
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license
(enrollment) granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Grand Larceny and Embezzlement from an Employee
Benefit Plan.
Philip Greifeld, Conyers,
GA
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 058504; Cal. No. 17378
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to inquire during an audit, whether there was a
relationship between the audit client and the accountant doing
the field work on the audit.
Natasha Linda Shaw,
East Northport, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 044435; Cal.
No. 16711
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
revealing confidential information about a client and renting her
garage to her client and could not provide any treatment records
for her client.
Adinarayanan M. Iyer,
Thiells, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 016710; Cal.
No. 17409
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
submitting insurance claims to a health plan for psychotherapy
rendered to someone who was no longer his patient.
Ann C. De Gennaro,
Newburgh, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 001725; Cal.
No. 16391
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of billing
an insurance company for treatments that were not rendered to a
patient.
Eric Theodore Leader, Auburn,
NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 007334; Cal.
No. 17179
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also December 2003)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $7,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
billing insurance companies for treatment when none was provided
and failing to disclose a conviction for Driving While
Intoxicated on his license application to practice
chiropractic.
Charles J. Cancellieri,
Melville, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004628; Cal.
No. 17376
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also
June 1997)
Action: 1 month suspension, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
advertising his services as chiropractor in violation of a term
of probation imposed on him by the Board of Regents for the time
period July 1, 1997 to September 30, 1997.
Fred Lipp, Jamaica,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024091; Cal. No.
15461
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
gross negligence in the preparation of a partial denture and in
the preparation of a post and core for his patients.
Steven Alan Kollander,
Ridgewood, NY
Profession: Dentist and Dental Anesthesia; Lic.
No. 035132, Cert. No. 000387; Cal. Nos. 17057, 17058
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law by
advertising he used laser surgery to remove wrinkles, moles and
scars; performing surgery to remove wrinkles from around
patients' eyes and performing inadequate osseous surgery.
James Jordan Simring, Jackson
Heights, NY
Profession: Dentist and Dental Anesthesia; Lic.
No. 037075, Cert. No. 000556; Cal. Nos. 17225, 17226
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of the crime of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree.
Thomas Michael, Mount Vernon,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032729; Cal. No.
17416
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of the crime Prohibited Use of a Weapon, a class A
misdemeanor.
Tatyana Kaminar, Elmhurst,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045582; Cal. No.
17529
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of using
radiographs that were not of diagnostic quality; fabricating
bridges that lacked embrasure apace and had crowns that were
overcontoured and recommended extraction of a tooth when it was
not necessary.
Jacqui Pracella
Bowman, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007192;
Cal. No. 17430
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also
December
1996)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of the crime Offering a False Instrument for Filing in
the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Marcelle Oliver
Danton, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
063806; Cal. No. 17463
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, Unclassified
Misdemeanors, on two occassions.
Dawn April Shine, Rochester,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 442862; Cal. No. 17497
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
administering four doses of a controlled medication via the wrong
route; failing to document the cancellation of an order for two
tablets of controlled medication; failing to document the wastage
of several tablets of a controlled medication; having several
tablets of a controlled medication in her pocket and to
allegation of diverting controlled substances for her own
use.
Kellie L. Parsons, Phoenix,
AZ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
216743; Cal. No. 16818
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also May 2004)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 5 year suspension, execution of last 57 months of
suspension stayed, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Sale of A Controlled Substance in the
Third Degree, a class B felony.
Mary M. Kane a/k/a Mary M.
Frank, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
220111; Cal. No. 17052
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension until terminated as set forth in Regents
Review Committee report - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of five counts of Endangering The Welfare of A
Child, a class A misdemeanor.
Marguerite Claire Faxon,
Wading River, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 207551, 425028; Cal. Nos. 16826,
16827
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also
February 2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
diverting controlled drugs from her employer and replacing
injectable drugs with normal saline.
Darlene Mackoy a/k/a Darlene
Vanderkooi Fortune a/k/a Darlene R. Lescynski, Ashville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 075559, 308174; Cal. Nos. 17131,
17132
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
appropriating prescription blanks from her employer and forging
the employer's signature on six prescriptions for Phentermine
with the intent to have the prescriptions filled.
Donna C. Fellows, Oneida,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
065975; Cal. No. 17206
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
switching tubing, erroneously administering a medication, and
administering medication at the wrong time.
Carmencita F. Sevilla
Alhabsi, Bronx, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 224752; Cal. No. 17234
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering medication without a physician's order and
failing to maintain an accurate record of the medication
administration in the patient's record.
Marie Gustin Charlot-Joseph,
New York, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 403775; Cal. No. 17283
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in
consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
fraudulently obtaining controlled substances by claiming that the
medications were for patients when in fact no such medications
were ordered by the physicians.
Gerrilyn M. Reese,
Horseheads, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
108018; Cal. No. 17287
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also
November 10, 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of the crime Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor, on
two occasions.
Cynthia A. Ricci a/k/a
Cynthia Ann McCloskey a/k/a Cynthia R. McCloskey, Spencerport,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 278205; Cal. No. 17309
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
practicing beyond scope while not certified as a Nurse
Practitioner and holding herself out as one.
Frank Paul Meroski,
Warrensburg, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
242576; Cal. No. 17363
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of the crime Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance Seventh Degree, Falsifying Business Records Second
Degree and Willful Violation of the Public Health Law and
diverting quantities of his employer's stock of controlled
substances for his own use.
Vincent Raymond Schiano,
Great Neck, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 446798; Cal. No. 17364
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite suspension until terminated as
set forth in consent order application - upon termination of
suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to
practice, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of the crime of Attempted Burglary in the Third Degree,
a class E felony and diverting controlled substances on numerous
occasions from his employer.
Denise Michel, Middle
Island, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 464757; Cal. No. 17373
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, following the service of the first 3
months of the period of suspension, probation 24 months to
commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
obtaining license fraudulently by not revealing a conviction on
her application and diverting a controlled substance from her
employer for personal use.
Sandra J. Lebowitz, Brooklyn,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 335423; Cal. No. 17388
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
submitting false reports indicating that she had made home visits
when she had not.
Janis Kae Kilpatrick,
Canajoharie, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 434793; Cal. No. 17393
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
administering the wrong dosage of medication to a patient.
Margaret Vallone Nassir a/k/a
Margaret M. Vallone, Port Jefferson Station, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 192900, 399416; Cal. Nos. 17403,
17404
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to notice that the wrong pain medication was infusing into a
post-operative patient.
Lillian Jan Courten, East
Northport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
214314; Cal. No. 17421
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of being
dependent on or a habitual user of narcotics, barbiturates,
amphetamines, hallucinogens or other drugs having similar
effects.
Kevin Cunneen, Mastic Beach,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 454029; Cal. No. 17441
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
erroneously administering five times the prescribed dosage of a
medication to a patient.
Rajesh K. Mehrotra,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 117395, 305874; Cal. Nos. 17457,
17458
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering the wrong amount of a medication and then
administering the medication without a physician's order and
administering a medication in the wrong method.
Eileen R. Meyer, Brooklyn,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 115236, 293732; Cal. Nos. 17468,
17469
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 3 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and
when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of being
dependent or a habitual user of narcotics.
Lavonne Marie Spencer, Rock
Stream, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
195265; Cal. No. 17523
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2
years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing numerous medication administration/documentation
errors.
Kathleen M. Liddle, Oneonta,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
166702; Cal. No. 17532
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
committing four patient care and/or documentation
errors/omissions.
Alan Feldman, Merrick,
NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No.
003918; Cal. No. 16952
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also
November 1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 5 year suspension, execution of last 3 years of
suspension stayed, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of making a false statement and representation of
material facts in connection with a Medicare application for
benefits and payment.
Khadija Shakir,
Jamaica, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003058; Cal.
Nos. 15935, 14448
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998 (see also
September 1994
and December
2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 5 year suspension to be terminated upon
payment of $10,000 fine provided respondent serves a minimum
actual suspension of 1 year from the effective date of the
service of the order, probation 5 years to be terminated upon
payment of the $10,000 fine provided respondent serves a minimum
1 year probation (said periods of suspension and probation to be
concurrent), the penalty and probation shall supercede and be in
satisfaction of prior probation which therefore need not be
served.
Summary: Licensee admitted charge of practicing
the profession of podiatry while her license was suspended in
1994 and failed to pay a fine imposed by the Board of
Regents.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
Sol Schwartz,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
031442; Cal. No. 17361
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted charge that he
falsely certified that certain electrical defects had been
corrected.
Philip Sturman,
Huntington, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 007130; Cal.
No. 17300
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite suspension of not less than 6
months and until terminated as set forth in consent order
application - upon termination of suspension, probation 3
years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
having sexual relations with a patient, revealing confidential
information about patients and having inadequate records for
patients.
William Stack,
Fayetteville, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 001976; Cal.
No. 17031
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2
years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest a charge of
gross negligence based on his performing spays on three dogs
which caused injuries to said dogs.
Steven D. Sterman, Shenorock,
NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 004323; Cal.
No. 17375
Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
failing to correctly diagnose an animal's condition and
refilling a prescription without seeing the animal.