Psychiatrist Judith Saperstein Braun suspended, placed on probation for negligence, etc.

February 28, 2013

On February 14, 2013, the Medical Board of California suspended psychiatrist Judith Saperstein Braun for 30 days and placed her on probation for five years for gross negligence; repeated negligent acts; dishonesty or corruption; violation of drug statutes; prescribing dangerous drugs without appropriate examination; creation of false medical records; false representations and failure to maintain adequate and accurate medical records in her treatment of a patient, to whom she prescribed controlled substances and prescription drugs in the name of the patient’s mother and/or husband; failed to obtain or document an adequate patient medical history, mental status, diagnostic impression or treatment plan.