NY Psychiatrist Jacques Levy Surrenders License, over Controlled Substance-Related Failures

April 17, 2019

On February 28, 2019, the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct (BPMC) accepted the surrender of psychiatrist Jacques J. Levy’s medical license.

According to the BPMC’s document, “During periods in or about and between 2013 to the present,” Levy “failed to render or note appropriate care and treatment for patients to whom he prescribed controlled substances.”

Source: Surrender Order in the Matter of Jacques Levy, M.D., BPMC No. 19-032, New York State Department of Health State Board for Professional Medical Conduct, February 20, 2019.

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Joe

2019-10-03 19:19:18

I had many years experience with this doctor.I was treated by him after two years of a pain pill addiction.He was happy getting paid while feeding me subutex,but after years of taking it i started having major problems with this medication.I mean it almost killed me twice.He got hostile with me when i told him this but ordered no tests to find out what was going on.So i had to stop taking the maximum dose of suboxone on my own.Believe me it was the most difficult thing i had ever been through and lasted about a year.That was in 2012 and i have not looked back and am totally free of substances.It's too bad but i actually grew to like the man until i told him i had to stop taking this medication.I did not contact any authorities concerning this because i figured who would take my word over a board certified psychiatrist.He also flagged me as a risk and now it is almost impossible for me to get decent medical care,or most any dental care.

Trusted Too Much

2021-04-24 21:16:47

This doctor did a similar thing to me, except I was not an opioid patient. I have an eating disorder and went to him for sexual abuse leading to the eating disorder. He decided that the "fix" and the "therapy" was for me to become an orthodox Jewish woman, and when I married my ex husband, who is catholic Canadian "without his permission" and "against his will" he began to torture me privately in sessions. I was isolated from everyone at this point. He shined cell phone lights into my eyes, punched me in the face, plucked out eyelashes because "we make you not so pretty, we make you ugly so that men dont look at you" .. he scraped my teeth at the gum line ... Now I have dental issues, optic nerve damage and collapsed sinuses... He was a trusted confidant for 20 years and then turned on me because I would not be an Orthodox Jew, and that is what he "decided' that my "therapy" would be. I am broken after this "therapist".

James

2021-09-30 17:33:09

Some of the comments in this comment thread are outlandish. I was with this therapist from the Fall of 1988 until he was no longer practicing. Although I did not observe the way which he interacted with other patients, I knew this therapist very well. I genuinely believe that Levy tried to do the right things most of the time, but that he was targeted by certain people in power. I was not an easy patient, but he tolerated me even when I was intolerable. I could not imagine him telling someone who to marry or trying to make someone ugly. He is a Conservative Jew, not Orthodox. In short, I believe that the previous comment was inaccurate and out of context.

Tina Ranalli

2026-02-23 15:56:58

That ridiculous comment should be removed, it is idiocy!

This man is a true physician. Do no harm and always do good. He worked tirelessly with me from my teenage years into middle age through my childhood abuse, sexual abuse, and substance abuse issues and never belittled me. The only time he was ever stern with me was when I was placing myself at risk. Dr. Jacques Levy is an amazing human who never should have had to surrender his license.

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