New York Levels Allegations Against Shrink Next Door Doctor
The New York Department of Health lays out details of alleged misconduct from two of Dr. Isaac Herschkopf’s former patients ahead of a September hearing.
Dr. Herschkopf and Markowitz pose together at the Southampton home.
Photographer: William Mebane
New York health officials posted a series of allegations concerning Isaac Herschkopf, the psychiatrist who was the subject of the Bloomberg podcast The Shrink Next Door, accusing him of exploiting patients for his own financial gain.
The allegations and attendant charges were accompanied by a “Notice of Hearing” that had been sent to Herschkopf and were posted on the website of the New York State Department of Health on Monday August 5. (You can read the document here.) In the podcast, Herschkopf’s former patient, Marty Markowitz, had alleged that, over a span of nearly three decades, Herschkopf had taken control of almost every aspect of his life. Markowitz had even written a will giving his multi-million dollar estate to a foundation he had started with Herschkopf—and that Herschkopf would have controlled after his death.