College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

CPSO v. Li – 12 Month Suspension for Improper Parking Permit Apps

April 10, 2024

In a decision released dated March 28, 2024, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) suspended the medical license of Dr. Heung-Wing Li, a family doctor, for improperly taking payment for completing Accessible Parking Permit (APP) applications for patients. Further, for some of these patients, his charts did not contain health documentation supporting eligibility for an APP.

CPSO v. Mercado – Unauthorized Access to Patient Records

March 4, 2024

In a decision released February 27, 2024, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) suspended the medical license of diagnostic radiologist Dr. Ashley John Mercado for having conducted hundreds of unauthorized searches of confidential health records that were outside his circle of care.

CPSO v. Trozzi, Luchkiw – Two Penalty Decisions from COVID-19

February 13, 2024

On January 25 and 29, 2024, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) released two separate penalty decisions relating to the conduct of physicians during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

CPSO v. Turek – Another Medical License Suspended Over COVID-19

January 25, 2024

In a decision released on January 19, 2024, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) found that Dr. Caroline Anne Turek had made unprofessional comments on social media and other online forums about the COVID-19 pandemic.

CPSO v. Peirovy – Doctor Failed to Comply with Sexual Abuse Order

November 27, 2023

In a decision released on November 20, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) found that Dr. Javad Peirovy failed to comply with 2016 practice restrictions arising from the sexual abuse of 4 patients.

CPSO v. Trozzi – Discipline for Physician Calling Pandemic a Hoax

October 17, 2023

On October 6, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) found that Dr. Mark Raymond Trozzi, a physician from northern Ontario, had made misleading, incorrect or inflammatory statements about vaccinations, treatments and public health measures for COVID-19 in social media postings on his website and in interviews.

CPSO v. Iannantuono – License Suspended Inappropriate Touching

September 2, 2023

On September 1, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) ordered an 18 month medical license suspension against a general surgeon, Dr. Biagio Iannantuono for taking advantage of his position at a hospital to arrange for a female ultrasound technician (“Ms. X”) to perform an intimate procedure on him in an inappropriate manner.

CPSO v. Karim – Non-Resident OHIP Use Ends in Suspended License

August 26, 2023

On August 24, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) ordered a 5 month medical license suspension to a family doctor, Dr. Sadiqa Karim, because she accessed Ontario healthcare services for herself while living out of country over a period of three years.

CPSO v. Phillips – Another Physician Disciplined Over COVID-19

July 18, 2023

On July 14, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) revoked the medical license of Dr. Patrick Brian Philips for statements made online about the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Philips was a family and emergency medicine doctor who practiced in Northern Ontario. This decision comes a week after another physician, Dr. Crystal Luchiw, was ordered to be disciplined by the OPSDT for failing to cooperate in an investigation into her COVID-19 vaccine exemption practice.

CPSO v. Kadri – Nephrologist License Revoked Ordered to Pay $250k

July 13, 2023

On July 13, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) revoked the medical license of Dr. Albert Kadri, a nephrologist from Windsor, in addition to ordering him to pay $250,510 in costs as a result of a previous finding that he had committed professional misconduct and that he was incompetent.

CPSO v. Luchkiw – Refusing Investigation into COVID Exemptions

July 10, 2023

On July 6, 2023, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) determined that Dr. Crystal Luchkiw, a family physician from the Barrie area, had engaged in disgraceful, dishonorable or unprofessional conduct for refusing to co-operate with the investigations of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (the “College”) into her practice of exempting patients from the COVID-19 vaccine.

CPSO v. Stein – Trying to Date Patient Leads to Suspended License

July 3, 2023

In late 2019, Dr. Raymond Stein, a clinical immunologist and a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) for over 40 years, crossed professional boundaries, verbally and physically, with a longstanding patient. During the CPSO’s investigation the following year, Dr. Stein attempted to bully an acquaintance into providing a false alibi to help exonerate him at the CPSO.

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