What CPSO v. Faruqi Means for Patients and Physicians On January 21, 2026, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal released an important decision addressing
In Doyle v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Ontario’s medical discipline tribunal decided that a psychiatrist whose licence had been revoked could return
On March 18, 2025, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) ordered a three
On March 3, 2025, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) suspended the medical
The OPSDT found that this family and emergency medicine physician had drugged his patient/employee with the date-rape drug, flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and Lorazepam, and then drugged himself after the fact to try to avoid being caught.
The case revolves around Dr. Trozzi who appealed against the decision of the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal. The tribunal found Dr. Trozzi guilty of professional misconduct in relation to his public statements, vaccine exemptions, and lack of cooperation. He challenged the penalty imposed on him by the tribunal which included the revocation of his medical license.
On October 16, 2024, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (“OPSDT”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) dismissed the motions of two physicians, Dr. Rochagné Kilian and Dr. Sonja Sophia Kustka, who refused to produce medical records as part of an investigation into their COVID-19 vaccine exemption practice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.