The Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) is the independent tribunal that adjudicates allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against Ontario physicians. It replaced the CPSO Discipline Committee on September 1, 2021 and now operates as part of the Health Professions Discipline Tribunals group, which shares a common set of rules and processes across several Ontario health colleges.
Allegations are referred to the OPSDT by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario after investigation by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee. The Tribunal’s findings and penalties, which can include reprimand, conditions on a certificate of registration, suspension, or revocation, are public and searchable on the OPSDT website. Decisions are subject to judicial review and, in some cases, statutory appeal.
OPSDT proceedings are regulatory rather than civil. They do not provide compensation to patients. However, the underlying conduct in many discipline cases overlaps with the kinds of clinical failures that also support medical malpractice claims, and the Tribunal’s reasons can be a useful source of information for patients considering a civil action.
Posts tagged OPSDT analyze recent discipline decisions involving Ontario physicians, with attention to the clinical context, the penalty imposed, and the implications for patient safety.
Ontario discipline tribunal imposes four-month suspension, practice restrictions, and mandatory supervision on chronic pain physician with pattern of prior concerns.
Ontario discipline tribunal revokes psychiatrist’s licence for issuing over 1,400 COVID exemption letters for profit, with dual misconduct and incompetence findings.
Ontario discipline tribunal imposes suspension on fertility physician based on Quebec findings, including federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act breaches.
Ontario discipline tribunal grants conditional reinstatement to psychiatrist whose licence was revoked in 2018 for serious professional boundary violations.
Ontario ER physician suspended after sending home a 19-year-old with a peritonitic abdomen; she died of septic shock. CPSO v Duic, 2025 ONPSDT 11.
Ontario anesthesiologist suspended ten months for lapses in vigilance, altering records after adverse events, and OHIP misbilling. CPSO v Sharma, 2025 ONPSDT 5.
OPSDT accepts joint submission for permanent resignation after physician surreptitiously drugged a patient/employee with Rohypnol and Lorazepam, then self-administered to evade detection.
The Divisional Court affirms the OPSDT’s revocation of Dr. Trozzi’s licence. The Doré framework, the non-cooperation duty, and the limits of physician speech.
An Ontario tribunal ruled physicians have no Charter privacy interest in their patients’ records. Subsequent proceedings produced a 12-month suspension.
A family physician suspended for 12 months after charging patients for Accessible Parking Permit applications and certifying eligibility his charts did not support.
The OPSDT released two penalty decisions in January 2024 in COVID-19 misinformation cases. One physician received a six-month suspension. The other was found ungovernable and had his licence revoked.
The OPSDT imposed a two-month suspension and a reprimand on a physician for unprofessional COVID-19 commentary, calibrated to the lower end of the discipline spectrum.
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