Vincent Georgie

The applicant physician applied for reinstatement of his certificate of registration, which was revoked in 2019 for sexual abuse of a patient.

The College did not oppose the application.

The Tribunal found that the applicant had engaged in extensive rehabilitation, including psychotherapy and boundaries courses, and demonstrated significant insight and remorse.

Concluding that the risk of future misconduct was low and manageable, the Tribunal granted the reinstatement subject to strict terms, conditions, and limitations, including clinical supervision and practice assessments.

The registrant was found to have committed professional misconduct by failing to maintain the standard of practice and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct during a prenatal appointment, specifically regarding inappropriate breast and spine examinations without informed consent.

At the penalty hearing, the Tribunal accepted a joint recommendation from the parties.

The registrant was ordered to be reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and conditions were imposed requiring a practice monitor for all intimate examinations for a minimum of two years.

The registrant was also ordered to pay $26,740 in costs.

The registrant, a family physician, failed to respond to a patient's repeated requests to complete insurance forms and another patient's requests to forward medical records to their lawyer.

She also failed to cooperate with the College's investigation into these complaints.

Based on an agreed statement of facts, the Tribunal found the registrant engaged in professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Tribunal ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of her certificate of registration, specified educational and practice monitoring requirements, and $6,000 in costs.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario referred allegations of professional misconduct against the registrant, an emergency medicine physician, for breaching an undertaking to participate in a treatment and monitoring program for a substance use disorder.

The registrant admitted to multiple breaches, including consuming alcohol, receiving positive screening tests, and missing tests and appointments.

The Tribunal found the registrant committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission, the Tribunal ordered a four-month suspension, a reprimand, and the imposition of terms requiring enrolment in a health monitoring program, along with $6,000 in costs.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario brought professional misconduct proceedings against the registrant, a family medicine practitioner.

The registrant admitted to failing to maintain the standard of practice of the profession through unnecessary treatments, inadequate record-keeping, and improperly performed procedures.

He also did not contest allegations of touching a patient in sensitive areas without adequate warning or explanation.

The Tribunal found the registrant committed professional misconduct.

Applying the test for joint submissions, the Tribunal accepted the jointly proposed penalty, ordering a four-month suspension, extensive terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate of registration, and costs of $6,000.

The College alleged that the registrant physician sexually abused a female patient and failed to maintain the standard of practice during a prenatal appointment.

The Tribunal found that the registrant's examination of the patient's breasts through her clothing and his persistence in examining her spine despite her objections failed to meet the standard of practice.

The Tribunal also found that the substandard breast exam, performed without adequate consent, constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

However, the Tribunal concluded that the College did not prove the allegations of sexual abuse, as the breast touching was not of a sexual nature and the evidence regarding genital touching was insufficiently reliable.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the respondent physician for issuing approximately 1,425 improper COVID-19 medical exemptions for profit over a three-month period.

The respondent also failed to securely store patient information, breached patient privacy by discussing cases loudly in public, and responded aggressively to the College's investigation.

The respondent did not attend the hearing and was deemed to admit the allegations.

The Tribunal found the respondent committed professional misconduct and was incompetent.

Given the seriousness of the misconduct, the lack of mitigating factors, and the absence of any remediation plan, the Tribunal revoked the respondent's certificate of registration, ordered a reprimand, and awarded costs of $10,370 to the College.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the respondent physician for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with a patient.

The physician and the patient had previously interacted on an online app before the patient attended a surgical consultation.

Following the appointment, the physician engaged in personal communications with the patient via the app and text messages for several weeks.

Based on uncontested facts, the Tribunal found the physician committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission, the Tribunal ordered a four-month suspension, a reprimand, completion of an ethics course, and costs of $6,000.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the registrant for treating a person with whom he had a close personal relationship, failing to maintain medical records for those treatments, and disclosing other patients' confidential health information to that person.

The registrant admitted to the misconduct.

The Tribunal accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding that the proposed 10-month suspension, reprimand, and requirement to complete an ethics course did not bring the administration of the professional discipline system into disrepute.

Following a finding that the registrant sexually abused a patient, the Tribunal held a penalty hearing.

Under the Health Professions Procedural Code, the sexual abuse committed required mandatory revocation of the registrant's certificate of registration and a reprimand.

The Tribunal also ordered the registrant to reimburse the College $17,940 for patient therapy and counselling funding, rejecting the registrant's argument that she was the victim.

Finally, the Tribunal awarded the College costs of $124,440, representing 12 hearing days at the tariff rate, noting the registrant's pursuit of unsuccessful factual narratives.