discipline summaries edgment in a form provided , indicating that they had been advised of all of this information .
Investigation regarding Patient A Patient A was Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s patient between approximately February 2006 and May 2011 , having sought treatment for panic attacks and anxiety .
During the doctor-patient relationship :
• Dr . Dobrowolski touched Patient A in a sexual manner , including her breasts , legs , vaginal area and anal area , in the guise of a medical examination ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski shaved Patient A ’ s legs and pubic area during medical appointments for a sexual purpose ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski took photographs and videos of Patient A during medical appointments , on some occasions without her knowledge , including photographs and videos in which she was fully or partially nude and was being touched by Dr . Dobrowolski ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski purchased lingerie for Patient A to wear and photographed her wearing it during medical appointments ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski inappropriately showed photographs of other patients ’ genital areas to Patient A during medical appointments ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski hugged and kissed Patient A during medical appointments ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski offered to undress during Patient A ’ s medical appointment ;
• Dr . Dobrowolski made inappropriate and sexual remarks to Patient A during medical appointments ; and
• Dr . Dobrowolski gave and lent money and items to Patient A during medical appointments .
Dr . Dobrowolski breached the terms , conditions or limitations of his certificate of registration and the Divisional Court Order in his conduct towards Patient A . During the entire time period that he treated Patient A , Dr . Dobrowolski was subject to the terms , conditions or limitations on his certificate of registration and the Divisional Court Order . He did so by conducting what purported to be physical examinations of Patient A . In addition , although he had Patient A sign the acknowledgement required by the Divisional Court ’ s Order , Dr . Dobrowolski gave Patient A false and misleading information about the terms on his certificate of registration , and the reasons for them , including his discipline history . In July 2012 , as a result of information received from Patient A and her husband , College investigators attended at Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s office to obtain any computers used in his practice , together with thumb drives , disc drives , storage units , and cameras for inspection and analysis . The College retained a computer forensics expert to perform a forensic analysis of the materials obtained from Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s office . Preliminary results of his analysis showed numerous images of Patient A from Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s computer that the expert had recovered , including nude and partially nude images . The images were derived from videos taken on a computer camera , from which screen shots were taken and saved by Dr . Dobrowolski . Though Patient A believed Dr . Dobrowolski was performing physical examinations on her , in fact he had been touching her for a sexual purpose and filming himself doing so . In addition , the expert recovered thousands of images of other nude and partially nude women . The images were captured in Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s medical office , in some cases while the women interacted with Dr . Dobrowolski , for example while he handled their breasts , and in some cases without the woman ’ s face being visible . The expert also recovered two videos of women in their underwear and / or nude , taken in Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s medical office , in which Dr . Dobrowolski touched the women , including their breasts and vaginal areas . Both videos and many images had been deleted prior to the expert ’ s analysis . Upon the College ’ s receipt of the preliminary results of the computer forensics analysis , on October 10 , 2012 , the ICRC referred allegations to the Discipline Committee and suspended Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s certificate of registration without notice .
At the same time , another investigation was commenced by the College , based on the information obtained in the investigation into Dr . Dobrowolski ’ s conduct towards Patient A , including in particular the
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