Dialogue Volume 13 Issue 3 2017 | Page 66

DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES her son, he might not have found himself before the Committee. The fact that his personal romantic sta- tus was discussed during the course of that medical appointment, and that arrangements were made in his office for the subsequent social and sexual interac- tion with Patient A, is completely unprofessional. This transgression laid the groundwork for a further breach in professional standards, when Dr. Ramzy decided to provide Patient A with more than emer- gent care in October 2012, shortly after their sexual relationship had ended in August 2012. Medical appointments must never be used as op- portunities to me