DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
artist , attended a “ life drawing class ” with the family . Life drawing classes involve drawing a person from observation of a live nude model . While socializing with Patient B , Dr . Maal-Bared shared information with her about her personal life and marital issues , gave Patient B skincare oil and some clothes she no longer wore . She also commissioned a piece of work from Patient A , which she paid for but ultimately decided not to accept . Dr . Maal-Bared and Patient B regularly exchanged emails and used nicknames for each other . While Dr . Maal-Bared was her physician , Dr . Maal- Bared hired Patient B as her administrative and personal assistant . Patient A and Patient C were aware of and did not object to this arrangement . Patient B ’ s administrative work provided her with access to Dr . Maal-Bared ' s patients ' medical records . Patient B ’ s responsibilities included organizing patient records and creating a database of patient contact information . Dr . Maal-Bared was aware that Patient B was working on a database of patient contact information from home and had made copies of patient contract information sheets . Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s position is that she had no knowledge and did not permit Patient B to remove medical records from her office . As Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s personal assistant , Patient B worked in Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s home , including organizing her closet , and helped Dr . Maal-Bared with personal errands , such as once driving her to the veterinarian . Dr . Maal-Bared also hired Patient A to clean her office on a number of occasions . Patient B arranged for Patient C to purchase a computer for Dr . Maal-Bared and install software on it . Patient C also took professional photographs of Dr . Maal- Bared . Dr . Maal-Bared hired Patient B ’ s sister to move a desk for her . At Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s request , as part of her administrative work , Patient B arranged to have her father who lived in the U . S . and sister pick up art work that Dr . Maal-Bared had ordered . Patient B ’ s sister brought it across the U . S . border to Toronto for Dr . Maal-Bared . Dr . Maal-Bared later asked her father to pick up the artwork from the family ’ s home . Dr . Maal-Bared attended in person at a hospital with the family when Patient B ’ s nephew became ill to advocate for his admission .
By the end of May 2012 , Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s relationship with the family broke down , at which time Dr . Maal-Bared apologized to Patient B , and acknowledged that the situation was Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s fault and that if they wanted to make a complaint to address their concerns , she would cooperate . In May 2014 , the family sent letters of complaint to the College . In her response to the family ’ s complaints , Dr . Maal-Bared acknowledged that she had compromised professional boundaries by developing a personal and employment relationships with the family .
Dr . Maal-Bared took steps to remediate her behaviour by completing courses in medical ethics , boundaries , medical record-keeping and opioid prescribing . On March 6 , 2017 , Dr . Maal-Bared signed an undertaking with the College agreeing to : practise under the guidance of a Clinical Supervisor acceptable to the College for at least six months ; be reassessed at the completion of the clinical supervision ; be monitored and cooperate with unannounced inspections of her practice and patient records .
ORDER The Committee ordered : a four-month suspension of Dr . Maal-Bared ’ s certificate of registration ; a reprimand and payment to the College of costs of $ 5,500 .
At the conclusion of the hearing , Dr . Maal-Bared waived her right to an appeal and the Committee administered the public reprimand .
DR . EJAZ AHMED GHUMMAN
PRACTICE LOCATION : Leamington AREA OF PRACTICE : General Surgery
HEARING INFORMATION : Plea of No Contest ; Statement of Uncontested Facts on Liability ; Joint Submission on Penalty
On July 21 , 2017 , the Discipline Committee found that Dr . Ghumman committed an act of professional misconduct in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession . Dr . Ghumman is a general surgeon . From 2007 , Dr . Ghumman was a Chief of Staff at a hospital , but
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