DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
about Dr. Iscove and that these made Patient B feel un-
comfortable. He expressed this discomfort to Dr. Iscove
without taking any other action. He felt that he needed
to continue to see Dr. Iscove because of an emotional
dependence on Dr. Iscove as his therapist.
At some point in 2007, Patient B and Dr. Iscove
began engaging in sexual activity; there were about
12 episodes of sexual contact. The final three episodes
occurred at Dr. Iscove's house.
The Committee also found that Dr. Iscove engaged
in boundary violations that members of the profes-
sion would find disgraceful, dishonourable or unpro-
fessional, in that he:
- sold equipment to Patient B, for the use of Patient
B's family member, in an area of medicine in which
Dr. Iscove had no expertise;
- arranged for Patient B to rent the Bergler Founda-
tion’s apartment in another city;
- sold a juicer to Patient B.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand and
revocation. Dr. Iscove was also ordered to reimburse
the College for funding provided for patients under
the program required under section 85.7 of the Code,
by posting an irrevocable letter of credit or other
security acceptable to the College, in the amount of
$32,120.00. Dr. Iscove was ordered to pay the Col-
lege its costs of this proceeding, in the amount of
$91,620.00.
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DR. ABIDA SOPHINA JAMAL
PRACTICE LOCATION: Toronto
AREA OF PRACTICE: Internal Medicine
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practice of the profession, in that she engaged in an act
or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that,
having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably
be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable,
or unprofessional, and in that she engaged in conduct
unbecoming a physician.
Dr. Jamal is a physician who received her certificate
of registration authorizing independent practice from
the College in 1991. In 2002, she completed her
PhD at the University of Toronto in clinical epidemi-
ology of osteoporosis, with specific interest in the use
of nitrate drug treatment.
Between 2007 and 2015, Dr. Jamal held an ap-
pointment to the active staff at Women’s College
Hospital (WCH) as well as an appointment as a sci-
entist at WCH’s Research Institute. She was also an
associate professor in the Department of Medicine,
University of Toronto. In addition to her research
activities, she practised endocrinology at WCH.
Dr. Jamal resigned from WCH in 2015. Up to the
hearing date, she continued to practise endocrinology in
the community in an office-based setting in Toronto.
Dr. Jamal admitted the allegations, which included
that she engaged in research misconduct, by:
• Intentionally manipulating study data in three re-
search studies with the intention of supporting the
underlying study hypothesis in each case;
• Making wholly unjustified and completely inappro-
priate allegations against her research associate;
• Systematically altering patient records to match
data sets that she had previously altered;
• Deleting relevant evidence after she had knowledge
of an investigation;
• Failing to maintain and properly archive raw data;
• Failing to make raw data available to her collaborators;
• Intentionally representing falsified and fabricated
data as raw data; and
• Using falsified results from one study to apply, ob-
tain and use funding for two subsequent studies.
HEARING INFORMATION: Admission; Agreed Statement of
Facts; Joint Submission on Penalty In ordering revocation, the Committee noted the
following:
On March 6, 2018, the Discipline Committee found
that Dr. Jamal committed an act of professional mis-
conduct, in that she failed to maintain the standard of • Dr. Jamal was fully aware of the extent and impact
of her professional misconduct. She was associ-
ated with world-class institutions. Her education,
clinical practice, research experience and peer group
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