DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
Selvan’s children alternated between Dr. Kaveri Sel-
van and the family member in 2013. In March 2014,
the court granted Dr. Kaveri temporary sole custody
of the children. The court’s order remains in force.
While Dr. Kaveri’s paramount concern at the time
was the safety of his children, he acknowledges his
actions should have respected the family member’s
privacy in her personal health information.
ORDER
The Committee ordered: a two-month suspension on
Dr. Kaveri Selvan’s certificate of registration; suc-
cessful completion of a course on medical ethics; a
reprimand; and payment to the College for costs in
the amount of $5,500.
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doctor’s name.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Dr. Kaveri Selvan
waived his right to an appeal and the Committee ad-
ministered the public reprimand.
DR. ATUL KESARWANI
PRACTICE LOCATION: Toronto
AREA OF PRACTICE: Plastic Surgery
HEARING INFORMATION: Admission; Agreed Statement of
Facts; Joint Submission on Penalty
On January 5, 2018, the Discipline Committee
found that Dr. Kesarwani committed an act of pro-
fessional misconduct in that he engaged in conduct
or an act or omission relevant to the practice of
medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances,
would reasonably be regarded by members as dis-
graceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.
Dr. Kesarwani is a physician practising plastic sur-
gery in an out-of-hospital premises (OHP) and in a
public hospital in Toronto. He received his specialist
qualification in plastic surgery in 1987. Dr. Kesar-
wani was certified as a specialist by the Royal College
of Surgeons of Canada in 1988.
Dr. Kesarwani has been the Medical Director of an
OHP, Cosmedical Rejuvenation Clinic since it began
operating in Toronto in 2006. Cosmedical provides
facial plastic and cosmetic procedures, as well as
other cosmetic surgeries.
Mandatory standards for OHP premises are set
out in Program Standards authorized under O. Reg.
114/94, made under the Medicine Act, 1991.
As set out in Standards 2.1.2 and 2.2.4, any member
planning to operate a premise as an OHP, or planning
to move an existing OHP, must notify the College.
The premises must be inspected and receive either a
“Pass” or “Pass with conditions” from the College’s
Premises Inspection Committee (PIC) prior to provid-
ing OHP services to patients. This requirement applies
without exception to all OHP premises. The only
mechanism set out in the Standards for initiating this
process is notification by a member to the College.
Dr. Kesarwani moved his OHP in March 2016
and failed to notify the Program. When Program
staff contacted his clinic in early August 2016 to
schedule a five-year assessment, the clinic reported
a different address than the one that had been
inspected and approved by the Program. When
further inquiries were made, Dr. Kesarwani mis-
led Program staff on the telephone as to the date
of the move, stating the OHP had only moved in
August 2016. The Premises Inspection Committee
(PIC) ordered an unannounced inspection. Dur-
ing the unannounced inspection, Dr. Kesarwani
admitted to the assessor that the clinic had moved
in March 2016 but claimed that no OHP proce-
dures had been performed since that time. A review
of the clinic’s surgical logs revealed that, in fact,
OHP procedures had been performed since March
2016, contrary to Dr. Kesarwani’s assertion, which
he retracted. Following the inspection, the prem-
ises received a Fail from PIC due to the failure to
report the move and various technical deficiencies.
A second inspection conducted in October 2016
also resulted in a Fail from PIC due to outstanding
technical deficiencies. The premises received a Pass
with Conditions in January 2017.
The Committee noted that it is a very serious act of
professional misconduct to mislead the College. The
College relies on self-reporting in the OHP program
and Dr. Kesarwani’s dishonesty impeded the Col-
lege’s regulatory function.
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