DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
registration as a physician in Ontario or any other
jurisdiction.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: a reprimand;
and payment of hearing costs to the College in the
amount of $6,000.
For complete details of the Order, please see the
full decision at www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor
and enter the doctor’s name.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Dr. Sager waived his
right to an appeal and the Committee administered a
public reprimand.
DR. THEEPA SUNDARALINGAM
PRACTICE LOCATION: Toronto
ment, including while he was an inpatient receiving
care in the hospital; and
• She sought to avoid detection and requested that
Patient A alter hospital records by scratching out
her name on the visitor log, so there would be no
evidence that she visited him in the hospital.
ORDER
The Committee ordered: revocation; a reprimand,
funding for therapy for Patient A; and payment of
hearing costs in the amount of $6,000.
For complete details of the Order, please see the
full decision at www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor
and enter the doctor’s name.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Dr. Sundaralingam
waived her right to an appeal and the Committee ad-
ministered the public reprimand.
AREA OF PRACTICE: Oncology
HEARING INFORMATION: Statement of Facts and Plea of
No Contest: Uncontested Penalty
DR. TIMOTHY JAMES PETER SZOZDA
PRACTICE LOCATION: Kitchener
On January 23, 2019, the Discipline Commit-
tee found that Dr. Sundaralingam had committed
professional misconduct in that she engaged in sexual
abuse and engaged in an act or omission that would
be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonour-
able or unprofessional.
It was found that:
• Shortly after diagnosing her patient, Patient A with
cancer, Dr. Sundaralingam provided Patient A with
her personal phone number and Instagram ID;
• Immediately thereafter, she began texting him in a
highly personal and sexualized manner;
• Very soon after that, they met in a coffee shop;
• Within one month, they were discussing sexually
explicit topics and engaging in sexually explicit
texts;
• They lay in a hospital bed together and engaged in
kissing and sexual touching;
• At his home, they engaged in various sexual activi-
ties, including sexual intercourse;
• She maintained her sexual relationship with Patient
A for many months, in many locations, while she
continued to provide Patient A with medical treat-
AREA OF PRACTICE: Family Medicine
HEARING INFORMATION: Statement of Uncontested
Facts; Joint Submission on Penalty
On January 30, 2019, the Discipline Committee
found that Dr. Szozda committed an act of profes-
sional misconduct in that he engaged in an act or
omission that would be regarded by members as
disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.
Patient A was a patient of Dr. Szozda’s from 1992
to 2016. During appointments with Patient A,
Dr. Szozda made inappropriate and unprofessional
comments to her, and engaged in inappropriate and
unprofessional conduct towards her as follows:
a) On May 21, 2013, Patient A attended an ap-
pointment with Dr. Szozda for an assessment of
her acne. As she was sitting in a chair facing him,
Dr. Szozda leaned over and lowered the top of her
shirt to expose the upper chest above the bra line
to examine her chest for acne. Dr. Szozda then
told her to stand up and turn around, and pulled
up her shirt at the back to determine if she had
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