DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
Device to surreptitiously record:
• a clinical encounter between himself and a female
patient, without her knowledge or consent. The
patient was off camera during most of the encoun-
ter, but the recording captures their discussion; and
• two females in bedrooms in Dr. Hwang’s home,
without their knowledge or consent. Both of them
were, at times, in a state of nudity. In one of the
recordings, a female was engaged in intimate sexual
activity.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: the revocation
of Dr. Hwang’s certificate of registration; a repri-
mand, and the payment of 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. Hwang waived his
right to an appeal and the Committee administered the
public reprimand.
DR. KOMA DIRYAWISH ISRAEL
PRACTICE LOCATION: Hamilton
AREA OF PRACTICE: Family Medicine
HEARING INFORMATION: Statement of Uncontested Facts
and Plea of No Contest; Joint Submission on Penalty
On May 13, 2019, the Discipline Committee found
that Dr. Israel committed an act of professional
misconduct in that he engaged in acts or omissions
relevant to the practice of medicine that would
reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful,
dishonourable or unprofessional.
During an appointment with Patient A, Dr. Is-
rael told Patient A that a woman needs a man and
that maybe her problem was that she did not have a
husband or boyfriend. Dr. Israel also asked Patient
A, in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner,
whether she was attaining sexual satisfaction by mas-
turbating.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: a one-month
suspension on Dr. Israel’s certificate of registration;
a reprimand; successful completion of an Ethics and
Boundaries program; and payment to the College for
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. Israel waived his
right to an appeal and the Committee administered the
public reprimand.
DR. RAJIV KUMRA
PRACTICE LOCATION: Toronto
AREA OF PRACTICE: General Practice
HEARING INFORMATION: Statement of Uncontested
Facts; Plea of No Contest; Joint Submission on Penalty
On June 17, 2019, the Discipline Committee found
that Dr. Kumra committed an act of professional
misconduct, in that he engaged in an act or omis-
sion relevant to the practice of medicine that would
reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful,
dishonourable or unprofessional, and that he failed
to maintain the standard of practice of the profes-
sion.
Dr. Kumra pleaded no contest to the following:
• he billed OHIP for services that he did not provide
on numerous occasions;
• he improperly accepted cash from patients in
exchange for executing Special Diet Allowance
(“SDA”) forms;
• he executed SDA forms without sufficiently as-
sessing the patient and satisfying himself that the
patient had the specified condition upon which the
SDA was based;
• he failed to produce and maintain complete patient
records;
• he denied the College investigators access to his pa-
tients’ electronic medical records, including enlist-
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