discipline summaries
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Dr . JAVAD PEIROVY
Practice Location : Toronto Area of Practice : General Practice
Hearing InformATion : Contested Hearing , January 12 to 16 and 27 , 2015
On July 17 , 2015 , the Discipline Committee found that Dr . Javad Peirovy committed acts of professional misconduct , in that he engaged in the sexual abuse of patients ; 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 disgraceful , dishonourable or unprofessional ; and he has been found guilty of an offence that is relevant to his suitability to practise . The Discipline Committee found that Dr . Peirovy sexually abused four patients , Ms . U , Ms . V , Ms . W , and Ms . X . The Committee found that Dr . Peirovy placed his stethoscope directly on Ms . U ’ s nipples and cupped her breasts with his hand , that he did not have consent to touch his patient in this manner and that there was no clinical reason to examine Ms . U in this way . The cupping of her breasts with his hand and the placing of the stethoscope directly on her nipples are actions which , to the objective observer , would be construed as sexual in nature . Regardless of Dr . Peirovy ’ s motivation , this deliberate touching of the nipples and breasts during a chest examination was a violation of Ms . U ’ s sexual integrity and constitutes sexual abuse . The Committee found that Dr . Peirovy placed his stethoscope directly on Ms . V ’ s nipples during the course of his examination , that he did not have consent to touch his patient in this manner and that there was no clinical reason to examine Ms . V in this way . The placing of the stethoscope directly on her nipples would , to the objective observer , be construed as sexual in nature . Regardless of Dr . Peirovy ’ s motivation , this deliberate touching of her nipples during a chest examination was a violation of Ms . V ’ s sexual integrity and constitutes sexual abuse . The Committee found that Dr . Peirovy touched Ms . W ’ s nipples with his fingers during the course of his examination , that Dr . Peirovy did not have consent to touch his patient in this manner and that there was no clinical reason to examine Ms . W in this way . The touching of her nipples , to the objective observer , would be construed as sexual in nature . Regardless of Dr . Peirovy ’ s motivation , the deliberate touching of her nipples during a chest examination was a violation of Ms . W ’ s sexual integrity and constitutes sexual abuse . The Committee found that during the course of his examination of Ms . X , Dr . Peirovy cupped her breasts and used his fingers to put pressure on her nipples , which she described as “ tweaking ”, that Dr . Peirovy did not have consent to touch his patient in this manner and that there was no clinical reason to examine Ms . X in this way . The cupping of her breasts with his hand and “ tweaking ” of her nipples are actions which , to the objective observer , would be construed as sexual in nature . Regardless of Dr . Peirovy ’ s motivation , the deliberate touching of her breasts and nipples during a chest examination was a violation of Ms . X ’ s sexual integrity and constitutes sexual abuse . The Committee found that Dr . Peirovy ’ s conduct with respect to these four patients , Ms . U , Ms . V , Ms . W , and Ms . X , would also reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful , dishonourable , or unprofessional . Regarding a fifth patient , Ms . Z , Dr . Peirovy conducted a cardiac examination during which Ms . Z ’ s breasts were left fully exposed due to a miscommunication between Dr . Peirovy and Ms . Z . The Committee stated it was Dr . Peirovy ’ s responsibility as the physician to take steps to ensure effective communication with respect to a sensitive examination of
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Issue 1 , 2017 Dialogue 65