DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
DR. SUGANTHAN KAYILASANATHAN
PRACTICE LOCATION: London
AREA OF PRACTICE: General Practice
HEARING INFORMATION: Allegations Denied; Contested
Hearing (six days)
On September 21, 2018, the Discipline Commit-
tee found that Dr. Kayilasanathan committed an act
of professional misconduct, in that he has engaged
in the sexual abuse of a patient, and in that he has
engaged in an act or omission relevant to the practice
of medicine that, having regard to all the circum-
stances, would reasonably be regarded by members as
disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.
The allegations arose from alleged conduct by Dr.
Kayilasanathan in relation to Ms A. Dr. Kayilasana-
than and Ms A knew each other socially prior to Ms
A being seen by Dr. Kayilasanathan on two occasions
at a walk-in clinic. These two occasions were one
week apart.
At both clinic visits, the medical record of Dr.
Kayilasanathan established that he took a history and
examined Ms A. At both clinical visits, Dr. Kay-
ilasanathan provided Ms A with a medical note to
excuse her from examinations. It was alleged that Dr.
Kayilasanathan and Ms A engaged in sexual inter-
course and oral sex on a single occasion between the
two clinic visits when Dr. Kayilasanathan and Ms A
were in a physician-patient relationship.
The Committee concluded that Dr. Kayilasana-
than, by his actions in requesting Ms A to attend at
his clinic, taking a history and conducting exami-
nations, assessing Ms A as a patient and making a
diagnosis and treatment plan, creating a medical re-
cord which included a plan for a return visit, billing
OHIP and providing to Ms A medical notes excusing
her because of illness from examinations, established
a doctor-patient relationship with her on the date of
the first clinic visit, which continued through to the
follow-up appointment one week later on the date of
the second clinic visit.
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DISGRACEFUL, DISHONOURABLE OR
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
The Committee also found that Dr. Kayilasanathan
failed to maintain the appropriate boundary between
physician and patient in having sexual relations with
Ms A after he commenced a doctor-patient relation-
ship and for that reason his conduct is disgraceful,
dishonourable or unprofessional.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered the revocation of
Dr. Kayilasanathan’s certificate of registration and a
reprimand.
Dr. Kayilasanathan was also ordered to pay to the
College hearing costs in the amount of $46,220.
For complete details, please see the full decision at
www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor and enter the
doctor’s name.
APPEAL
On October 19, 2018, Dr. Kayilasanathan appealed
the decision of the Discipline Committee to the Su-
perior Court of Justice (Divisional Court). Pursuant
to s.71.1 of the Code, an interim suspension of Dr.
Kayilasanathan’s certificate of registration remains in
effect despite the appeal.
DR. CHAUT KHUON
PRACTICE LOCATION: Ottawa/Gatineau, Quebec
AREA OF PRACTICE: Family Medicine/Emergency
Medicine
HEARING INFORMATION: Admission; Agreed State-
ment of Facts; Joint Submission on Penalty
On December 17, 2018, the Discipline Committee
found that Dr. Khuon committed an act professional
misconduct in that he engaged in an act or omis-
sion relevant to the practice of medicine that, having
regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be
regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or
unprofessional.
Dr. Khuon admitted that he had failed to declare
that he was registered with the Collège des Médecins
du Québec (CMQ) or that he held hospital privi-