Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 21 Jan 2010
Summary:
On January 21, 2010, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. AbdelMalek committed an act of professional misconduct, in that he engaged in an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as unprofessional.
Between 1978 and 1994, Dr. AbdelMalek was a general practitioner and general surgeon in Egpyt. He did a locum in Saudi Arabia between February and September 1994. In 1994, Dr. AbdelMalek immigrated to Canada. Between his arrival in Canada in 1994 and 1998, Dr. AbdelMalek had various occupations and engaged in various medical educational pursuits. He did not practise medicine during this time. In 2000, Dr. AbdelMalek applied to the CPSO for a Certificate of Registration, and was registered to carry on independent practice in June 2000. Dr. AbdelMalek admits that the information he supplied to the CPSO on his applications was not accurate, in that it overstated the duration of his practice in Egypt, failed to disclose interruptions in practice after he came to Canada in 1994, and did not disclose his period of practice in Saudi Arabia.
The Discipline Committee ordered and directed that:
1. Dr. AbdelMalek successfully complete, at his own expense, the College's Medical Ethics and Informed Consent Course on the next available date, and in any event within six months of the date of the Order, and provide proof thereof to the College.
2. Dr. AbdelMalek appear before the panel to be reprimanded.
3. Dr. AbdelMalek pay to the College costs in the amount of $3,650 within 30 days of the date of the Order.
4. The results of this proceeding be included in the register.