Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 16 Jul 2009
Summary:
On July 16, 2009, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Attia 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.
Dr. Attia obtained his medical degree in Egypt in 1979. Between 1980 and 1995, Dr. Attia practiced medicine in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He immigrated to Canada in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003, Dr. Attia practiced medicine in Newfoundland. He submitted an application to the CPSO in 2003. On the application, he inaccurately stated that he practised as a general practitioner in Egypt from 1980 to 2001. In fact, he did not practice medicine continuously in any jurisdiction between 1995 and 2001. Dr. Attia maintains that he returned to Cairo for periods in 1996, 1998 and 2001, at which time he states that he attended patients. Dr. Attia failed to account for this break in his practice history on his application, and also failed to disclose his period of practice in Saudi Arabia.
The Discipline Committee ordered and directed that:
1. Dr. Attia 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 to provide proof thereof to the College.
2. Dr. Attia appear before the panel to be reprimanded.
3. Dr. Attia 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.