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Pilarski, Barbara Anne

CPSO#: 61080

MEMBER STATUS
Active Member as of 13 Feb 2017
CURRENT OR PAST CPSO REGISTRATION CLASS
Independent Practice as of 13 Feb 2017

Summary

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Former Name: No Former Name

Gender: Female

Languages Spoken: English, Polish

Education: University of Toronto, 1989

Practice Information

Primary Location of Practice
Suite 804
1243 Islington Avenue
Toronto ON  M8X 1Y9
Phone: (416) 762-1233
Fax: (416) 762-1236 Electoral District: 10

Professional Corporation Information


Corporation Name: Barbara Pilarski Medicine Professional Corporation
Certificate of Authorization Status: Issued Date:  Oct 30 2009

Shareholders:
Dr. B. Pilarski ( CPSO# 61080 )

Business Address:
Suite 804
1243 Islington Avenue
Toronto ON  M8X 1Y9
Phone Number: (416) 762-1233

Hospital Privileges

Hospital Location
St Joseph's Health Centre,Toronto Toronto

Specialties

Specialty Issued On Type
Family Medicine Effective:20 Jun 1991 CFPC Specialist

Terms and Conditions

(1) Dr. BARBARA ANNE PILARSKI may practise only in the areas of medicine in which Dr. PILARSKI is educated and experienced.

Postgraduate Training

Please note: This information may not be a complete record of postgraduate training.



University of Toronto, 12 Jun 1989 to 11 Jun 1990
Other - Rotating Internship

University of Toronto, 01 Jul 1990 to 30 Jun 1991
Resident 2 - Family Medicine

Registration History

Action Issue Date
First certificate of registration issued: Postgraduate Education Certificate Effective: 12 Jun 1989
Transfer of class of registration to: Independent Practice Certificate Effective: 15 Aug 1990
Transfer of class of certificate to: Restricted certificate Effective: 26 Feb 2016
Terms and conditions imposed on certificate Effective: 26 Feb 2016
Terms and conditions amended by Discipline Committee Effective: 31 Oct 2016
Terms and conditions amended by Discipline Committee Effective: 31 Oct 2016
Suspension of registration removed Effective: 31 Jan 2017
Transfer of class of registration to: Independent Practice Certificate Effective: 13 Feb 2017

Previous Hearings

Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 31 Oct 2016
Summary:

On October 31, 2016, the Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found that Dr. Pilarski committed an act of professional misconduct in that she 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 disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.

Dr. Pilarski, a family physician practicing medicine in Toronto, received her certificate of registration authorizing independent practice in Ontario in 1990.

Dr. Pilarksi provided home care visits to Patient A, an elderly patient. In the course of treating Patient A, Dr. Pilarski received and accepted gifts from her patient, including jewelry and money.

Patient A was a patient in Dr. Pilarski’s office practice from 1991 until 2006. In 2006, Patient A asked Dr. Pilarksi to see her at home as it was difficult for Patient A to get to Dr. Pilarki’s office. At the time, Patient A was in her 80s.

Dr. Pilarski agreed to make home care visits for Patient A beginning in 2006. Dr. Pilarski also took over care for Patient A’s elderly husband and provided treatment to him at home from about 2008 until he was moved to a care facility in 2011. Patient A’s husband died in 2013.

Dr. Pilarski continued providing home care visits to Patient A up until approximately 2014, when Patient A’s adult child made a complaint to the College pertaining to Dr. Pilarski’s dealings with her mother.

Between 2006 and 2014, Dr. Pilarksi treated Patient A for a variety of age-related health issues and primarily for long-standing anxiety and insomnia that were treated with medications, including Halcion, along with counselling from Dr. Pilarksi.

Patient A and her husband were financially well off and came into substantial money in approximately 2007.

In early 2014, Patient A’s adult child requested that Dr. Pilarski return the gifts Patient A had provided to Dr. Pilarski over the years.

On January 16, 2014, Dr. Pilarski returned jewelry and other assorted items to Patient A’s adult child. An evaluation concluded that some of these items amounted to $8,150.00.

Dr. Pilarski advised the College that she had kept all the items together over the years in order to return them at some point to the family.

Dr. Pilarski accepted a blank cheque from Patient A in the amount of $5,000.00, dated May 2010. Dr. Pilarksi inserted her husband’s name on the cheque as payee. Dr. Pilarski used the money to buy a fireplace, chairs and artwork to create a spa like retreat for her patients in her waiting room. Dr. Pilarski returned the $5,000.00 to Patient A by way of a cheque dated October 13, 2016.

In the summer of 2010, Dr. Pilarski accepted a gift of a few hundred euros from Patient A to be used by Dr. Pilarski’s children on a family vacation.

PENALTY

On October 31, 2016, the Discipline Committee ordered and directed that:
- The Registrar suspend Dr. Pilarski’s Certificate of Registration for a three (3) month period effective immediately.
- The Registrar impose the following term, condition and limitation on Dr. Pilarski’s certificate of registration:
- At her own expense, Dr. Pilarski shall participate in and successfully complete, within six (6) months of the date of this Order, individualized instruction in medical ethics satisfactory to the College, with an instructor selected by the
College. The instructor shall provide a summative report to the College including his or her conclusion about whether the instruction was completed successfully by Dr. Pilarski.
- Dr. Pilarski appear before the panel to be reprimanded.
- Dr. Pilarski pay costs to the College for a one day hearing in the amount of $5,000.00 within 30 days of the date of this Order.
 
 


Decision: Download Full Decision (PDF)
Hearing Date(s): October 31, 2016

Concerns

Source: Compliance and Monitoring Department
Active Date: November 14, 2018
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Note that this matter has been confirmed by HPARB.

Caution-in-Person:

A summary of a decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee in which the disposition includes a "caution-in-person" is required by the College by-laws to be posted on the register, along with a note if the decision has been appealed. A “caution-in-person” disposition requires the physician to attend at the College and be verbally cautioned by a panel of the Committee. The summary will be removed from the register if the decision is overturned on appeal or review. Note that this requirement only applies to decisions arising out of a complaint dated on or after January 1, 2015 or if there was no complaint, the first appointment of investigators dated on or after January 1, 2015.

See PDF for the summary of a decision made against this member in which the disposition includes a caution-in-person.

Note: This decision has been appealed to the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.
Download Full Document (PDF)

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