Toronto doctor who sexually abused patients appeals court ruling
TORONTO — A Toronto doctor who sexually abused female patients is fighting a court order that would require the Ontario medical regulator’s discipline committee to impose a tougher penalty for his offences.
Dr. Javad Peirovy filed an appeal after a divisional court sided with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which had appealed its own discipline committee’s ruling in the case.
The discipline committee — which makes decisions independently from the college — found in 2015 that Peirovy sexually abused four female patients and engaged in disgraceful conduct with a fifth. The incidents took place in 2009 and 2010. Peirovy also has a criminal conviction for assault related to two of those patients.
The committee handed Peirovy a six-month suspension and imposed restrictions on his practice for 12 months. It also ordered him to take training and pay $64,000 for therapy for the victims.