A Kitchener family doctor was disciplined by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario on Wednesday.
Dr. Timothy Szozda, 57, was found to have engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct towards a female patient in 2013 and 2014.
He has been handed a two-month suspension, a $6,000 fine, a public reprimand and will be required to take an ethics course. The suspension begins Feb. 1.
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In its reprimand of Szozda, the Discipline Committee noted that he exhibited a “multi-faceted disregard for appropriate boundaries,” and that his “inappropriate and ill-considered comments and behaviour could have been understood as sexualizing the patient.”
The list of behaviours, which he did not dispute, included asking the patient if she had a boyfriend during an appointment about contraception. After the patient said she didn’t, he responded: “Really, a pretty girl like you?”
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He also commented on how many fingers he could insert in her introital opening during a pelvic exam before he used a speculum.
He also failed to leave the room while the patient was getting dressed again, staying behind to work on his computer, according to the Discipline Committee.