On October 8, 2020, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Birnbaum  committed the following acts of professional misconduct:

•  sexually abusing a patient; and

• engaging in an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by registrants as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. 

   

On October 9, 2020, the Discipline Committee ordered that:  

1. the registrant attend before the panel to be reprimanded; 

2. the Registrar revoke the registrant’s certificate of registration effective immediately; 

3. the registrant reimburse the College $ 16,060 for funding provided for therapy and counselling under s. 85.7 of the Health Professions Procedural Code, and to post security acceptable to the College to guarantee the payment of this amount, within 30 days of the date of the order; and

4. the registrant pay the College costs in the amount of $6,000 within 30 days of the date of the order.

The "Download Full Decision" link provides the Discipline Committee’s decision and any reprimand.

All published OPSDT reasons are available at www.canlii.org/en/on/onpsdt/. 

Hearing exhibits, including any agreed statement of facts or statement of uncontested facts, can be obtained by contacting the Tribunal Office at [email protected].