Where a disciplinary finding is made against a member on or after September 1, 2015 by a medical regulatory or licensing authority in a jurisdiction outside Ontario, the College By-laws require certain information about the finding to be posted on the register, if the finding is known to the College.
The following are non-Ontario disciplinary findings made against this member, as known to the College, together with the corresponding information:
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On March 13, 2018, the Florida Board of Medicine approved and adopted a Settlement Agreement between Dr. Abrahim and the Florida Department of Health as an Order of the Board. The allegations against Dr. Abrahim included several counts of: failure to keep legible medical records that justify the course of treatment and committing medical malpractice by failing to meet the standard of care. The following penalties were imposed: a reprimand, an administrative fine of $35,000, a requirement to complete Board-approved laws and rules course and medical records course, a prohibition on prescribing certain controlled substances for the treatment of chronic non-malignant pain, and a prohibition against owning, operating or being employed by a pain management clinic. The College was notified of this finding by a report received on March 13, 2018.