Grande Prairie surgeon’s appeal of suspension denied

The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta has rejected an appeal from a Grande Prairie orthopedic surgeon.
 
Dr. Mohammed Al-Ghamdi had been barred from practicing medicine and ordered to seek therapy and pay more than $700,000 in costs after the College found eight violations of it’s Standards of Practice and Ethics.
 
That included not going along with an on-call schedule and having his own instead, failure to cooperate with other doctors and nurses, and various charges of “cultivating a culture of fear and distrust.”
 
He had originally faced 13 counts of disruptive conduct, a pattern of which the College says dates back to 2003.
 
Dr. Al-Ghamdi is suspended for at least two years but can have that set at two years if he completes an assessment program that will decide if he is fit to practice medicine again.