Concerns
Source:
Member
Active Date: February 11, 2022
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Summary of the Undertaking given by Dr. Walid Al-Houssan to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, effective February 11, 2022:
(1) Dr. Al-Houssan engaged in remediation and submitted to a reassessment of his general medicine practice. The reassessment raised concerns about his standard of practice. As a result, Dr. Al-Houssan will not provide antenatal care to any patient.
Source:
Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee
Active Date: July 25, 2019
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Effective February 11, 2022, Dr. Al-Houssan has completed all elements of this SCERP.
Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program:
A summary of a decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee in which the disposition includes a Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program (“SCERP”) is required by the College By-laws to be posted on the register, along with a note if the decision has been appealed. A SCERP is one of the dispositions that the College’s Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee may make in connection with a matter before it, and this disposition requires the member to complete an education and remediation program specified for the member. A note will also be posted when all the elements of the SCERP have been completed. The summary will be removed from the register if the decision is overturned on appeal or review. Note that this requirement only applies to decisions arising out of a complaint dated on or after January 1, 2015 or if there was no complaint, the first appointment of investigators dated on or after January 1, 2015.
See PDF for the summary of a decision made against this member in which the disposition includes a SCERP:
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Source:
Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee
Active Date: July 25, 2019
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Effective February 11, 2022, Dr. Al-Houssan has completed all elements of this CIP and SCERP.
Caution-in-Person and Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program
A summary of a decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (“ICRC”) in which the disposition includes a "caution-in-person" or a Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program (“SCERP”) is required by the College by-laws to be posted on the register, along with a note if the decision has been appealed. A “caution-in-person” disposition requires the physician to attend at the College and be verbally cautioned by a panel of ICRC. A SCERP is one of the dispositions that the College’s ICRC may make in connection with a matter before it, and this disposition requires the member to complete an education and remediation program specified for the member. A note will also be posted when all the elements of the SCERP have been completed.
Summaries will be removed from the register if the decision is overturned on appeal or review. This posting requirement only applies to decisions arising out of a complaint dated on or after January 1, 2015 or if there was no complaint, the first appointment of investigators dated on or after January 1, 2015.
See PDF for the summary of a decision made against this member in which the disposition includes a Caution-in-Person and a SCERP:
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Source:
Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee
Active Date: February 15, 2018
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Effective February 11, 2022, Dr. Al-Houssan has completed all elements of this SCERP.
Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program:
A summary of a decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee in which the disposition includes a Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program (“SCERP”) is required by the College By-laws to be posted on the register, along with a note if the decision has been appealed. A SCERP is one of the dispositions that the College’s Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee may make in connection with a matter before it, and this disposition requires the member to complete an education and remediation program specified for the member. A note will also be posted when all the elements of the SCERP have been completed. The summary will be removed from the register if the decision is overturned on appeal or review. Note that this requirement only applies to decisions arising out of a complaint dated on or after January 1, 2015 or if there was no complaint, the first appointment of investigators dated on or after January 1, 2015.
See PDF for the summary of a decision made against this member in which the
disposition includes a SCERP:
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Source:
Member
Active Date: December 15, 2017
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Summary of the Undertaking given by Dr. Walid Al-Houssan to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, effective December 15, 2017:
Dr. Al-Houssan is the subject of an investigation into allegations of professional misconduct. As a result:
Dr. Al-Houssan must not engage in any professional encounters, in person or otherwise, with patients of any age, in any jurisdiction, unless the patient encounter takes place in the continuous presence of a monitor who is a regulated health professional acceptable to the College, and unless the other requirements provided in Dr. Al-Houssan’s Undertaking with the College are fulfilled. For further clarity, Dr. Al-Houssan must not be alone with any patient during any professional encounter.
Dr. Al-Houssan shall post a sign in all waiting rooms, examination rooms and consulting rooms, in all Practice Locations, in a clearly visible and secure location, that states: “Dr. Al-Houssan must not have professional encounters, in person or otherwise, with patients of any age, unless in the continuous presence of a practice monitor acceptable to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Dr. Al-Houssan must not be alone with any patient during any professional encounter. Further information may be found on the College website at www.cpso.on.ca”.