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A married doctor has been banned from practicing for five years after crossing professional boundaries by sexually touching one of his patients and having sex.
West Gosford GP Fady Malak has lost his medical license after the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found he had been inappropriate with three vulnerable patients.
The court heard evidence that Malak had been convicted in 2021 after sexually touching a patient during a consultation in October 2020.
Erina’s doctor had rubbed the woman’s buttocks and kissed her neck before asking the upset woman, ‘Are you crying, baby Sookie?’
A GP lost his medical license after sexually touching one patient and having sex with another (file image)
He then continued to touch her inappropriately and told her that he had liked her for a long time during their date.
In 2021, Malak pleaded guilty at Gosford Local Court to two counts of aggravated sexual touching of a person without consent.
He was subsequently sentenced to a 14-month community corrections order in 2021 by Gosford Local Court.
Malak had also failed to keep adequate records of two consultations with the woman, as required by law.
The court was also told Malak had an affair with another patient between 2019 and 2020.
Court documents indicated Malak had performed an internal vaginal examination on the woman before having sexual intercourse with her during consultations on three occasions.
West Gosford GP pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually touching a person without consent (pictured, Gosford Local Court)
He had also sent her inappropriate messages and told her he loved her.
A third woman also reported Malak after he told her she was “very special” when he hugged her while she cried during a consultation, according to court documents.
Malak was not criminally charged in relation to the second and third women.
The court found that Malak was guilty of professional misconduct and posed a “substantial risk to the health of the public.”
The court ruling stated that Malak could not be trusted not to act inappropriately and would need a “long period of engaging in meaningful reflection” through treatment or therapy to gain “genuine insight” into his inappropriate behavior.
Court documents stated that Malak had told the court that his behavior toward the patient he was convicted of sexually touching was “an isolated incident.”
However, the court noted that his extramarital affair and inappropriate behavior with the third woman suggested he had a history of attacking women in a vulnerable position.