A Montreal obstetrician-gynecologist has had his license revoked after he allegedly made sexually inappropriate comments to a patient in labor.
Dr. Allan B. Climan, 73, is no longer licensed to practice medicine after the College of Physicians of Quebec (CMQ) removed his name from its list of doctors.
According to a decision released by the college’s disciplinary committee, Climan was examining a patient in the delivery room of the Jewish General Hospital on April 22.
“The respondent made inappropriate and/or sexual comments to his patient,” the document says, adding that Climan allegedly told him, “thank you for the great time.”
Her partner was not in the room at the time.
In addition, the committee notes that the doctor did not respect the prior constraints imposed on him by the CMQ on July 15, 2021, namely “being alone in the presence of a female person… where conduct an examination.
The committee found that he also failed to update his patient’s chart after several reviews.
This is not the first time Climan has been disciplined for making sexual comments to a pregnant patient.
In 2019, he was fined $2,500 and suspended for two years for speaking to a patient in a manner deemed sexually inappropriate.
According to the disciplinary committee, Climan allegedly told a patient in 2015 that “you have a great little body, I can’t wait to check you out and I’m sure you have a beautiful vagina.”
Prior to his suspension, he received two warnings for prior inappropriate comments and between 1989 and 2020 Climan faced 11 disciplinary investigations.
He has been a physician since 1981, obtaining his certification in obstetrics and gynecology in 1983.
The patient’s name cannot be published to protect her privacy.
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