Two specialists have been disciplined for sending “abusive” and “bullying” emails to the former president of the Ontario Medical Association.
The pair, who faced separate disciplinary hearings on Monday at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, pleaded guilty to committing acts of professional misconduct. Both acknowledged that in the summer of 2016, they engaged in “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional” conduct by sending harassing emails to then-OMA president Dr. Virginia Walley.
Kitchener anesthesiologist Dr. Troy Christie “Chris” Drone was suspended for a month, reprimanded and ordered to reimburse the college $6,000 in legal costs.
Brampton cardiologist Dr. Michael Tjandrawidjaja was spared a suspension, but was reprimanded and ordered to pay the college the same in legal costs.
The ugly infighting and cyberbullying within the profession was first reported in the Star last year.
In agreed statements of facts, both physicians acknowledged sending emails to Walley via her personal email address and an OMA email address, which could also be accessed by staff at the association. The doctors said they were angry about a tentative contract that had been reached by the provincial government and board of the OMA, which represents the political and economic interests of doctors. The tentative deal was ultimately rejected in a vote by OMA members in August that year.
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