Usama Safwat Louis Ragheb

  
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Registration Number: XXX94 | Rockland

Category: Independent Practice

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CONTROLLED ACTS

This physiotherapist can perform the following activities:

Acupuncture (including dry needling)


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Usama (Sam) Ragheb
Arabic, English
Cairo University - 1993
Orthopedics

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Registered in Egypt


Important Information, Please Read

3/31/2021


CPO and Usama Ragheb 2019-0033


On January 23, 2020 the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) referred a matter involving Usama Ragheb to the Discipline Committee for a hearing. 

The hearing took place on March 31, 2021. This matter was resolved by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty and Costs. 

The panel of the Discipline Committee issued a decision on the finding on March 31, 2021, on the penalty on March 31, 2021 and on costs on March 31, 2021. 

After having considered all of the evidence, the panel found Usama Ragheb to have committed the following acts of professional misconduct:

  • paragraph 1 (failing to maintain the standards of practice of the profession);
  • paragraph 18 (engaging in conduct or performing an act relevant to the practice of the profession that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional);
  • paragraph 26 (failing to keep records in accordance with the standards of practice of the profession);


The panel ordered the following penalty:

  • Receive a reprimand at the conclusion of the hearing (delivered on March 31, 2021).
  • Serve a suspension for the period of April 10, 2021 through to and including October 9, 2021. The suspension could be extended if they are unable to complete certain requirements.
  • Complete a review of various College, standards, tools and resources.
  • Successfully complete the ProBe program. 
  • Meet with a practice coach on no more than eight occasions.
  • The physiotherapist may not supervise physiotherapy students and/or physiotherapy assistant (PTA) students.
  • The physiotherapist may not be a practice supervisor for a physiotherapist who holds a provisional practice certificate of registration.  
  • The physiotherapist may not provide physiotherapy services as a physiotherapist assistant (PTA) during the period that his certificate of registration is suspended . 


The panel also ordered Usama Ragheb to pay costs to the College in the amount of $3, 000 to offset some of the costs associated with investigating and prosecuting this case.

As a part of the penalty the Committee also issued a reprimand which read as follows:

The panel has found that you engaged in significant professional misconduct, and by doing so, you have adversely affected the reputation of the physiotherapy profession. 
 
Your conduct was unprofessional and lacked the required respect for patient boundaries, appropriate considerations when treating sensitive areas and, by your own admission, lacked appropriate consent. Your actions harmed an individual, and actions such as those undermine the public confidence in physiotherapists. 

Mr. Ragheb, while we acknowledge your statements today, the findings of professional misconduct are serious. It is the panel’s hope that your stated commitment to your remediation is followed through with and will result in a positive change to your practice. 

We expect that when you resume your practice as a physiotherapist, you are acutely aware of your patient’s needs and always put the needs of your patient before your own. Further, we expect that you will never appear before a Discipline Committee panel again.



STATUS: Completed


The Discipline Committee of the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario posts its decisions with reason on Canlii.org

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
START DATE END DATE PRACTICE LOCATION WORKS WITH A PHYSIOTHERAPIST ASSISTANT ACCESSIBLE SPACE AREA OF PRACTICE CATEGORY OF PATIENTS
10/16/2021
Primary
Current
Better Life Physiotherapy
2768 Laurier Street
Rockland, Ontario K4K 1N4
343-200-4004
No Yes Orthopedics All Ages
1/25/2022 4/1/2022 Pro Physio Conroy
2 Lorry Greenberg
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5H6
613 - 739 - 4545
Yes Yes All Ages
11/17/2021 1/24/2022 Pro Physio & Sports Medicine Centre
2756 Chamberland St.
Rockland, Ontario K4K 0B2
+1 (613) 656-1700
Yes Yes All Ages
9/23/2019 10/18/2019 Ray Friel Sports Medicine Centre
1585 Tenth Line Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1E 3E8
+1 (613) 837-7405
Yes Yes All Ages
5/7/2019 4/9/2021 Pro Physio & Sports Medicine Centre
2756 Chamberland St.
Rockland, Ontario K4K 0B2
+1 (613) 656-1700
Yes Yes All Ages
3/12/2019 5/14/2019 Pro Physio & Sport Medicine Centre Merivale
2 Woodfield Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 3Y5
+1 (613) 226-9969
Yes Yes All Ages
1/2/2019 8/5/2019 Ottawa Sport Medicine Centre
1370 Clyde Ave.
Nepean, Ontario K2G 3H8
+1 (613) 727-2621
Yes Yes All Ages

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