Podiatrist asked for sex and cupcakes from vulnerable patient: tribunal
He also charged the Department of Veteran’s Affairs for services he had no record of providing
A podiatrist who had sex with a patient in his consulting room, asked her for cupcakes, and pocketed payments for treatments he didn’t provide, has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
A Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal panel further found he billed the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA) for 12 sessions of shockwave therapy for heel pain — double the amount that was clinically indicated — and failed to maintain adequate clinical records.
