Montreal obstetrician who made inappropriate advances suspended for 2 years

A retired Montrealobstetrician found guilty of several complaints against him, some of them sexual in nature, will not be able to practice for 20 months if he re-enters the profession and must pay $1,000.

The Quebec College of Physicians found Dr. Robert Pilorg guilty of all nine counts against him, ordering a two-year suspensionand several six-month suspensions. However, he can serve the suspensions concurrently.

The offences took place between 2010 and 2013, while he was practicing at St. Mary's Hospital.

Pilorg was accused of making inappropriate comments to a patient while she was restrained in stirrups. One complainant said he pinched her thighs and told her she had "nice hams" and that if he was her husband, he would "do her twice a day."

He was also accused by multiple patients of not informing them and other doctors of fetal anomalies and an intrauterine miscarriage.

He also failed to diagnose a case ofgestational diabetes and that fetus later died in utero.

In 2012, Pilorg failed to note a patient's eight-pound loss between checkups, which was later found to have been caused by the death of the fetus.

Pilorg was prohibited from seeing any patients in December2014 while the College of Physicians investigatedthe complaints against him.

He retired last summer. If he decides to resume his practice, he must serve his suspension upon being re-instated.

He was previouslysuspended for four months and fined $1,000 in 2009 for making inappropriate comments to patient in 2006.