TORONTO \u2014 A respected Georgetown doctor showed eight female patients selfies of his genitalia while sharing a stories of a golf trip, a college of physicians prosecutor alleged Monday. \u00a0Dr. Nigel Mark Phipps, 57, revealed his cellphone shots to patients in 2014 and 2015 in the course of recounting \u201ca supposedly amusing story about a golf trip with his friends,\u201d college prosecutor Elisabeth Widner told a disciplinary hearing of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe tried to portray this as a joke or an illustration of an embarrassing story,\u201d Widner said in her opening remarks.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe showed these photos on his cellphone … at the conclusion of medical appointments with long-time female patients.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phipps rubbed his penis against one patient\u2019s leg during an exam in the fall of 2014, alleged Widner.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany saw him for decades and thought highly of him as a physician. Some remain his patients.\u201d<\/p>\n
Widner alleged Phipps told one patient \u201cnot to say anything\u201d if she received a call from the college, adding, \u201che put a finger to his lips in a shushing motion and told her to \u2018keep it between us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
In some instances, he commented on his physical appearance in the shots and indicated he was \u201cwell endowed,\u201d said Widner.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen yours now you\u2019ve seen mine,\u201d she quoted Dr. Phipps as saying to one patient.<\/p>\n
Phipps, who has been practising since 1985, has pleaded not guilty to the allegations involving his patients and unprofessional conduct with three female staffers. The identities of complainants are covered by a publication ban.<\/p>\n
One patient testified that she was \u201cso completely shocked and surprised\u201d when Phipps revealed his selfies that she \u201ckept replaying it in my head in the hours immediately afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying to get out of that exam room as soon as possible,\u201d said the 49-year-old woman of the September 2014 incident. She and her two adults daughters are no longer his patients.<\/p>\n
Another patient, a retired church minister, wiped away tears as she recalled Phipps showing her two nude shots in September 2014.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was shocked because it was just so out of character. This was just a mistake. I remained his patient. I was sure it would never happen again,\u201d said the woman, 69, his patient for 26 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a wonderful doctor. I don\u2019t want to change doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hearing resumes Tuesday.<\/p>\n
By:\u00a0SAM PAZZANO, TORONTO SUN<\/p>\n
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