Doctor rebuffs sexual assault charges

A doctor accused of sexual assault and sexual misconduct denies that he ever performed invasive examinations for sexual gratification.

Dr. Stanley Bo-Shui Chung continued giving testimony Thursday at his disciplinary hearing before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Chung flatly denied allegations that he had hugged or kissed his patients, weighed them while they were naked, made sexual jokes with them, or performed examinations on them for his own sexual enjoyment.

He reiterated that performing the examinations was part of the train- ing he received in medical school.

The now-retired physician is accused of conducting excessive and unneeded pelvic and breast exams on 19 of his former patients, including a developmentally delayed 15year-old girl.

He said in the last 10 years of his career, he stopped pairing breast and pelvic examinations. Chung retired last May. The college had warned him about his techniques in December 2002.

He testified that in the intervening 10 years, he offered a drape or gown to his patients prior to their exams, but said many refused to cover themselves.

During the cross-examination, Alice Cranker, counsel for the college, told Chung that Patient A had 18 pelvic and breast examinations in just over two years. The lawyer asked him if he now believes every examination was necessary. “They were necessary at the time of presentation,” he said, adding that in hindsight, there may have been some that were unneeded, but there was no way of knowing that until the examination was performed. Cranker noted that Patient A presented with cysts and tenderness in her breasts, conditions that, in a teenager, usually aren’t cause for concern. Chung agreed. “But if the patient is concerned, I need to examine her and assure her that everything is expected,” he said.