Montreal Doctor Suspended for 3 Months After Argument Over Patient’s Pronouns

Published on January 19, 2024

A family physician based in Montreal has been suspended for three months for professional misconduct involving a transgender patient. The complaint against Dr. Raymond Brière, filed by Dr. Jean Pelletier, the deputy syndic of the Collège des Médecins du Québec, alleged that Dr. Brière failed to maintain impeccable conduct and ended the medical follow-up of a transgender patient in a manner that violated multiple articles of the Code of Ethics of Physicians. Since 1980, Dr. Brière has been practicing medicine, serving in various remote regions within the province prior to his return to Montreal, where he serves over 600 patients. He obtained a family medicine specialist certification in 2010. Dr. Brière had been the primary care physician for the unnamed patient since May 2018....

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