Dermatologist prescribed known risky drug to boy
Adam Jacobus Smith was found guilty of more than 50 counts of Professional Misconduct and/or Poor Professional Performance by a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry earlier this year. The council’s decision to cancel his registration has been confirmed by the High Court, the final stage in the disciplinary process against Mr Smith.
Amongst the other allegations found to have been proven against him was that he used the drug Stellara on a patient, in a period before it was licensed for use in Ireland.
Dr Smith faced more than 100 allegations relating to 12 separate patients who were under his care in the Whitfield Clinic, Waterford, Aut Even Hospital, Kilkenny, and Barringtons Hospital in Limerick.
The case, which ran over 31 days of hearings since Apr 2012 was one of the longest in recent times.
Separately, the High Court has confirmed the decision of the council to censure a doctor who was forced to amputate a woman’s toe after allegedly forgetting to remove a tourniquet months earlier.
Dr Lech Kielpinskie was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to give the woman’s solicitors access to her medical records.
Dr Kielpinski worked in the now closed Blackhall Medical Centre in Dublin’s Smithfield.
