Edmonton doctor convicted of sexual assaults allowed to practise again

An Edmonton family doctor who sexually assaulted a female patient and a nurse has been allowed to return to work under certain restrictions.
Dr. Ismail Taher, 40, can practise medicine again as long as he has a chaperone when seeing female patients, participates in a monitoring program and works with other doctors who know his discipline history, according to a ruling from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
“Dr. Taher’s proven conduct was very serious and repugnant fo