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Doctor who removed ovaries without consent faces new practice restrictions
Overview
The General Medical Council (GMC) has placed interim conditions on consultant gynaecologist Dr Ali Shokouh-Amiri after he admitted removing two women's ovaries without consent while working in Guernsey between 2016 and 2019. Although a 2025 tribunal found him guilty of misconduct but ruled his fitness to practise was not impaired, the GMC is challenging that decision in the British High Court and has restricted him from consulting female patients without a chaperone.
Key points
- Dr Ali Shokouh-Amiri admitted removing the ovaries of two women without consent while working in Guernsey between 2016 and 2019.
- A Medical Practitioners Tribunal found him guilty of misconduct in 2025 but concluded his fitness to practise was not impaired.
- The General Medical Council (GMC) is challenging the tribunal's ruling in the British High Court.
- New interim conditions prevent Dr Shokouh-Amiri from consulting female patients without a chaperone, except in life-threatening emergencies.
- The tribunal also found proved that he hugged and kissed a patient and suggested another join him at the gym.
- Dr Shokouh-Amiri currently works as a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.