Doctor used picture with patient's ‘exposed brain' on dating site

Telegraph

17-04-2025

A doctor who used a picture of himself taking part in a brain surgery on a dating profile is facing a ban from medicine.
Dr Sayed Talibi, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, described himself as a '28-year-old brain surgeon' and uploaded the image which showed the exposed brain of a patient without their consent.
It was among a string of complaints upheld by a medical tribunal against him, including making racist statements towards others, assaulting a woman and behaving 'in a threatening, abusive and sexually motivated manner towards her'.
He was also pictured with banned weapons, including a large number of knives and an axe.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) found his fitness to practise was impaired due to his misconduct.
A decision on what sanctions to impose on Dr Talibi will be decided over the summer.
'I hate white people'
The ruling said the doctor carried out an attack on a woman, identified only as Ms A, when she had not consented. He also subjected her to violence and threatened to waterboard her, it was heard.
Detailing its findings, the Service said Dr Talibi had used racist language to describe others. It was determined and proven he said 'I do not like Afghan culture, I hate Afghan culture,' as well as 'I hate kuffar and white people' and 'I hate this country, I hate Afghan people equally.'
He was also banned from Asda after failing to scan his shopping at a supermarket and tried to offer money to a security guard to halt a probe.
The panel found he lied about an energy bill he blamed on a tenant and illegally made an audio recording of a court hearing.
In a ruling, the service's panel, sitting in Manchester, told him: 'Your actions and the course of conduct risked bringing the profession into disrepute.
'And that by reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired because of your misconduct.'