KITCHENER - A Kitchener family doctor faces allegations of sexually abusing a patient.

Dr. Timothy Szozda's conduct toward a patient between about 2013 and 2014 will be reviewed by the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario at a hearing on Jan. 30.

It is alleged that Szozda sexually abused the patient and engaged in unprofessional conduct with the patient, including breaching boundaries and making inappropriate remarks of a sexual nature.

It's also alleged that he failed to maintain the standard of practice with the patient in the conduct of examinations.

Szozda had to appear before a college panel in September 2018 for a caution related to his care of a male patient. The college found the patient's diagnosis of prostate cancer was delayed by Szozda not referring him to a specialist sooner for further investigation.

Szozda studied medicine at Western University and has a practice on Belmont Avenue West.