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Satya Nandam
Last updated: 2026-10-18T09:32:50.591Z
- Practitioner name
- Satya Nandam
- Name as recorded
- Satya Nandam
- Profession
- Medical practitioner (general practitioner)
- Decision date
- 2011-02-25
- Offence category
- Sexual misconduct with a patient
- Offence
- An experienced GP, he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient for about nine months in 2007-08, knowing her health problems and personal circumstances, while continuing to treat her and her sons. No criminal charges. Disciplinary grounds established.
- Outcome
- Reprimand; 3 months' suspension, itself suspended after 1 month for 2 years on conditions (psychiatric treatment, 40-hour patient cap, supervision, ethics course); $20,000 costs. QCAT (Judge Fleur Kingham, Deputy President, with Dr S Congdon, Dr J Osborne and M Shapiro) accepted the Board's joint proposal; no restriction on treating female patients was imposed.
- Outcome type
- Suspended
- Outcome length
- 1 month actual (3 months nominal)
- Category
- Not recorded
- Tribunal
- Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Case name
- Medical Board of Australia v Nandam [2011] QCAT 65
- Citation
- [2011] QCAT 65
- Tribunal decision date
- 2011-02-25
- State
- QLD
- Tribunal city
- Not recorded
- National board
- Medical Board of Australia
- Registration status
- Not recorded
- Official outcome (tribunal/board)
- Suspended 1 month actual (3 months nominal)
- Source confidence
- Not recorded
- Notes
- Some later decisions spell the name 'Namdam'. Permanently barred: No Source: CaseChat AU, 2011-02-25
Decision-makers
- Judge Fleur Kingham (Deputy President) · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Dr S Congdon · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Dr J Osborne · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- M Shapiro · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Sources
https://casechat.au/cases/au/medical-board-of-australia-v-nandam