Oregon Psychiatrist Soroush Mohandessi Reprimanded, Fined for Sexual Misconduct

July 10, 2025

On January 1, 2024, the Oregon Medical Board (OMB) issued a stipulated order reprimanding psychiatrist Soroush Mohandessi for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, which the OMB further specified to be, among other things:

• Conduct or practice contrary to recognized standards of ethics of the medical profession; 

• Conduct which does or might constitute a danger to health of a patient; 

• Sexual misconduct, defined in pertinent part as “behavior that exploits the licensee-patient relationship in a sexual way. The behavior is non-diagnostic and non-therapeutic, may be verbal or other behavior, and may include, expressions of thoughts and feelings or gestures that are sexual or that reasonably may be construed by a patient as sexual”; 

• Sexual impropriety: Behavior, gestures, or expressions that are seductive, sexually suggestive, or sexually demeaning to a patient or the patient's immediate family and sexually explicit communication in person, by mail, by telephone, or by other electronic means, including but not limited to text message, e-mail, video or social media;  

• Impairment; 

• Repeated negligence in the practice of medicine; 

• Gross negligence in the practice of medicine.

The OMB also imposed a $10,000 civil penalty on Mohandessi, restricted him from practicing psychotherapy, and imposed other conditions upon him.

Source: Stipulated Order in the Matter of Soroush Mohandessi, M.D. lic. no. MD126173, Oregon Medical Board, Nov. 27, 2023.