{"id":710953,"date":"2026-06-02T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/710953\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:10:08","slug":"queensland-surgeon-vahid-reza-adib-suspended-after-rape-charges-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/710953\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland surgeon Vahid Reza Adib suspended after rape charges | Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queensland health ombudsman has suspended the registration of prominent surgeon Vahid Reza Adib \u2013 the partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk \u2013 who was charged last month with rape<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ombudsman confirmed on Tuesday<\/a> that Adib was \u201cprohibited from practising as a medical practitioner for the duration of the suspension\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health ombudsman took immediate registration action by suspending the registration of Vahid Reza Adib\u2026effective 2 June 2026,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The suspension will continue until it is set aside by the ombudsman or the Queensland<\/a> civil and administrative tribunal.<\/p>\n

Adib, a bariatric surgeon who ran an obesity clinic at the private Wesley hospital in Brisbane\u2019s western suburbs, was charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault on 1 May.<\/p>\n

Police said at the time: \u201cIt will be alleged the man sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at a Goodwin Terrace residence on 30 March.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing extensive investigations, on 30 April, detectives executed a crime scene warrant at the property where several items were seized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adib\u2019s website said he had performed more than 20,000 operations and had expertise in laparoscopic surgery and obesity management. He has worked in Brisbane since he was a surgical trainee in the mid 1990s.<\/p>\n

But it was his relationship with Palaszczuk, which began six years into her tenure as premier and at the height of her popularity, that placed him in the public eye.<\/p>\n

A statement released by Adib\u2019s lawyers the day he was charged said he would \u201cvigorously defend the charges\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr Adib is shocked about the allegations made about him and is taking the matter very seriously,\u201d his lawyer Dan Rogers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike all persons accused of a crime, he is presumed to be innocent and intends to vigorously defend the charges. Right now, Dr Adib is primarily concerned about the welfare of his family and his patients and he will do whatever it takes to ensure that they are looked after in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queensland health ombudsman has suspended the registration of prominent surgeon Vahid Reza Adib \u2013 the partner of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-710953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}