HOOPER

Disciplinary Action against Dr. Malcolm Hooper

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has upheld a 2012 ruling by the Chiropractic Board of Australia that chiropractor Malcolm Hooper was guilty of professional misconduct, unprofessional conduct and bringing the profession into “undeserved ill-repute.” The VCAT decision reprimanded Hooper, canceled his registration, disqualified him from reapplying for registration for two years, and ordered him to pay the costs of the proceedings. The board’s action was based on Hooper’s treatment of a man with cerebral palsy with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and a Lokomat device. (The Lokomat robot-assisted walking device that can help some disabled people walk.) The man had sought treatment in 2007 with the hope that it it would make him suitable for stem cell treatment by David Steenblock, D.O., an American physician …