January 6, 2016 To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is in regard to a complaint that I wish to render against Dr. Christopher A Hooper who has been my dentist for the last five years. My husband and four-year-old daughter have also been his patients for a length of time. My complaint stems from not just one incident, but many in the five year period that I have been his patient. I am writing this complaint at present time because Dr. Hooper's sexual advances towards me have (on my visit 2 weeks ago) now turned to a sexual harassment and assault.
In these last five years as a patient of his, Dr. Hooper has continually told me how beautiful I am, how pretty I am, how I have the nicest smile he has ever seen. Thinking that Dr. Hooper was just a nice man and that his words were simply compliments, I continued to go in for office visits as well as take my four-year-old daughter to him an even my husband. As time went on I started to feel very uncomfortable every time I would go in for an appointment. I actually at some point was considering switching dentists so I would not be subjected to his comments any longer and the very uncomfortable feeling I had when having work done on my teeth.
On my most recent visit (Dec 28, 2015) I was scheduled to have a crown made. As I was sitting in the chair waiting for the work to be done, He numbed my mouth and set the chair at a reclining position. During the procedure I noticed he kept looking at my body especially my breasts. At one point he even made a comment to me about my breasts. He said that it looked like I had had some work done on my breasts. At that point he leaned down right next to my face and said, "You just don't know how beautiful you are Morgan. We should be an item. I just want you to know this in case you or I ever get a divorce from our spouses because I think it can work for us." At this point I felt truly vulnerable because I was laying down with my mouth numb unable to say a word due to the imprints in my mouth. All I wanted to do was to get up and leave the office but that was impossible what with the hole in my tooth.
When the work was finally done I quickly got off the chair and started walking to the front desk just to get away from him. I headed toward the front desk noticing that Dr. Hooper was following very close behind me. Before approaching the front desk, Dr. Hooper grabbed me, stopping my forward motion. He then leaned over and whispered to me, "Can I ask you something, can I ask if it would be alright to call you sometime". I looked at him and told him that I doubt my husband would approve of my receiving phone calls from my dentist. He laughed and said he would make it sound like we were discussing teeth. Hearing this made me extremely angry, as I had trusted this dentist with not only myself but my family as well.
Upon walking away, Dr. Hooper asked his secretary if my files were updated. He asked for me to repeat my new address and phone number to him to make certain it was all correct. He then told me it would be beneficial to have the corrected numbers as a way for him to contact me. He did in fact do that, just eight seconds after me leaving the office he called me from what was not the saved number I had in my phone of his office so I picked up an it was him. I could barely hear him speaking and asked if he was whispering an he laughed with a yes. I believe that this in itself is in violation of the HIPPA-ACT upon researching it. On the phone Dr. Hooper once again professed his infatuation for me while telling me how beautiful I was and that we should be an item. There was no mention about the crown or my tooth. He called once again at 5:30 that evening saying he was checking up on me. I got another call two days later. I would say that Dr. Hooper's calls to me after this visit were quite a bit excessive. Dr. Hooper has never followed up with me after an appointment in the past five years or my husband. I believe this goes against every code of ethics that our medical professionals are required to uphold with their patients. read more