article_snippet.sent: But Prof Peckitt was 'erased' from the medical register after the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) panel found that Prof Peckitt fitness to practice was impaired.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Peckitt didn't seek advice from colleagues and quit Professor Peckitt post days later.
article_snippet.sent: Prof Peckitt is now believed to be working as a consultant surgeon in Dubai and elected not to attend the hearing but issued an email in which Prof Peckitt 'emphatically denied' the allegations.
article_snippet.sent: Prof Peckitt claimed Prof Peckitt was being 'victimised' but The Panel ignored these claims and the professor was struck off.
article_snippet.sent: Panel chair Ian Spafford said: 'The Panel has determined that Prof Peckitt misconduct is fundamentally incompatible with Prof Peckitt continuing to practise medicine. '
article_snippet.sent: Therefore, it has determined that, in the particular circumstances of this case, it would not be sufficient nor proportionate to suspend Prof Peckitt registration. '
article_snippet.sent: The Panel is of the view that the public interest requires that The Panel be made clear that Prof Peckitt behaviour is unacceptable in a member of the medical profession. '
article_snippet.sent: The Panel has determined to direct that Prof Peckitt name be erased from the Medical Register. '
article_snippet.sent: In the light of all the evidence presented to it, it is satisfied that erasure is a proportionate sanction in Prof Peckitt case.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Pioneering Professor Ninian Peckitt quit post days later and is now believed to be working in Dubai .