Haddonfield Doctor Sought Sex Favor During Surgery Procedure: AG

HADDONFIELD, NJ — A plastic surgeon accused of watching porn at work and soliciting a sexual favor from a patient has had his license suspended, according to officials.

Court records list Dr. Peter V. Driscoll's residence as Haddonfield; officials say he had an office in Bergen County where the misconduct allegedly occurred. Read Patch's original report here — Porn-Watching Plastic Surgeon Sought Sex Favor During Surgery: NJ AG

Driscoll, formerly of Goals Plastic Surgery in Ridgefield, had his license temporarily suspended by the State Board of Medical Examiners amid multiple accusations of misconduct, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.

Driscoll faces several charges linked to his tenure at Goals Plastic Surgery from August 2021 until June 2022, Platkin said.

One patient accused Driscoll of putting her hand on his thigh and asking her to rub his genitals to help him "get motivated," said the Attorney General.

The patient reported Driscoll to the practice manager who suspended Driscoll's surgical privileges, according to Platkin.

Driscoll also stands accused of watching porn and taking breaks during "numbing periods" — as anesthesia takes effect — and leaving the office before patients were out of recovery, against the practice's protocols, officials said.

Driscoll's actions "flagrantly violated the law as well as have harmed both the medical community and the public," Platkin's office wrote in a brief to the NJ State Board of Medical Examiners. "His sexual exploitation of a patient on the operating table so shocks the conscious that it not only destroys Respondent's reputation, but diminishes the reputation of all physicians and the trust patients have in their health care professionals."

Patch's Logan Williamson contributed to this report in Bergen County.