Improper breast focus by South Florida psychiatrist, fifth state complaint says
A Boca Raton psychiatrist demonstrated an improper fixation with the breasts of a female patient diagnosed with anxiety, ADHD and borderline personality disorder, a state complaint says.
That’s from the most recent Florida Department of Health administrative complaint that posted to the online discipline page of Dr. Andrew Sorial on Tuesday, the third from May 22 and fifth overall.
Each complaint alleges Sorial went past patient-doctor boundaries during telehealth appointments by conjured reasons for women to wear revealing clothes, reveal their breasts or, in this most recently posted complaint, discuss the patient’s breasts.
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One woman has filed a civil lawsuit in Palm Beach County against Sorial and then-employer Boca Raton Psychiatry. Sorial’s license has been suspended in Florida since Jan. 21, five days before the first complaint was filed. He ended his time at Boca Raton Psychiatry in February, according to his LinkedIn page, the same month he entered into a voluntary agreement not to practice in Massachusetts, where he’s also licensed. The May complaints say Sorial’s address of record is now his home in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Neither Sorial nor Boca Raton Psychiatry have responded to requests from the Miami Herald for comments on the latest complaint.
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Sorial ‘asked if she was happy with her breasts’
Patient 5 saw Sorial, the complaint said, for “medication management’ after being diagnosed with anxiety, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder. From August to November 2024, these psychiatric appointments were one hour and conducted by video conferencing.
During a session, the complaint said, Sorial “brought up fluctuations in Patient 5’s weight.” He also asked if she was “satisfied with her body image” and “to identity any areas of dissatisfaction.”
Among the questions and statements Sorial then made, according to the complaint:
- “Asked Patient 5 if she was happy with her breasts.”
- “Asked Patient 5 her bra size and whether her breast size and changed due to weight loss.”
- “Told Patient 5 that they should monitor the size and shape of her breasts.”
Those questions and comments were, the complaint said, “outside the scope of practice and generally accepted medical examination or treatment of the patient.”
This story was originally published June 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM with the headline "Improper breast focus by South Florida psychiatrist, fifth state complaint says."
