Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
No impairment found
What does “no impairment found” mean?
The regulator considered the case and found that the practitioner's fitness to practise was not currently impaired. No restrictions are imposed.
Concerning Antonios Zamar, doctor (General Medical Council 3637384).
Decision date: 28 October 2025 · Hearing started 30 September 2025 and ended 28 October 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Antonios Zamar. It recorded the decision on impairment as not impaired and found the doctor's fitness to practise was not impaired. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 1. Dr Zamar is a Consultant Psychiatrist. He obtained his primary medical qualification in 1982 in Cairo, Egypt, and registered with the General Medical Council (‘GMC’) in 1992. Dr Zamar has been on the Specialist Register since April 1999 and registered with a licence to practise since 2009. 2. Dr Zamar is the Medical Director and Founder of The London Psychiatry Centre, a private clinic in Harley Street, London which opened in 2011. Dr Zamar does not have an NHS practice. It was from The London Psychiatry Clinic that Dr Zamar was offering ‘The Zamar Protocol’. 3. The Zamar Protocol is a treatment protocol that Dr Zamar has developed for the treatment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, including Subthreshold Bipolar Disorder (‘SBD’) treatment resistant depression and / or major depressive disorder. The protocol is a combination of two treatment modalities: high dose Levothyroxine and repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). Levothyroxine is a thyroid hormone used in the treatment of hypothyroidism. rTMS appears in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (‘NICE’) guidance as a treatment for depression. 4. Dr Zamar asserts expertise in the treatment of bipolar spectrum disorders using this combination of high dose Levothyroxine and rTMS. He is the author of several papers on the subject. Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr ZAMAR 3 5.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Antonios Zamar. The detail page records impairment as not impaired and the tribunal found the doctor's fitness to practise was not impaired.
Source
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