The Queensland health ombudsman has suspended the registration of prominent surgeon Vahid Reza Adib – the partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – who was charged last month with rape.The ombudsman confirmed on Tuesday that Adib was “prohibited from practising as a medical practitioner for the duration of the suspension”.“The health ombudsman took immediate registration action by suspending the registration of Vahid Reza Adib…effective 2 June 2026,” it said.The suspension will continue until it is set aside by the ombudsman or the Queensland civil and administrative tribunal.Adib, a bariatric surgeon who ran an obesity clinic at the private Wesley hospital in Brisbane’s western suburbs, was charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault on 1 May.Police said at the time: “It will be alleged the man sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at a Goodwin Terrace residence on 30 March.“Following extensive investigations, on 30 April, detectives executed a crime scene warrant at the property where several items were seized.”Adib’s website said he had performed more than 20,000 operations and had expertise in laparoscopic surgery and obesity management. He has worked in Brisbane since he was a surgical trainee in the mid 1990s.But it was his relationship with Palaszczuk, which began six years into her tenure as premier and at the height of her popularity, that placed him in the public eye.A statement released by Adib’s lawyers the day he was charged said he would “vigorously defend the charges”.“Dr Adib is shocked about the allegations made about him and is taking the matter very seriously,” his lawyer Dan Rogers said.“Like all persons accused of a crime, he is presumed to be innocent and intends to vigorously defend the charges. Right now, Dr Adib is primarily concerned about the welfare of his family and his patients and he will do whatever it takes to ensure that they are looked after in the coming weeks.”