A New York woman died in the Dominican Republic on Sunday from complications of plastic surgery, according to reports. Spanish news outlet Al Minuto reported that Jesmy Tapia, 30, traveled to her native Dominican Republic to undergo liposuction on her buttocks and to have breast surgery. Tapia was being treated for postoperative infection at a …
A California woman has died and two other people were seriously injured after getting plastic surgery at the same Mexican facility on the same day, according to reports. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the woman who died, Keuana Weaver, 38, and two other women had procedures performed by Dr. Jesús Manuel Báez López at …
A Florida woman who allegedly pretended to be a plastic surgeon has been arrested after a man claimed she disfigured his face during a nose job session. Tampa Bay Times reports that 56-year-old Alcalira Jimenez De Rodriguez was arrested on Thursday while she was in the middle of performing another surgery at the Millennium Anti-Aging …
A California doctor is under fire after he showed up virtually for court in the middle of a surgery, a move the court commissioner refused to allow, the Sacramento Bee reports. Now state medical regulators say they will investigate the incident. On Thursday, Dr. Scott Green, a Sacramento-area plastic surgeon, appeared by video for a traffic court trial, which …
The insurgence of at-home DNA testing has reportedly revealed a startling pattern of fertility doctors using their own sperm to impregnate their patients. According to the Voice of San Diego, Arianna Huhn sought genetic testing for herself and her parents, leading her parents to reveal that they sought fertility treatment at the now-closed Fifth Avenue …
The elderly doctor allegedly revealed he was among a group of doctors who impregnated patients with their sperm
Michigan officials agreed to reinstate the licenses of two paramedics who allegedly erroneously pronounced a woman dead if they pass a national medical exam. The Associated Press obtained documents that detailed the state health department’s settlement with suspended Southfield Fire Department paramedics Michael Storms and Scott Rickard. In addition to passing the national exam, Storms …
The longtime doctor also falsified records to induce pregnant patients’ labor to earlier than what is recommended
A well-known Atlanta area chiropractor was arrested Wednesday on a sexual battery charge after one of his patients said that he sexually assaulted her in his office last month. Rashad Sanford, founder and CEO of Atlanta Spine Doctors, was arrested by Sandy Springs Police and booked into the Fulton County Jail, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. …
An Alabama doctor who produced and possessed child pornography was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Northern District of Alabama said in a statement that between the mid-1990s and about 2012, Ronald Tai Young Moon Jr., 56, secretly recorded neighbors and guests in his own home — including girls …
The teen reportedly has oppositional defiant disorder, which experts say isn’t typically treated with hormone therapy
The intern also accused the doctor of repeated sexual harassment
