In the News – Cosmetic Surgeon in NY Sued for Over 40 Cases of Malpractice

Snippet from the article:

He’s accused of being the Richmond County ripper.

Staten Island cosmetic surgeon Robert Cattani has been sued for malpractice more than 40 times over three decades, but the state Health Department did nothing to stop the doctor while patients were being maimed and disfigured.

Cattani performed an eyelid lift that blinded a preschool teacher in one eye in 2005, and a tummy tuck on another patient that resulted in life-threatening blood loss, according to state and court records.

Read the rest — Cosmetic Dr. Doom

This is a physician in NY that performed hair transplants, among other cosmetic procedures. The recourse patients have is not only in the courts to prosecute the doctors in civil trials, but to also report improper doctors’ activities to the medical boards in the state where the doctor practices medicine.

In California, the medical board must conduct an investigation if a doctor is involved in improper behavior and this can include giving misinformation or any acts that constitute delivering a substandard of medical care that does not meet the “Standard of Care” offered by the community of his/her peers. I wonder here why it took so long and so many suits to get the State of New York to act.