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Limited training among some cosmetic surgery doctors worries FL officials

By St. Petersburg Times  
   August 09, 2010

 

A Tampa doctor accused of allowing unlicensed assistants to perform liposuction should have his license suspended for a year and pay a $50,000 fine, the Florida Board of Medicine decided Saturday. The board's action was a move to address the growing concern about physicians with limited cosmetic surgery training working in medical spas. Many patients don't realize that popular cosmetic treatments, from laser hair removal to liposuction, can inflict serious harm. In an alarming case, a South Florida physician recently had to give up his license after a patient died following complications from a liposuction procedure.

 

 

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