The Florida Board of Medicine has reached a settlement with a Miami plastic surgeon whose botched Brazilian butt lift surgery preceded the death of a 47-year-old Indiana woman.
The physician walks away with a $10,000 fine, costs for the investigation, and a mandated one-hour lecture “on safety and possible complications” of such procedures.
On Friday, Feb. 3, the full board of the Florida Board of Medicine voted on the penalty to New Life Plastic Surgery’s Dr. Oliver Simmons for his part in the death of Tanesha Walker, who died after having a gluteal fat grafting surgery under his care on April 20, 2022.
“My mom isn’t supposed to be dead. She’s still supposed to be here with us,” said Tierra Gosha, Walker’s daughter.
Based on the results of an autopsy performed by Miami-Dade Chief Medical Examiner Kenneth Hutchins, officials determined the doctor violated Florida law by injecting fat into Walker’s gluteal muscles during the BBL, the Miami Herald reported.
The settlement reached between Simmons and the Florida Department of Health in front of the Florida Board of Medicine includes a letter of reprimand against his license, a $10,000 fine, reimbursement of $9,588.67 to the department’s investigation and prosecution costs, the commitment to do a one-hour lecture/seminar on safety and possible complications of BBL surgeries at a medical facility, and have ultrasound guidance during his BBLs procedures until such time as the state determines that guidance is no longer necessary.
This is a little different from the penalties for Dr. John Sampson, a plastic surgeon at Seduction Cosmetic Surgery in Coral Gables, whose 33-year-old patient died the same day of her BBL procedure on June 16, 2021.
Newsweek reports in Sampson’s case, decided on Friday, Sept. 8, 2022, the board banned him from performing the procedure again and fined $20,000 and $5,626 for the investigation and prosecution costs.
The physician was ordered…
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