Medical Board Revokes License of Former Newport Beach Physician.[I TO: *alan@newsrx.com ] News/Health Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--July 2, 2002 The Medical Board of California has revoked the medical license of Patrick Ziad Abuzeni, M.D., formerly of Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. . The revocation was effective June 24, 2002. After a hearing, Administrative Law Judge administrative law judge n. a professional hearing officer who works for the government to preside over hearings and appeals involving governmental agencies. They are generally experienced in the particular subject matter of the agency involved or of several agencies. Roy W. Hewitt recommended that Abuzeni's license be revoked, and the Board adopted his decision. Judge Hewitt concluded that Abuzeni, in the care and treatment of one patient, committed several separate acts of gross negligence An indifference to, and a blatant violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or and repeated negligent acts; demonstrated incompetence; failed to maintain adequate and accurate records; and knowingly signed a document directly related to the practice of medicine which falsely represented the existence of a state of facts. Abuzeni twice participated in performing a breast augmentation procedure that is an extreme departure from the standard of care. This procedure,"BAMBI Bambi adorable deer grows rhapsodically in beautiful forest. [Am. Cinema: Bambi in Disney Films, 53–56] See : Cuteness " (Bilateral Augmentation Mammoplasty augmentation mammoplasty Cosmetic surgery Any surgical procedure which ↑ breast size Complications Capsule contraction–20% of cases, hematoma, infection, implant exposure, deflation or rupture of implant, breast asymmetry, external scars. See Mammoplasty. by Injection), involves harvesting fat from areas of a patient's body and injecting the fat into the patient's breasts to enlarge them. In consultation with another physician, Abuzeni, when performing the first BAMBI procedure on the patient, also performed an experimental procedure involving platelet-rich plasma using the patient as her own "control" subject by treating one breast differently from the other. While Abuzeni discussed the BAMBI procedure with the patient, the judge found that, given what Abuzeni told her, he did not in fact obtain her "consent." Abuzeni failed to inform the patient that the fat injected in her breasts during the BAMBI procedure may become calcified Calcified Hardened by calcium deposits. Mentioned in: Heart Valve Repair and indistinguishable from cancerous growths on mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her , rendering mammography ineffective as a screening device for breast cancer. The judge similarly concluded that the procedure involving the use of her blood was not adequately disclosed to her. These and other failures by Abuzeni to fully inform the patient of the risks of procedures he performed were found to be extreme departures from the standard of care. The judge further found that Abuzeni signed his operative report operative report A document produced by a surgeon or other physician(s) who have participated in a surgical intervention, which contains a detailed account of the findings, the procedure used, the specimens removed, the preoperative and postoperative diagnoses, and inaccurately, incompletely, and that it falsely represented the surgical procedures performed. The judge also found that Abuzeni's act of performing a thigh-lift procedure on the patient, even though he had not even seen one performed before, and without proper supervision, constituted an extreme departure from the standard of care. Harm done to the patient included one breast being smaller than the other; and blistering, discoloration dis·col·or·a·tion n. 1. a. The act of discoloring. b. The condition of being discolored. 2. A discolored spot, smudge, or area; a stain. Noun 1. , necrosis, and extensive scarring of the patient's thighs resulting from Abuzeni's negligently performed thigh lift and his inadequate post-operative care and monitoring of the patient. The Medical Board of California is the state agency responsible for licensing and regulating physicians in this state. www.medbd.ca.gov Information about specific physicians: (916) 263-2382 Complaint line: (800) 633-2322 |
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