SURGEON SURRENDERS LICENSE NEAR-FATAL FACE-LIFT CITED.Byline: Marshall Allen Marshall Belford Allen (born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 25, 1924) is a free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EVI (an electronic valve instrument made by the Akai company). Staff Writer LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - A plastic surgeon plastic surgeon A surgeon specialized in reconstruction or cosmetic enhancement of various body regions, most commonly the face–nose, chin, and cheeks, breasts and buttocks; PSs remove fat deposits through liposuction; PSs reduce scarring or disfigurement has surrendered his medical license after performing several facial procedures on a woman who contracted a flesh-killing bacterial infection that almost killed her, officials announced Thursday. John Alexander Krosnoff of La Canada Flintridge had been accused by the state Medical Board 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 for allegedly failing to properly treat the unidentified patient. He was licensed in 1968 and was practicing in an office in the 600 block of North Central Avenue in Glendale. ``They're an unfair outfit, and I have nothing more to say about it,'' Krosnoff said in a phone interview. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Medical Board's documents detailing the surrender of his license effective March 24, Krosnoff admitted that ``each and every charge and allegation'' contained in the accusation was true. The accusations against Krosnoff are based on his treatment of a woman who had a face-lift and liposuction Liposuction Definition Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty or suction-assisted lipectomy, is cosmetic surgery performed to remove unwanted deposits of fat from under the skin. around and on her neck and jaw line. In the days following the surgery on Nov. 3, 1997, the patient reported she was suffering from chills, fever, hot flashes hot flashes Hot flush Gynecology A symptom afflicting 80-85% of middle-aged ♀, first occurring during the perimenopause, continuing with ↓ intensity for yrs, manifesting itself as transient waves of erythema and uncomfortable warmth beginning in the and cold spells. She also felt pressure and swelling on the right side of her face and neck, and heard a ``pop'' when she turned her head. Krosnoff told her and her husband she probably had the flu, according to the accusations. Soon afterward the patient's husband took her to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Medical Center where she was diagnosed with sepsis - an infection - and shock, with a fast heart rhythm Noun 1. heart rhythm - the rhythm of a beating heart cardiac rhythm regular recurrence, rhythm - recurring at regular intervals atrioventricular nodal rhythm, nodal rhythm - the normal cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the and very low blood pressure. St. Joseph's personnel also determined she was suffering from a flesh-killing bacteria ``with life threatening complications,'' the accusation said. The Medical Board further alleged that Krosnoff never discussed the risks with the patient; allegedly failed in his documentation, diagnosis and treatment of his patient; that there was no record of the doctor monitoring her vital signs during surgery; and that he told her to stop taking an antibiotic that made her sick before and after the operation, and never gave her a new prescription. Marshall Allen, (626) 578-6300, Ext. 4461 marshall.allen(at)sgvn.com |
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