Dr. Jan Adams, who performed surgery on Dr. Dondra West before her death did not follow appropriate procedures and is not certified on the American Board of Plastic Surgery:Donda West’s operation lasted eight hours — twice as long as it should have. Dr. Jan Adams began the operation Friday morning and finished Friday evening. He then sent Ms. West home, rather than to a recovery center, which would have been appropriate. Several doctors at Centinela Hospital where West was taken believe the excessive amount of time it took to perform the procedure strongly suggests either something went wrong during the operation or the doctor was just too inexperienced.
Jan Adams is the Beverly Hills plastic surgeon that performed on Donda West before she died, has been sued for malpractice before and lost twice. In August of 2001 he was ordered to pay $250,000 in one claim. In September of 2001, he was ordered to pay $217,337 in another malpractice judgment.
On March 31, 2006, he was arrested for blowing a .10 blood alcohol level during two breath analyzer tests and putting him over the legal limit. The case went to trial and Adams was found guilty of driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or greater. He was sentenced to 96 hours in L.A. County jail, had to enroll in an alcohol treatment and counseling program and attend 60 AA meetings and five years probation, the papers state.
In 2003, he plead guilty to driving under the influence and was placed on three years probation, which included a three-month first offender alcohol and drug education and counseling program and restricted him from driving anywhere but to and from work for 90 days.
In April of this year, the Executive Director of the California Medical Board asked the state to consider revoking or suspending Adams’ physician and surgeon’s certificate.
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Let's wait and see what happens. I'm trying to avoid participating in what might be the negro flogging of the week AND in being indiscriminately protective of a potentially negligent black male doctor.
Smart move Robyn.
One must wonder, however, how such an "educated" woman chose such a seemingly shady doctor. All that info is public record.
Plus, I'm a little jaded. Some good, smart friends of mine have gotten DUIs. And I work in insurance defense litigation. The payment of money is not always an indicator of wrong doing.
Thats true, Dina. But this man is on TV. You know what that means in this world. I have a relative who consulted with him regarding a surgery. Either him or the other "black surgeon" on extreme makeover.
Agreed on the DUI's and settlements. I'm sure the majority of doctors have a settlement somewhere.
From what I understand, there are a lot of doctors out there getting into cosmetic surgery because it is high volume andmakes more money. Most aren't board certified and, if they are, it's in other specialties.
If she chose him because he is on TV, that speaks volumes about the extent to which we, as a society, have lost all sense of sanity in who we regard as authorities.
"If she chose him because he is on TV, that speaks volumes about the extent to which we, as a society, have lost all sense of sanity in who we regard as authorities."
Agreed!
I agree Robyn,
But a dead woman is evidence that something aint right.
She went for a Tummy Tuck, not brain surgery.
I happen to have met this cat a few times. I think I even went to a pool party at his house years ago. He often popped up at functions with a miscellaneous looking weathered pink toe on his arm, sportin' her like he was doin' something.
Giving the screw face to brothers who couldn't have been less interested in his broad.
He had 'hater' tattood across his forhead. Not that that had anything to do with this case, but homeboy wouldn't have been cutting on my mother.
"Not that that had anything to do with this case....."
Actually, DV, I tend to find unspoken indicia of haterism, chronic pinktoe syndrome and a general condition of assholeness relevant in most instances.
But that's just me.....what do I know.
This comment is NOT aimed at Sister West (may she rest in peace).
But I want everyone who visits this site to look at the pic of the Sisters of The Nation on the lower right hand side.
Look at the one in the front. She is beautiful. Now look at yourselves, I don't care how old you are or what color, but be happy with who you are and if you could loose weight (like me) try to walk, eat right, do crunches. I just started last week and my two daughters support me by crunching with their daddy (they don't need to do it, but they help me.) Let's stop letting magazines, TV shows, and celebrities tell us how we should look.
Well said Komrade! (as I sit here with a sore ass and legs from Step Aerobics class last night.)
That doc seems like a very shady character.
RJEsq said...
"Not that that had anything to do with this case....."
Actually, DV, I tend to find unspoken indicia of haterism, chronic pinktoe syndrome and a general condition of assholeness relevant in most instances.
ROFLMAO
Ahhhhh .... you aint lyin'
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