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Dr. Misrepresented he was board certified in plastic surgery.

Publication: Medical Law's Regan Report
Publication Date: 01-OCT-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
DR. TIMOTHY BROWN WAS A LICENSED MEDICAL DOCTOR HOLDING CERTIFICATIONS FROM THE AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES IN DERMATOLOGY AND ANATOMIC AND CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. Dr. Brown started a dermatology practice in Oregon in 1985 and thereafter maintained an advertisement in Dex Media's Yellow Pages, under the heading "Physicians and Surgeons" and the subheading "Dermatology (skin)." The advertisement listed various services and prominently noted that Brown was "Certified by the American Board of Dermatology." In 1993, Brown, after receiving some limited informal training in how to perform liposuction, began to offer "tumescent" liposuction in his office. He mentioned the new service in his 1993/94 Yellow Pages advertisement, which still appeared under the "Dermatology" subheading and which still referred to his board-certification in dermatology. In 1996, Brown placed a second advertisement in the...

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