Windell Davis-Boutte, MD, dubbed the "dancing doctor," filed an objection June 14 to the Georgia Composite Medical Board's decision earlier this month to suspend her medical license, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Court documents filed by Dr. Davis-Boutte June 14 seek a review and temporary restraining order allowing her to return to her practice. According to the documents, Dr. Davis-Boutte argued the state medical board did not have to take "emergency action" against her, as they had been aware of the several malpractice cases against her for at least two years. Because of the board's swift action, Dr. Davis-Boutte has suffered irrevocable harm to her practice, court documents claim.
In its emergency suspension action June 7, the state medical board said it "received reliable information" earlier this month that one of Dr. Davis-Boutte's patients was hospitalized in May one day after undergoing a liposuction, breast augmentation and butt lift operation and suffered a collapsed lung and anemia due to acute blood loss. The board concluded Dr. Davis-Boutte "failed to conform to the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing medical practice," the report states.
A lawyer who has been involved in litigation against Dr. Davis-Boutte for two and a half years told The New York Times earlier this month at least 100 individuals have come forward to complain about the dermatologist. The lawyer, who has filed four complaints against Dr. Davis-Boutte and went public with the lawsuits in May, said she also made the 20-plus videos Dr. Davis-Boutte filmed while performing surgery available to the media earlier this year.
Dr. Davis-Boutte's attorney did not immediately respond to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's request for comment.
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