(Miami Herald) — The doctor in the [March] 2021 death of a Brazilian butt lift patient at a Hialeah office plastic surgery center is no longer a doctor after giving up his license days before an investigation into the death ended.

The state Board of Medicine’s final order accepting Dr. Luis Ramirez’s voluntary surrender of his license was posted on Dec. 28. But Ramirez turned in the license relinquishment paperwork Aug. 15, three days before Florida Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance investigator Dana Anderson filed her final report on the death of a patient identified only as “PR” at Your Cosmetic Surgery & Spa, 1255 W. 46th St.

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