Patients, advocates, and colleagues lauded a plastic surgeon who raised concerns Tuesday about the industry’s financial arrangements, questioning conflicts of interest. The doctor said colleagues had asked why he didn’t attend the latest “big meeting”—a lavish five-day event hosted by…

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 7, 2022 — (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Iowa) Dr. Ronald Bergman and his medical practice, Bergman Cosmetic Surgery, P.C., of Des Moines, Iowa, have agreed to pay $800,000 to the United States and the…

A Gwinnett County woman has been charged in a federal indictment with leading a scheme to submit dozens of fraudulent applications for COVID-19 small business relief funding. Ashlee Parker, 39, of Dacula, Ga., is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire…

With a median salary of $526,000, plastic surgeons are, on average, the highest-paid physicians in America. Orthopedic surgeons place second at $511,000, while the remainder of 27 specialties net a median salary somewhere between $459,000 (cardiologists) and $221,000 (pediatricians). Plastic…

Witnessing the recent rise of Bitcoin in the beauty sector, Dr. Babak Azizzadeh is jumping in. Beginning this month, the board-certified facial plastic surgeon and parotid tumor specialist accepts Bitcoin at both of his Beverly Hills practices. “It’s easier and…

Americans shelled out more than $8.7 billion for aesthetic plastic surgery in the first six months of 2021. Information released by the Aesthetic Society suggests that such expenditure sets 2021 up to mark a record year of revenue. Every day…