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September 26, 2007
State closes down Artistic Surgical Center
The Artistic Surgical Center in East Greenwich, which offers "extreme makeovers," "breast enlargement" and "facial rejuvenation" among procedures, must cease all surgical procedures because of license and regulation violations, the state Health Department announced today.
The center, at 1567 South County Trail -- does not have a required license, its physician Curtis J. Perry does not have surgical or hospital privileges and he is letting unlicensed medical assistants administrator Versed and Ketaine without a nurse or anesthesiologist present.
According to a Health Department news release, Perry has been licensed to practice medicine in Rhode Island since 1990 and he is board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Otolaryngology. "Additionally, he claims a certification by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS), a board that was created in 1986 to assist ear, nose and throat physicians to obtain additional recognition for 'their knowledge and skills.' "
Along with the aforementioned procedures, rhinoplasty, liposuction and abdominoplasty are also performed at Artistic Surgical Center, the Health Department stated.
Because Perry does not have surgical or hospital privileges at any accredited Rhode Island hospital, the Health Department said, he "is unable to assist patients for post-surgical complications in a hospital."
When Perry is away, he does not have "post-surgical coverage service" with another surgeon. "This lack of identified coverage leaves Kent Hospital and other area hospitals responsible for the respondent's post-surgical complications."
-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney
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Why does the RI Dept.of Health, Medical Licensing board have him, as of 9/27/07, listed as Board Certified Plastic Surgeon (secondary specialty) and privileges at Kent Hospital? Does the state know what they're doing? On one hand they're making claims against him, on the other, his license information says something different.