North Carolina gastric bypass surgeon loses licence 9.18.05

Another gastric bypass surgeon is in trouble. This time it is Dr. Steven Olchowski from North Carolina. Dr. Olchowski has had his medical license revoked by North Carolina's medical board. He

He was found guilty of "failure to give informed consent for procedures, falsifying medical records, falsifying a specific patient's medical records and billing fraud." He now faces over 20 lawsuits and a civil trial. He is also in trouble in Kentucky.

"Olchowski, who lives in Lowell, faces at least 22 lawsuits after he allegedly promised the gold-standard in gastric bypass surgery, but instead performed a simpler procedure or botched the operation. "

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