The latest complaint against plastic surgeon Julio Clavijo-Alvarez, MD, concerns his actions after a patient became unresponsive following a 2022 procedure.
According to the complaint, Dr. Clavijo-Alvarez failed to meet the minimum standard of care by failing to ensure that cardiac defibrillation was administered three consecutive times before giving amiodarone after a patient became unresponsive and had an irregular heartbeat.
Another complaint regards a patient’s postoperative problems from a procedure performed at New Life Plastic Surgery by Dr. Clavijo-Alvarez, according to the report.
New Life Plastic Surgery is also facing a complaint that prescriptions for oxycodone and diazepam sat in an unsecured area without any patient’s name but with Dr. Clavijo-Alvarez’s signature.
Read more about the allegations here.