American Society of Plastic Surgeons Protect Brand in Wake of Donda West's Death
From a press release titled Plastic Surgery Complications and Deaths are Rare, Despite Highly Publicized Death of Donda West:
Following the tragic death of Donda West, mother of hip-hop star Kanye West, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reminds consumers that plastic surgery is real surgery and outlines several important recommendations when considering plastic surgery.
"The death of a patient is always tragic and devastating for all involved, particularly the patient's family and the medical team," said Richard D'Amico, MD, ASPS president. "However, we don't want to unnecessarily frighten the public. While this situation is rare, the decision to have a plastic surgery procedure is serious. No-risk surgery doesn't exist."
That sounds like a standard disclaimer and there's more standard advice that also lends itself to additional readings:
"It's one thing to have training, but it's another to have your competency tested. This is why board-certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) is so crucial," said Dr. D'Amico. "As a patient, you should ask yourself, 'Why wouldn't this surgeon be board-certified in plastic surgery?'"
This statement immediately made me wonder if the ASPS was leveraging the possibility that Dr. Jan Adams, the guy folks think performed the operation that preceded Donda West's death, was not board certified. So I took a look to see if I could find some kind of publicly verifiable certification.
Couldn't find anything at his official website.
A personal search of resources provided to the general public by American Board of Medical Specialties and by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons revealed no certifications though one cannot assume that Dr. Adams is not certified based on this information.
So I went and got caught up on more Dr. Adams news and it turns out that he has been sued for allegedly lying about his credentials.
Sounds like a timely pr move by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in more ways than one.
On a Related Note:
While conducting a Google search for dr. jan adams I found this text ad from a radio station seeking to capitalize on her death at the top of the search results:
Kanye's Tragedy: Mom Dies
www.Power1051fm.com
Dr. Donda West passed suddenly. Get story + leave condolences here
I can't really criticize since all media outlets reporting on this story and running ads with it are benefitting whether they advertise on other sites or not. It just feels a little weird.
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