Board investigating 2nd doctor whose patients died from liposuction
By Lori Jane Gliha
The Board of Homeopathic Examiners is investigating the conduct of a Homeopathic physician who conducted a liposuction procedure in which the patient died several hours later.
According to the Arizona Medical Board, Dr. Gary Page conducted the liposuction surgery on July 3 after being contracted by Dr. Peter Normann to do the procedure.
The patient stopped breathing while she was in Dr. Normann's care and later died at the hospital.
The Board of Homeopathic Examiners will meet July 17 to discuss the matter. They may dismiss the case, write a letter of concern, suspend Page's license, or revoke it.
Currently, Page's license is valid, and he is in good standing with the Board of Homeopathic Examiners.
The Arizona Medical Board had restricted Normann's medical license in April after learning two other patients had died in his care in December and April.
During the Arizona Medical Board's investigation, Normann was not permitted to conduct surgeries at his office, so he contracted the Homeopathic physician Gary Page to help.
Representatives from the Arizona Medical Board say Page once applied for an MD license that would have would permitted him to conduct liposuction surgeries in Arizona, but they denied him the license.
Page, who currently has licenses to conduct allopathic procedures in California and Utah, had once prescribed medication to patients via the Internet. As a result, he faced disciplinary action in Utah, and according the Utah Physicians Licensing Board, he surrendered his permit to administer and prescribe controlled substances. He was also placed on temporary probation. As a result of the disciplinary action, Page was denied a license in Arizona.
Meanwhile, Normann is also being investigated by the Arizona Medical Board and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
His medical license is currently suspended in this state.