Viral ‘dancing doctor’ is exposed as a fraud who left plastic surgery patient in vegetative state
A plastic surgeon who went viral during surgery for dancing before losing her license for leaving a patient in a vegetative state has created a new identity to open a new clinic in Texas.
Dr.’s license Windell Davis-Boutte of Atlanta was suspended in 2018 after being accused by a slew of patients of botching their surgeries, leaving them with lifelong damage.
Years later, Boutte decided to focus on a related medical field by changing her name to Catherine Davis and working at the Eden Medical Spa in Austin, without mentioning her dark past.
It turns out that Catherine Davis is Boutte’s middle and maiden names.
According to the spas websiteBoutte, now Davis, “is a retired dermatologist who no longer practices medicine in any capacity.”
Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte was suspended in 2018 after being accused by a slew of patients of botching their surgeries, leaving them with lifelong damage. Years later, Boutte decided to rejoin the medical community by changing her name to Catherine Davis and working at Eden Medical Spa in Austin.
At the time of the lawsuit, dozens of videos were found showing Boutte jumping around in the operating room, even while making incisions on her patients.
The site says she instead “focuses her passion on helping our customers be their most confident” from the outside in “by providing honest, comprehensive and pragmatic solutions to their diverse aesthetic needs.”
When questioned by A WSBTV reporter When she got a medical license in Texas, she “started laughing” and didn’t respond.
A consent order in Georgia also prohibited Boutte from using the titles physician, physician or MD, the newspaper said.
Her new identity first came to light after the son of one of Boutte’s patients, who was left in a vegetative state, saw her new Facebook profile.
It turns out that Catherine Davis is Boutte’s middle and maiden names
In the photo: Eden Medical Spa, where Boutte now works under her new surname Davis
“Once I saw it on Facebook, I clicked on it and realized this was Dr. Boutte was,” Ojay Liburd recalls.
His mother, Icilma Cornelius, was about to get married and get her doctorate. in nursing when a tummy tuck and liposuction performed by Boutte in 2016 went wrong and left her with permanent brain damage.
“She just wanted to be perfect for her wedding dress,” Liburd said. “She had everything going for her.”
“That was the first time I saw my mother helpless.”
Liburd was forced to take on the role of caretaker for seven years before Cornelius passed away in 2021.
Ojay Liburd’s mother, Icilma Cornelius, was about to get married and receive her Ph.D. in nursing when a tummy tuck and liposuction performed by Boutte went south in 2016 and left her with permanent brain damage
Cornelius, pictured here, died in 2021 after her son cared for her for years
According to the local station, the spa’s director, Amber Larsen, was unaware of Davis’ real identity and past.
“Do your patients know you have a suspended license? Will you tell anyone about Windell Boutte during your consultation?’ the journalist asked Davis.
“You’re bothering someone,” Larsen said. When told her name was Windell Boutte, Larsen replied, “Uh, no, it’s not.”
After realizing her co-worker had previously been charged, the spa removed the credentials of Boutte, who now owns Davis.
But her credentials read: “Mrs. Davis received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
“She completed her internal medicine internship at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, followed by her dermatology residency at Emory University.
After realizing her colleague had previously been successfully sued, the Spa removed the credentials of Boutte, who is now Davis’ doctor and owner.
‘Her extensive knowledge and experience have given her the unique ability to perform the most advanced aesthetic procedures with ultimate effectiveness and detailed precision. She strongly believes in the mission to achieve only the most innovative and superior results with every procedure.”
“She still presents herself as a doctor who has all these qualifications. But she leaves a lot of important information behind,” said Susan Witt, an attorney representing Boutte’s former patients.
At the time of the lawsuit, dozens of videos were found showing Boutte jumping around in the operating room, even while making incisions on her patients.
In one video, Boutte sings the rap lyrics “I’m ’bout to cut it,” from a rap song by OT Genasis, before cutting into one of her patients.
Mitzi McFarland, who also underwent surgery with Boutte, said the results were “more like a Freddy Krueger cut in my stomach.”
In 2013, a woman who went to Boutte at Premiere Dermatology and Surgery for scalp irritation said she contracted MRSA during treatment.
She said she has suffered permanent scarring on her scalp as a result.