Cosmetic surgeon charged

ENCINO - A former Encino cosmetic surgeon was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of one patient for allegedly administering a toxic cocktail of drugs during a liposuction surgery and with elder abuse involving a second patient.Ehab Aly Mohamed, 46, who has been sitting in a Los Angeles county jail cell since he was convicted in July of forgery and burglary, was expected to be arraigned sometime Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Mohamed is charged with the Aug. 21, 2010, death of 61-year-old Sharon Carpenter. Carpenter died in Mohamed's Encino office following a more than 10-hour liposuction operation in which she allegedly was given a lethal combination of lidocaine, fentanyl, and oxycodone during the procedure, prosecutors said. She died after midnight in the office. On May 21, 2010, Mohamed performed a lengthy liposuction procedure on a 77-year-old female client in his office in which she lost consciousness at one point. The victim survived the surgery, but had ongoing health issues as a result of the procedure, prosecutors alleged. Prosecutors allege Mohamed's office did not meet state mandated safety standards governing equipment, staffing, and emergency resources when he performed the surgeries on both clients. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in state prison.

********** Published: Aug. 22, 2013 - Volume 12 - Issue 19