Lap-Band death blamed on anesthesiologist

Daniel Shin was accused of 'gross negligence' by regulators for treatment of a patient at a Beverly Hills clinic affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign.An anesthesiologist faulted for his treatment of a patient who died after Lap-Band surgery at a clinic affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign has been placed on five years' probation by the Medical Board of California.

The California medical board faults Dr.

Mistakes by surgeon and anesthesiologist led to woman's death, autopsy report says.A surgeon cut an Orange County woman's aorta during Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in 2011 and an anesthesiologist failed to detect her hemorrhaging, events that led to her death, according to a Los Angeles County Coroner's autopsy report.

A Simi Valley woman is the fourth Southern California patient to die after having the weight-loss surgery, according to claims.A fourth Southern California patient has died following Lap-Band weight-loss surgery at a clinic connected to the pervasive 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, according to a lawsuit filed by the patient's husband.

A second death linked by a coroner's report to the weight-loss surgery performed at a Beverly Hills clinic may prompt state regulators to take a closer look at the procedures marketed by TopSurgeons.The tragedy of Ana Renteria's life was in the way it ended: her body ravaged by infection 10 days after she had the Lap-Band weight-loss operation advertised on those billboards and radio spots bearing the phone number 1-800-GET-THIN .

New Life Surgery Center in Beverly Hills and Valley Surgical Center in West Hills must make improvements or risk losing their accreditation.An independent accreditation group has told two outpatient clinics affiliated with the once-prominent 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery advertising campaign to make specified improvements or potentially lose their accreditation.

New Life Surgery Center could lose its accreditation if it fails to make progress in four areas.A Beverly Hills outpatient surgery center affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign has been advised to make improvements or risk losing its accreditation, according to a spokeswoman for the center's accrediting agency.

The waiting room of the Beverly Hills surgery clinic was teeming with customers on a recent Saturday, with many of the patients there for the weight-loss operation hawked on freeway billboards, bus placards, and TV and radio commercials across Southern California: 1-800-GET-THIN.