Parastoo Patricia Faraz-Eslami, Ladera Ranch Doctor, Gets A Year Of Probation From State Medical Board
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Dr. Parastoo Patricia Faraz-Eslami's license faced discipline for "gross negligence," "repeated negligent acts" and "incompetence," stemming from surgeries she did in 2009, according to a document housed on the medical board's website.
In March 2009, Faraz-Eslami had a patient whose low levels of amniotic fluid complicated the pregnancy. During an exam at about 17 weeks gestation, Faraz-Eslami found that the baby had died in the womb. The patient would need surgery, and Faraz-Eslami referred her to another doctor with more experience doing the procedure, the document states. The woman, however, wanted Faraz-Eslami to do it, and she agreed.
About 10 days later, the patient showed up at the emergency room with severe pain, so Faraz-Eslami performed a second surgery. Again, the procedure wasn't done under ultrasound guidance and the cervix wasn't properly prepared. When the patient complained of pain again, Faraz-Eslami referred her to a doctor with more experience doing the surgery. That doctor found that parts of the fetus were still present.
The medical board, therefore, decided Faraz-Eslami's license should be disciplined because she lacked "the appropriate skills, current knowledge and proper training to perform the procedures safely and correctly."
As part of her yearlong probation, Faraz-Eslami must take a sixty-day clinical training program and she can't do any dilation and evacuation procedures on women who have reached 13 weeks gestation.
A call to Faraz-Eslami's office wasn't answered, because the office is closed. I'll update the post if she calls back.
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