Dr. Katherine Roxanne Grawe, known to her online followers and patients as ‘Dr. Roxy’, appears before an Ohio Medical Board hearing, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Grawe, an Ohio plastic surgeon, had her state medical license permanently revoked Wednesday after the medical board determined she harmed patients while livestreaming their surgeries on the social media app TikTok. — The Columbus Dispatch via AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio: An Ohio plastic surgeon’s state medical license was permanently revoked on July 12 after a medical board determined she harmed patients while livestreaming their surgeries on the social media app TikTok.
The Ohio Medical Board voted to ban Katharine Grawe – also known as Dr. Roxy in her plastic surgery practice “Roxy Plastic Surgery” and to her many TikTok followers – from ever practicing again in the state.
The board said Grawe, who originally had her license suspended in November, neglected her patients as she livestreamed parts of their procedures, spoke into a camera and answered viewer questions – all while the surgeries were taking place.
Neither Grawe nor her lawyers responded to Wednesday messages seeking comment. Grawe’s TikTok account is currently private.
The board warned Grawe about her actions as early as 2018, citing concerns over patient privacy and possible ethics violations, according to a previous board suspension notice.
Mary Jenkins, a former patient of Dr Katherine Grawe, is emotional when talking to reporters after at the Ohio Medical Board revoked Dr. Grawe’s medical license, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Jenkins sued and won against Grawe for a botched breast-reconstruction surgery. — The Columbus Dispatch via AP
The notice also listed three patients of Grawe’s who suffered severe complications and needed intense medical care after she operated on them. One woman’s intestine was found to be perforated a week after her surgery, a procedure that Grawe partially livestreamed on TikTok.
The unnamed patient suffered severe damage to and bacterial infections in her abdomen, as well as loss of brain function from the amount of toxins in her blood, according to the notice. – AP
