A Massachusetts woman is facing a slate of serious charges after prosecutors say she impersonated a physician and performed plastic surgery on a young woman, leaving the victim in extreme pain and with permanent scarring.
According to the office of Kevin R. Hayden, Dingrui Wang, 34, of Newton, allegedly carried out a double eyelid blepharoplasty on a 22-year-old woman in Allston in January 2020 while falsely claiming to be a licensed doctor.
Prosecutors say Wang did not hold a Massachusetts physician’s license but represented herself as a medical professional. During the procedure, Wang allegedly injected a local anesthetic and non-FDA-approved dermal fillers into the victim’s eyelids. The district attorney’s office said the woman experienced “extreme pain” and was left with permanent scarring as a result.
The allegations grow more disturbing from there. According to the indictment, after Wang completed surgery on the victim’s first eyelid, the woman attempted to leave the building. Prosecutors allege Wang pushed her back onto the operating table and prevented her from leaving until the procedure was finished, forming the basis for a kidnapping charge.
In addition to the medical allegations, prosecutors say Wang falsely claimed to hold aesthetician, massage therapist, and hair salon licenses while applying for a loan from the American Lending Center. At the time, those licenses were allegedly suspended. Authorities say Wang received a $37,379 loan through those misrepresentations.
Surgical tools in the operating room of the brand new Westchester Medical Center Ambulatory Care Pavilion in Valhalla, May 16, 2019. Wmc Ambulatory Care Pavilion
Wang now faces four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious injury, one count of kidnapping, two counts of larceny over $1,200 by false pretenses, and charges related to the unauthorized practice of medicine and misuse of the title of physician.
She was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on Thursday, Jan. 29, and is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, Feb. 5.
“Physicians are licensed for very good reasons,” Hayden said in a statement. “When misrepresentations are made, the results can be devastating.”
