A Miami plastic surgeon accused of sub-standard surgical practices and pre-signing blank prescription forms will have to come out of his pocket with $26,000 as part of his punishment from the state Board of Medicine.
Nothing in Tuesday’s final order from the board settling three of the four Florida Department of Health administrative complaints against Dr. Julio Clavijo-Alvarez affects his day-to-day business.
The settlement agreement involved no suspension or probation of the American Board of Plastic Surgery board-certified doctor. All it demanded of Clavijo-Alvarez is his time and money — the time involved in four continuing medical education courses (liposuction, risk management, records and laws, rules and ethics) and the money of a $15,000 fine and $11,085 in Department of Health case costs.
Clavijo-Alvarez continues to work out of his own Coral Gables business, Ai Hair Transplant Miami and Ai Gaia Medspa, 2100 Ponce de Leon. He’s still advertised on 305 Plastic Surgery’s website, but not listed with the Department of Health as one of its surgeons.