SCULPT cosmetic surgical facility closes amid growing malpractice scandal against its medical director

Dr. Gerard Stanley Jr. has abruptly shut down
his surgical clinic on Friday amid numerous
claims of medical malpractice by former patients

The controversial Omaha-based family practitioner at the center of fifteen medical malpractice lawsuits for performing botched cosmetic surgical procedures has quietly and abruptly shut down his cosmetic surgical center for good on Friday, according to a letter he posted to his patients on the surgical center's website.

In that letter, Dr. Gerard Stanley Jr. wrote that that he has closed down his SCULPT Contemporary Cosmetic Surgical Center effective as of Friday, October 13, 2017, but he will "remain in the community" for his patients should they need anything.

Dr. Stanley stated that his surgical patients have his personal cell phone number, and they are welcome to contact him should they have any questions or need continued care or referrals to another cosmetic surgeon.

Stanley stated that he has refunded prepaid fees on every surgical appointment reservation SCULPT has on file, but encourages anyone he might have missed to contact the clinic.

He, however, also said, in the same breath, that two of his associates will continue to see some of his cosmetic surgical patients at his father's clinic, Time Health Clinic, on West Maple Road for certain other cosmetic procedures such as Botox, Xeomin, Dysport, dermal fillers, laser treatments, microneedling and dermaplaning.

Women used to flock in droves to Dr. Gerard Stanley Jr., once regarded as one of the best cosmetic surgeons in the city by Omaha Magazine (which makes anyone wonder about the journalistic credibility of that magazine), for tummy tucks, breast implants and butt lifts, but now several former patients are claiming Dr. Stanley left them horribly disfigured and permanently scarred because he was never certified to perform any of these types of surgical procedures.

Dr. Stanley posing in his now defunct SCULPT Cosmetic Surgery Clinic

The 15 lawsuits, so far filed against him by 15 different women in Douglas County Court, claim that Dr. Stanley misrepresented himself as a qualified "board-certified" plastic and/or cosmetic surgeon, despite not having completed the requisite training to make such claims.

Dr. Stanley is board-certified doctor in family medicine, but not in cosmetic or plastic surgery, as his area of practice would suggest. Doctors, however, are not required by law to practice only within their specialized fields.

Because of this lack of formal training and certifications, the victims all claim that Dr. Stanley botched the cosmetic surgeries and procedures he performed on them that left these women horribly scarred, disfigured and in pain.

Tom Gleason, a paralegal for lawyer James Martin Davis representing 14 of the women who filed suit against Dr. Stanley, said the law firm is still fielding new claims from other victims coming forward about more allegations of botched cosmetic surgical procedures done by Dr. Stanley. A fifteenth victim who came forward is currently represented by a different lawyer Allison Rockey.

However, Dr. Stanley's lawyer, Thomas Shumaker, said that despite what the lawsuits claim, his client is trained in cosmetic surgery and treated all the women correctly.

References:

• LegalReader—Dr. Gerard Stanley Jr. Announces Closure of SCULPT Surgical Facility (10/17/17)
• Daily Beast—15 Women Are Suing ‘Best Plastic Surgeon’ for Botched Jobs (10/16/17)
• SCULPT—Announcement of closure of SCULPT Contemporary Cosmetic Surgery Clinic (10/13/17)
• Omaha World-Herald—Omaha doctor to close cosmetic surgery clinic amid malpractice lawsuit (10/11/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—8 more women come forward to file suit against Omaha family practitioner for botched cosmetic surgeries (10/3/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—Medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Omaha family practitioner for botched (8/2/17)