An 82-year-old licensed physician is facing charges for allegedly aiding an unlicensed surgeon at his clinic, causing harm to three women. The accused doctor turned himself in to the authorities.
ByAn 82-year-old licensed physician, Rodolfo Garma Giraldi, is accused of aiding an alleged unlicensed surgeon through the doctor's clinic.The doctor, who the Houston Police Department said owned and operated a clinic where an unlicensed surgical assistant performed surgeries, was charged with a felony.
Court records state that Rodolfo Garma Giraldi, 82, is accused of aiding the practice of medicine without a license, "which caused physical and psychological harm" to three women from March 2022 through Oct. 7, 2023. Giraldi, who the Texas Medical Board website shows as a licensed doctor in the state, turned himself in on Tuesday.for practicing medicine without a license at Giraldi's cosmetic surgery center. In March, the charge was dismissed, and instead, Padilla was charged with practicing medicine without a license, causing physical harm, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is out of jail on bond.
HPD said Padilla, who does not have a medical license, performed cosmetic surgeries on dozens of women, some of which resulted in complications, at Giraldi's Houston Aesthetic Center on the Katy Freeway., according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Investigators said, as the center's medical doctor, Giraldi failed to monitor and supervise Padilla, which he has a legal duty to do.
"The doctor knows better," a plaintiff's attorney, Lance Walters, told ABC13. "In my opinion, the owner of the clinic is just as culpable as the one doing the cutting."Dennis Powell, Giraldi's defense attorney, declined to comment.Giraldi's next court date is May 15.
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