DES MOINES -- A Sioux City plastic surgeon has been charged by a state board with professional incompetency. He is accused of providing inappropriate surgical care to 17 patients during a three-year period.
The Iowa Board of Medicine says Dr. Adam Smith has engaged in harmful practices, unethical or unprofessional conduct, inappropriate prescribing of drugs, improper medical record management and making misleading or deceptive representations to patients.
A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17-18 before the board in Des Moines.
The statement of charges, filed July 18, alleges that Smith provided inappropriate care to patients between December 2014 to September 2017. His actions pertained to the following areas of care: patient selection, surgical choice, informed consent, surgical execution, surgical judgment and decision making, postoperative care, excessive prescribing of narcotics and other drugs, medical record keeping and coding and billing practices.
Adam Smith, a plastic surgeon with Tri-State Specialists, has seen his share of plastic surgery nightmares -- patients who traveled to Mexico or Brazil to be shot up with silicone likely purchased at a hardware store.
The charging document did not list specific details that were the basis for the charges.
Smith, who is affiliated with Tri-State Specialists, did not immediately return a message left with his office Wednesday afternoon.
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Two former patients have filed separate lawsuits alleging improper care against Smith in Woodbury County District Court.
In one lawsuit, the former patient says Smith performed a buttocks lift surgery on her and inserted breast implants in her buttocks instead of gluteal implants. The woman said she had to have two corrective surgeries performed by a different surgeon to remove the implants.
In the second lawsuit, another former patient said that Smith's jagged incisions in her abdomen caused infections and other complications. Smith also botched a second surgery for breast reduction, the woman said, requiring corrective surgery on her breasts.
According to his biography on the Tri-State Specialists website, Smith received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio. He did his residency at Michigan State University and was fellowship trained at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Fire wagon
An image of a fire wagon taken March 3, 1934.
Pumping Billy
This undated photo shows a fire pump being pulled by team of horses.
Fire Station No. 4
Sioux City firemen relax between calls at Fire Station No. 4, 14th and Nebraska streets.
Fire Station No. 4
The living quarters of Sioux City Fire Station No. 4, 14th and Nebraska streets, surround the fire pole.
Fire Station No. 1
Sioux City Fire Station No. 1 firemen practice their ladder skills. The building is still standing at 408 Water St.
Historical fire station
Leeds residents stand outside the Leeds Volunteer Fire Company. The fire house was built in 1892 and quickly became a social gathering area for the community.Â
Corbett and Sullivan fire team
The Sioux City Fire Department horse team of Corbett and Sullivan is shown racing at Evans Driving Park in 1894. Corbett died in 1914.
Fire Station No. 5.
Horses pull riders outside the Sioux City Fire Station No. 5. at 14th and Nebraska streets in 1892. A new method for alerting people to fire wagons was needed in 1889, according to a Journal article from the time.Â
1918 fire truck
This 1918 Mack fire truck was donated to the Sioux City Public Museum after Irving F. Jensen purchased it from a fire department in New York.
Fire equipment
A portrait in front of a fire truck.
Fire equipment
Sioux City firemen are pictured.
Fire House No. 1
Fire House No. 1 is shown.
Fire House No. 3
Fire House No. 3, 1891-1929.
Paddy and Prince
Fire horses Paddy and Prince.
Fire equimpent
Fire equipment is paraded down a Sioux City street.
Fire House No. 5
Fire House No. 5, located near the Sioux City stockyards, is shown in this Jan. 4, 1953, photo.
Paddy & Prince 1908
Fire horses Paddy and Prince won the 1908 world championship with a time of 1:15.
Ambulance practice
Fireman Vern Peterson, left, and Fire Lt. Jim Reese practice stretcher handling beside the fire department's newly leased ambulance in this undated photo.
