Physician Who Worked With Disciplined TikTok Doc Surrenders License

— Carlos Domingo, MD, worked alongside the plastic surgeon known as "Dr. Roxy"

by Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, 番茄社区 March 14, 2024

Ohio physician Carlos Domingo, MD, who a previously disciplined colleague known as "Dr. Roxy" on TikTok, will no longer practice in the state.

Domingo, of Gahanna, a suburb of Columbus, his license to practice medicine and surgery in Ohio on January 25, with the state acknowledging his action last month, according to medical board documents.

Going forward, Domingo agreed that he will be ineligible for, and will not apply for, reinstatement or restoration of any certificate to practice medicine and surgery in the state.

The development follows disciplinary action by the state medical board against Domingo's former colleague Katharine Roxanne Grawe, MD, who had her license revoked last year after concerns about her livestreaming procedures on TikTok, as well as reports of patient complications.

In surrendering his license, Domingo stipulated and agreed that he did so "in lieu of formal disciplinary proceedings," pursuant to state law referencing "a departure from, or failure to conform to, minimal standards of care of similar practitioners under the same or similar circumstances, whether or not actual injury to a patient is established," according to the documents.

However, because Domingo avoided formal disciplinary proceedings in surrendering his license, further details of the situation remain unclear.

Domingo joined Grawe's former practice, Roxy Plastic Surgery, in the city of Powell in 2020, according to she gave describing her practice in the case of her own license.

Ohio's medical board suspended Grawe's license in 2022 before moving to permanently revoke it the following year.

In a notice of summary suspension that preceded the revocation of Grawe's license, the medical board outlined its concerns regarding both her livestreams and several reports of patient complications.

Online productions included preoperative photos, preoperative interviews with patients about their bodies, livestreams of their procedures, postoperative still images of patients taken in the operating room, and the cost of the procedure, the document noted. "During some videos/live-streams [Grawe engaged] in dialogue to respond to viewers' online questions while the surgical procedure remain[ed] actively ongoing," the document added.

The medical board also described reported instances of failure by Grawe to provide appropriate treatments to patients and failure to document appropriate treatments.

In the case of Domingo's license, legal counsel representing him in the matter did not immediately respond to 番茄社区's request for comment.

Domingo first obtained his license in 2007.

Jennifer Henderson joined 番茄社区 as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.