BOSTON (WJW) — A Massachusetts woman accused of impersonating a doctor and performing plastic surgery that left a victim permanently scarred is now facing charges.
According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, 34-year-old Dingrui Wang is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping and larceny over $1,200 by false pretense.
She is also charged with “unauthorized practice of medicine and improper use of the title of physician and receiving payment for a surgical procedure based on that misrepresentation,” the attorney’s office wrote in a press release.
According to court records, Wang, who did not have a Massachusetts physician registration at the time, presented herself as a licensed doctor and performed double eyelid blepharoplasty surgery in January 2020.
The procedure took place at an unlicensed clinic at 57A Brighton Avenue in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, court records said.
During the surgery, according to prosecutors, Wang allegedly injected anesthetic and non-FDA-approved dermal fillers into the 22-year-old patient’s eyelids, causing permanent scarring to their face.
“After Wang completed surgery on the first eyelid, the victim, in extreme pain, attempted to leave the facility but Wang pushed her back onto the table and prevented her from leaving until the surgery was completed,” the attorney’s office wrote.
Prosecutors said Wang also lied about having current aesthetician, massage therapist and hair salon licenses on a loan application, receiving more than $37,000 through the American Lending Center while her licenses were suspended.
“Physicians are licensed for very good reasons, primary among them the assurance that patients are going to be treated by someone trained and certified to deliver safe, effective medical procedures,” said Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden. “When misrepresentations are made, the results can be devastating.”
The 34-year-old Newton woman was indicted by a grand jury last week. She will be arraigned in court this Thursday.
