I’m sure that you remember Dr. Behnaz Yazdanfar, the Toronto cosmetic surgeon who it turned out was not a board certified surgeon. She is a family physician with no hospital admitting privileges. But she does own and operate a fancy cosmetic surgery clinic in Yorkville, where she performed liposuction on a 32 year old Toronto woman who died tragically in September. Not only is Dr. Yazdanfar still operating in her clinic, she is now suing a doctor who she believes is responsible for her drop in business.

Dr. Yazdanfar has got to win some sort of a prize for arrogance and sheer gall. The fact that a patient that she operated on died after a liposuction procedure and that this story was picked up by every newspaper, television station, radio station, and Internet site who also reported that she was not a board certified surgeon was the obvious cause for her drop in business. But this seems to be a small detail that has escaped Dr. Yazdanfar. The fact that she has even one client willing to have her operate on them positively astonishes me! But she has chosen to blame Dr. Sean Rice, a plastic surgeon who is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, with hospital privileges at North York General, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Women’s College Hospital, for her woes. Dr. Rice also happens to be one of the physicians who tried unsuccessfully to revive Krista Stryland when she was brought into North York General Hospital after Dr. Yazdanfar performed liposuction surgery on Ms Stryland at her cosmetic surgery clinic. Dr. Yazdanfar has launched a $300,000 slander suit against Dr. Rice.

When her business dropped after the tragic death of Krista Stryland, Dr. Yazdanfar looked for someone to blame instead of herself. She hired a private investigator to pose as a patient and spy on other doctors. The private investigator pretended to be interested in liposuction and a breast enlargement. She visited Dr. Rice and recorded the conversation that she had with Dr. Rice, without his knowledge. Dr. Yazdanfar claims that some of the things that Dr. Rice said were slanderous and designed to hurt her business which has seen a number of patients cancel their upcoming surgeries. Big surprise!

None of Dr. Yazdanfar’s allegations against Dr. Rice have been proven and Dr. Rice has plans to defend himself in court. Can someone please explain to me why Dr. Yazdanfar is still performing cosmetic surgery procedures? That seems to me to be the only crime here.