Florida Board of Medicine

Cinco de Mayo is supposed to be mariachi bands and margaritas, but instead, this year restaurants are quiet.

A mother shares her story with the NBC 6 Investigators after her daughter died from a popular cosmetic procedure.

A Florida doctor is fighting to get his medical license reinstated after getting caught on undercover video prescribing medical marijuana using a web camera to a patient who didn’t have a medical need for it.

It’s been another week of big news across South Florida, and NBC 6 has your covered with what you may have missed.

It’s Wednesday, April 3rd – and NBC 6 has the top six stories you need to know for the day.

The Florida Board of Medicine says a West Palm Beach surgeon has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine for removing a woman’s healthy kidney that he thought was a tumor.

A doctor known for performing Brazilian Butt Lift procedures wants back in the operating room. Dr. Osak Omulepu’s attorney has filed an appeal after the Florida Board of Medicine voted to revoke his license in April.

A plastic surgery clinic where a woman died will be able to reopen, according to a city magistrate.

A doctor who operated on a woman who died is no longer able to perform plastic surgery procedures, according to a court ruling.

South Florida is one of the top spots for plastic surgery in the country. Women learn about doctors through their slick online advertisements and websites. But the NBC 6 Investigators found sometimes looks can be deceiving when it comes to a doctor’s online credentials.

The Florida Board of Medicine filed paperwork Tuesday to officially revoke the license of Dr. Osak Omulepu. That step means he will no longer be allowed to perform cosmetic procedures including his self-proclaimed specialty, the Brazilian Butt Lift, in Florida.

Florida’s Board of Medicine voted to revoke the license of a plastic surgeon who has been the focus of an NBC 6 Investigation.

As a national debate rages on gun rights and gun control, a federal appeals court is mulling a Florida law that restricts doctors from talking about gun ownership with patients.

A Florida doctor who oversaw a medical clinic where a hyperbaric chamber caught fire and killed a 4-year-old Italian boy and his grandmother has lost his medical license.

A Broward County doctor has been arrested and is facing domestic battery charges for a second time, according to officials.

A Broward County doctor was arrested over the weekend and is now facing domestic battery charges, according to officials.