An Ohio TikTok surgeon whose medical license was suspended earlier this month  'wounded or disfigured' at least 14 women - including a  cancer survivor who was left with a hole in her chest after breast surgery', lawsuits claim.

Dr. Katharine Roxanne Grawe, who went by the name Dr. Roxy and frequently livestreamed her surgeries on TikTok, lost her medical license after The Ohio State Medical Board found she violated standard procedures.

Grawe is now facing lawsuits from at least 14 women over the past decade for allegedly botching their surgeries, according to Franklin and Delaware County databases in Ohio.

One of the victims, Mary Jenkins, a cancer survivor who was left with a gaping hole in her chest after a breast reconstruction in 2012 said it 'nearly killed her'. 

'The surgery literally almost killed me. So I sued her in 2016 and won my case,' Jenkins said in a TikTok video she posted Thursday. 'She appealed and lost her appeal. From the very beginning, my desire was for her not to hurt anyone else.' 

Dr. 'Roxy' Grawe is facing lawsuits from at least 14 women over the past decade for allegedly botching their surgeries, according to Franklin and Delaware County databases in Ohio

One of the victims, Mary Jenkins, a cancer survivor who was left with a gaping hole in her chest after Grawe botched her breast reconstruction in 2012 said it 'nearly killed her'

Jenkins confronted the former doctor after her license was revoked on July 12 because she wanted to be the first person she saw when she left the ruling

When asked how she felt about Graw's medical license being revoked, Jenkins said she has a 'sense of peace and relief.' 

Jenkins confronted the former doctor after her license was revoked on July 12 because she wanted to be the first person she saw when she left the hearing. 

Grawe can be seen glancing up to say "Hi, Mary" before quickly walking away from trailing reporters in a video she shared on TikTok. 

'In 2012 I went to Roxanne Grawe to have a tram-flap w tummy tuck for breast reconstruction post stage III almost stage IV breast cancer,' she captioned the video. 

'She, in my opinion, tried to kill me but I survived,' she added. 

'In 2014 I sued her. In 2016 the jury found her guilty of Malpractice/Medical Negligence. What I wanted was for her license to be permanently suspended.'

'Well, finally on 7/12/2023 the Ohio Medical Board permanently revoked her license so she couldn't disfigure/mutilate another person.' 

For 11 yrs, while still working to raise money to help cancer patients in need pay bills, I hoped it would happen and it finally did.' 

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Grawe filmed a TikTok of herself dancing in her clinic to a Megan Thee Stallion song

Grawe was barred from practicing medicine for livestreaming operations which included a botched liposuction that caused a perforated bowel.

Despite her efforts to regain her license, officials at the Ohio State Medical Board ruled to permanently revoke it earlier this month. 

Grawe had accumulated thousands of social media followers as 'Dr Roxy' and clients eve came to her after they were impressed by her TikToks.

Grawe claimed she always asked permission, but the state medical board said it was inappropriate to share the footage - and that the procedures should have had her full attention.

Speaking to the board, ABC6 reported that she said: 'I ask you from the bottom of my heart to please consider my thoughts with an open mind.

'This has humbled me more than you can know. I am willing to change my social media practices and I will never live stream a surgery again.'

Grawe frequently looked at the camera and spoke directly to her followers while operating on her patients

In response, a medical board member replied: 'We've seen an extreme lack of professionalism.

'Her posts done as a marketing ploy. In the video (referring to stream of surgery for Patient One named in case), you can see her looking at the camera and not paying attention to the patient. '

According to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), states actively share information relating to practitioners who have been disciplined.

The Physician Date Center (PDC) collects and maintains all actions taken against physicians which could hamper any work she wishes to do outside of the state.

The FSMB say that states are notified within 24 hours should a licensee who has been sanctioned by another state appear in their territory, with the notified board free to initiate its own actions.

The state medical board warned her in September 2021 that it was wrong to livestream her operations.

She was urged to undertake remedial education courses related to plastic surgery complications, professionalism and ethics.

She was asked to provide certificates of completion of the courses, along with summaries about what she learned and how she would apply it to her future practice.

Yet Grawe continued to livestream the operations, the state medical board said.

In November 2022 the board revoked her license, citing 'clear and convincing' evidence that her continued practice presented 'a danger of immediate and serious harm to the public.'

Kelsey Cardenas said she agreed to livestream her breast augmentation, but now regrets going to Grawe's surgery

In one case cited by the state medical board a patient was sent to the emergency room by a nurse practitioner at Roxy Plastic Surgery less than a week after receiving liposuction, a Brazilian butt lift and a skin-tightening procedure from Grawe.

Free air was found in her abdomen and medical staff discovered that she was suffering from hepatic encephalopathy - loss of brain function when a damaged liver fails to remove toxins from the blood.

Surgeons found her bowel had been perforated and she had a serious bacterial infection.

The patient required a prolonged stay with multiple procedures to remove dead tissue, plus open abdomen and skin grafting, according to Grawe's notice of suspension.

At least part of her procedure at Grawe's office was livestreamed on social media, according to the board.

The board said Grawe was looking and speaking to the camera while performing liposuction on the patient's abdomen, and was evidently distracted from the surgery

Dr. Roxy is pictured here leaving the meeting of the Ohio State Medical Board earlier today

Dr Katharine Roxanne Grawe, a plastic surgeon who operated in her clinic in Powell, Ohio, lost her license in November. She is now seeking to have her license restored

Despite battling to have her license reinstated, Dr. Roxy was barred from practicing at a meeting earlier today

Some of Grawe's patients admitted they were lured in by the social media content she had shared.

Kelsey Cardenas told ABC 6 she chose Grawe for her July 2022 breast augmentation after watching the TikToks.

Cardenas said: 'As a woman, we already know how we pick ourselves apart about stuff. So to think it's that easy to go into her office and she can fix everything that is wrong with you.'

After agreeing to have her operation shared on social media, it was a disaster and left her with huge scars that would not heal.

Cardenas continued: 'They kept telling me, 'It will be better in two weeks, it will be better in two weeks.'

'It took 25 weeks. It was not until December that it was fully closed and I didn't have some sort of scab.'

She said she is now traumatized by the footage of her operation and consulted other doctors who said they were appalled.

She said: 'I went to the wound center. The doctor there was appalled. He said this is never going to look normal again without reconstructive surgery.'

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