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Surgeon Who Operated on Kanye West's Mom Had Two Malpractice Suits
Tuesday November 13, 2007

Kanye and Donda West
Kanye and Donda West at The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, CA. on February 13, 2005.
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The Beverly Hills surgeon who performed a breast reduction and tummy tuck on Kanye West's mother Donda before she died has had two medical malpractice judgments against him for about $200,000 each, according to California Medical Board records obtained by Usmagazine.com.

Jan Adams confirmed to TMZ.com on Monday that he performed the operations on Donda — who passed away Saturday at age 58 following complications from surgery — after consulting with her for four months.

The operation lasted eight hours, twice as long as expected, according to TMZ. But Adams said her death was unforeseen and could have been caused by other medical problems.

But in June, Us reports in its upcoming issue, West had met several times with Beverly Hills surgeon Andre Aboolian.

His rep told the Associated Press that Aboolian had declined to operate on West because of a pre-existing condition that could have caused a heart attack during surgery.

He advised West to get a clearance from a second internist.

His publicist, Jo-Ann Geffen, told the AP Aboolian never heard back from the rapper's manager mom.

An autopsy was conducted Tuesday and the results are still pending, Lieutenant Fred Corral from the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner told Usmagazine.com.

UPDATE: The Medical Board of California filed legal papers last April asking to revoke or suspend Adams' medical license because of two DUI convictions in 2006 and 2003, TMZ.com reports.

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