Celebrity Justice
TMZ to Oprah, E!, Discovery, NBC -- Hello, Anybody There?

For three days, TMZ's been trying to get answers from Oprah, E!, Discovery Health, and NBC. And for three days, radio silence.
Jan Adams and Robert Rey
We want to know why they put doctors on talking about plastic surgery who are not board certified in the field. In particular, we wanted to know why Oprah, NBC and Discovery Health showcased Dr. Jan Adams, who operated on Kanye West's mom the day before she died. The Dr. has 3 DUI's, multiple malpractice cases, and on and on. The director of the Medical Board of California is now going after his license.

We also wanted to know why E! is using doctors who are not board certified for "Dr. 90210" -- in particular, Dr. Robert Rey and Dr. David Matlock.

Oprah, Discovery, Jan Adams
We've been asking for a comment for three days now -- Oprah, E!, NBC, Discovery Health are not returning calls.



Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Nurse!

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1. The mere fact that they are preforming unnecessary surgery should be the clue that they are not good doctors. If they had any integrity they would be helping those who need medical attention, not lifting asses and pumping up boobs. America is in a health care crisis and more resources are being wasted on this kind of crap everyday. Making women look like Barbie is not the ethical use for their skills.

Posted at 2:21PM on Nov 16th 2007 by Here we go again

2. Wow, I'm shocked that Dr. Rey is not board certified in anything. Why is he allowed to practice medicine at all? I don't understand...

Posted at 2:22PM on Nov 16th 2007 by ME

3. wow, I know if I was in the market for a procedure I would have gone to dr jan because he was on oprah, oprah is the devil.

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 16th 2007 by carmen

4. He is black, after all, therefore approved

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 16th 2007 by Barbara

5. Keep Calling and making noise. persist

Posted at 2:25PM on Nov 16th 2007 by Glimmerdrive

6. Oprah I know you must have a heavy heart. Did you check the credentials of Dr. Oz, we do not need a repeat?

Posted at 2:26PM on Nov 16th 2007 by K2007

7. Only Caucasians get plastic surgery because they CRACK at a very young age

Posted at 2:30PM on Nov 16th 2007 by K2007

8. all those people to TMZ:
we don't owe you a god damn thing!

Posted at 2:34PM on Nov 16th 2007 by lisalisatheoneiadore

9. Dr. Rey makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit. He's creepy and always hugging his patients on his show. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Posted at 2:35PM on Nov 16th 2007 by Left Coaster

10. #*8. Only Caucasians get plastic surgery because they CRACK at a very young age

Posted at 2:30PM on Nov 16th 2007 by K2007
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Really now. Funny. I thought Kanye's mom was black, so what's your explanation then. Stupid idiots. Put the keyboard away. You're embarassing yourself.


Posted at 2:36PM on Nov 16th 2007 by None of your business

11. Dr. Rey is not board certified. woah. He's just so busy making pots of money sewing plastic baggies filled with poison into insecure women's bodies to fret his pretty little head about such a minor detail.

Posted at 2:38PM on Nov 16th 2007 by Disgusted

12. I can not believe how irresponsible E! and the discovery channel are. How hard is it to look up whether or not a plastic surgeon is certified by the board of plastic surgeons??? Anyone can look that up online for free. It wouldn't take them more than 5-10 minutes to verify it.

VERY IRRESPONSIBLE. I read an article about how Dr. Rey's surgery calender is filled up for months to come because of all the business his show generates. How scary.

Posted at 2:45PM on Nov 16th 2007 by Joeey

13. Dr Rey is so gay looking what's up with the clothes? pink & pin stripes come on...His wife is such a whiney bitch and his kids are spoiled lil bastards.

Posted at 2:47PM on Nov 16th 2007 by what ever

14. I have worked in the administrative side of medicine for over 20 years. There are many aspects to consider when trying to access a physician's competency. First of all, depending on a doctor's specialty, having a malpractice suit or 2 is not uncommon and in and of itself would not be alarming. As for "Board Certification" that needs to be further defined so that the public understands that any doctor can say he is board certified by some sort of board however you want to make certain that he/she is certified by a "recognized board" which mean one of the specialty boards of The American Board of Medical Specialties. You can find many doctors in this country claiming to be board certified but they are certified by some board that is not legitimately recognized by state medical licensing agencies or hospitals. Finally, even being board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties board does not automatically mean that a physician is good at his trade or that he/she is ethical. You always want a doctor who is well established and connected in the medical community and actively practicing in hospitals that routinely monitor the quality of patient care delivered in their institutions. You also want a doctor who not only peforms a high volume of procedures but one whose outcomes are good. Hospitals keep track of and review bad outcomes and unanticipated complications and with more and more plastic surgeons performng procedures in their own surgery centers, that monitoring of outcomes by a governing body is not being done. There are so many free and easy ways to get information regarding physiciains that it's very difficult to even fathom that these programs are not checking these very basic things out about doctor's on their shows. These show seem like they don't know what they're doing either.

Posted at 2:50PM on Nov 16th 2007 by General G

15. I feel sorry for Dr, Rey's wife. He flirts with all his patience and he makes me throw up a little bit in my mouth too! He thinks his stuff don't stink. He is so GAY!

Posted at 2:52PM on Nov 16th 2007 by POODLE

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