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*TMZ.com is reporting that the tummy tuck and breast reduction performed on Kanye West's mother by Dr. Jan Adams took eight hours, which is twice as long as such a procedure warrants.
An autopsy on Dr. West is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday. The Los Angeles Coroner stated Monday that Donda West, 58, died Saturday because of "possible complications due to surgery."
TMZ says it was told that Dr. West's procedure lasted from Friday morning until Friday evening, and that afterward, Dr. West was sent home to convalesce instead of a recovery center, which would have been appropriate.
Several doctors at Centinela Hospital, where West was rushed to the emergency room Saturday night, tell TMZ they believe the excessive amount of time it took to perform the procedure suggests either something went wrong during the operation or the doctor was just too inexperienced.
The Web site is also reporting that Dr. Adams is not Board Certified with the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Meanwhile, celebtv.com has unearthed this document from the Executive Director of the California Medical Board asking the state to consider revoking or suspending Adams’ physician and surgeon’s certificate in April of this year.
The document claims Adams has a pair of alleged DUI arrests in Los Angeles, including March 31, 2006, with Dr. Adams arrested for blowing a .10 blood alcohol level during two breath analyzer tests and putting him over the legal limit. The case went to trial, and according to the document, Adams was found not guilty for driving under the influence and guilty of driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or greater. He was sentenced to 96 hours in L.A. County jail, had to enroll in an alcohol treatment and counseling program and attend 60 AA meetings and five years probation, the papers state.
The other DUI on his record is detailed in a case from January 16, 2003. Adams entered a plea of “no contest” to driving under the influence and was placed on three years probation, which included a three-month first offender alcohol and drug education and counseling program and restricted him from driving anywhere but to and from work for 90 days, according to the documents.
Also, CelebTV.com says it found additional documents which claim Dr. Adams was handed down two malpractice judgments by Los Angeles Superior Court for his medical practice. In August of 2001 he was ordered to pay $250,000 in one claim. In September of 2001, he was ordered to pay $217,337 in another malpractice judgment. California places a cap on non-economic damages for medical malpractice cases at $250,000.
TMZ.com has posted a third malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Adams, which was filed this year in Orange County Superior Court.
Terrie Cage claims on June 27, 2007, Dr. Adams and another doctor "negligently and carelessly examined, diagnosed, cared for, treated and performed surgery upon plaintiff, failing to follow the standard care ..." As a result, Cage alleges that as a result of her procedure for breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction, she was "rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled." View the lawsuit documents here.
Dr. Adams first became well known as one of the co-hosts on NBC's short-lived "The Other Half," which was promoted as a male version of ABC's "The View" with co-hosts Danny Bonaduce, Mario Lopez and Dick Clark.
He also hosted the Discovery Health Channel series "Plastic Surgery: Before and After" and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to plug the program.
As previously reported, Dr. Adams told TMZ.com that he did nothing wrong in his decision to operate on Donda West.