Cosmetic surgeon is struck off for putting commercial interests ahead of his patients

A cosmetic surgeon who provided liposuction at private clinics has been struck off for “subordinating his proper responsibilities as a doctor to the pursuit of a commercial enterprise.”

Krishnamurthi Nulliah failed to adequately examine patients, take a proper history, or obtain informed consent, a panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found. He also took a deposit on the first consultation and committed vulnerable patients to surgery without a “cooling off” period. Nulliah, who was neither represented nor present at the Manchester hearing, defended himself in emails sent a few days earlier; but the panel, chaired by the barrister …