Viral 'dancing doctor' is exposed as a fraud who left plastic surgery patient in vegetative state

A plastic surgeon who went viral for dancing during surgeries before losing her license over leaving a patient in a vegetative state has created a new identity to open a new clinic in Texas .

Atlanta-based Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte's license was suspended in 2018 after being accused by a slew patients of botching their surgeries and leaving them with lifelong damage.

Years later, Boutte decided to rejoin the medical community by changing her name to Catherine Davis and working at the Eden Medical Spa in Austin, with no mention of her murky past.

It turns out that Catherine Davis are Boutte's middle and maiden names.

According to the spa's website , Boutte, now Davis, 'is a retired dermatologist who no longer practices medicine in any capacity'.

The site says she instead 'focuses her passion on assisting our clients to feel their most confident 'from the outside in' through providing honest, comprehensive, and pragmatic solutions to their diverse aesthetic needs'.

When questioned by a WSBTV reporter whether she has a Texas medical license, she 'started laughing' and did not respond.

There is no license listed for the dermatologist as Catherine Davis or Windell Boutte in Texas.

A consent order in Georgia also barred Boutte from using the titles physician, doctor, or M.D, according to the outlet.

Her new identity first came to light after the son of one of Boutte's patients who was left in a vegetative state saw her new Facebook profile.

'Once I saw it on Facebook, I clicked on it and realized that that's Dr. Boutte,' Ojay Liburd recalled.

His mother, Icilma Cornelius was on the verge of getting married and earning her Ph.D. in nursing when a a tummy tuck and liposuction performed by Boutte in 2016 went south and she was left with permanent brain damage.

'She just wanted to be perfect for her wedding dress,' Liburd said. 'She had everything going for her.'

'That was the first time I ever saw my mom helpless.'

Liburd was forced to assume the role of caretaker for seven years before Cornelius's death in 2021.

'I would like her to be truthful to her patients,' said the young man.

According to the local channel, the spa's director, Amber Larsen, was unaware of Davis's real identity and past.

'Do your patients know you have a suspended license? Do you tell anybody on your consultations about Windell Boutte?' the journalist asked Davis.

'You guys are harassing someone,' said Larsen. When told that her name was Windell Boutte, Larsen replied: 'Uh, no it's not'.

After realizing that her colleague has been successfully sued before, the spa has removed references of Boutte, now Davis being a doctor and an owner.

But her credentials read: 'Ms. Davis acquired her medical doctorate degree from David Geffen School Of Medicine at UCLA.

'She completed her internal medicine internship at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, followed by completing her dermatology residency at Emory University.

'Her extensive knowledge and experience has afforded her the unique ability to perform the most advanced aesthetic procedures with supreme effectiveness and detailed precision. She strongly believes in the mission of achieving only the most innovative and superior results possible with each and every procedure.'

'She's still holding herself out as being a physician who has all these credentials. But she's omitting a lot of really important information,' Susan Witt, an attorney representing Boutte's former patients, said.

At the time of the lawsuit, dozens of videos were found showing Boutte cavorting in the operating room, even while making incisions on her patients.

In one video, Boutte sings the to the rap lyric 'I'm 'bout to cut it', from an OT Genasis rap song, before slicing into one of her patients.

Mitzi McFarland, who also underwent an operation with Boutte, said the results looked 'more like Freddy Krueger cut my stomach'.

In 2013, a woman who went to see Boutte at Premiere Dermatology and Surgery for a scalp irritation said she contracted MRSA during the treatment.

She said she suffered permanent scars on her scalp as a result.