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Article: Doctor jailed for violating breast implant restrictions. (J. Dan Metcalf)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A 55-year-old Oklahoma City doctor who performs breast augmentation is serving six months in federal prison for smuggling into the United States unapproved silicone gel-filled breast implants from a foreign manufacturer.
J. Dan Metcalf, M.D., a family practitioner. is believed to be the first person prosecuted for violating U.S. restrictions on use of unapproved silicone gel-filled breast implants. He illegally imported the implants from Brazil and the Bahama Islands, used them to enlarge the breasts of 200 women, and sold some to other U.S. doctors. The federal investigation continues, according to Special Agent Kent Wood of FDNS Office of Criminal Investigations.
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