He was targeting his liposuction procedures to "women of color", and at least one died, and more were subjected to "practices akin to torture".
After he lost his license, he got the munchies one night, and wandered into an inter-gang shootout at the eatery, and didn't survive the one or more rounds he caught in the crossfire.
By 1996, Dr. Chavis was using liposuction to help women lose weight after giving birth. He was accused of mistreating eight liposuction patients, one of whom died. In 1998, the Medical Board of California revoked his license for ‘’gross negligence, incompetence and repeated negligent acts.’’
He became a rallying point for opponents of affirmative action. Other people said Dr. Chavis’s medical practice did not reflect relaxed admission standards but rather that he was a doctor with problems...
His professional difficulties began in 1993, at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, when he was accused of mishandling a delivery, and the hospital began monitoring him. He sued, charging racism. In a jury trial, he won $1.1 million in damages, but a judge overturned the verdict.
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/us/patrick-chavis-50-affirmative-action-figure.html