{"id":5074,"date":"2026-07-21T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:38:07","slug":"woman-dies-after-anti-aging-injection-at-new-york-clinic-unlicensed-doctor-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5074","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after anti-aging injection at New York clinic, unlicensed doctor arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>A 27-year-old woman died after getting an anti-aging injection at a holistic wellness center in the Bronx \u2014 and the unlicensed doctor has been arrested, police said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5072\">Snapp Shots: East Bay librarian offers up kids\u2019 summer reading list<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Baron was rushed unconscious and unresponsive from Bereshit Lifestyle Center in Riverdale to New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital Sunday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Woman sentenced to prison for death of Kim Kardashian look-alike after cosmetic injection at Burlingame hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cops were called at 1:10 p.m. after Baron was declared dead at the hospital. She lived in the luxury Skyview on the Hudson condo complex less than two miles from the clinic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was my daughter,\u201d the victim\u2019s grief-stricken father said by phone. \u201cI don\u2019t have anything to say. It\u2019s under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said Baron had gone earlier in the day to the center on Riverdale Ave. near W. 232nd St., which specializes in holistic medicine and offers products \u201cto make healthy living easy,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>She was injected with an \u201canti-aging therapy solution\u201d and soon after went into medical distress, with the center calling for an ambulance, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so shocked,\u201d said Paula Schapp, a neighbor in the victim\u2019s building. \u201cElizabeth was a beautiful young woman. She worked in Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would sometimes meet her when she went to the gym. We have a gym here (in the apartment complex),\u201d she added. \u201cThe last time I saw her was within the week and she was beautifully dressed. She was going to some kind of a gathering. I said, \u2018Oh, you look beautiful. I love your dress.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luis Rojas Cabrera, who is licensed in his native Dominican Republic but not in the United States, was charged with reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of a profession, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5070\">Berkeley teen completes 21-mile North Channel swim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a good man, a good father and a good doctor,\u201d Cabrera\u2019s son, Luis Rojas Cabrera Jr., 26, told the Daily News at Bronx Criminal Court while waiting for his father\u2019s arraignment. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m so shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city Medical Examiner will conduct an initial autopsy on Baron Tuesday. Once her cause of death is determined, authorities could upgrade charges against the doctor.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rojas Cabrera\u2019s sister in Minnesota was shaken to learn of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d Heidi Rojas Cabrera said when asked if her brother was licensed to practice in the United States. \u201cTo the best of my knowledge, no \u2026 He was a surgeon in the Dominican Republic \u2026 He was trying to get his physician assistant license (in the U.S.).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has always been passionate about what he does,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m just still in shock of what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luis Rojas Cabrera, pictured smiling broadly on the Bereshit Lifestyle Center website, says he is a \u201cM.D., Surgeon, Naturopath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have carefully chosen all of the products that we carry to make sure that you have the latest innovations and best products to help maintain a healthy lifestyle,\u201d the center\u2019s website boasts.<\/p>\n<p>He says he is board certified in holistic health and alternative medicine and that he is from a family of medical professionals in the Dominican Republic including his mother, whom beginning when he was 11 he assisted \u201cin various nursing and medical procedures, thus causing an immense desire to continue studying in the area of nursing and medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives me great pleasure,\u201d he says on the website \u201cto help individuals gain improvement in their health condition and lifestyle through natural methods and simple therapies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5068\">Medicaid funding is restored to Planned Parenthood, but the pause cost California clinics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luis Rojas Cabrera\u2019s arraignment was pending in Bronx Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 27-year-old woman was rushed unconscious and unresponsive from Bereshit Lifestyle Center in Riverdale to New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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