NEW YORK (AP) _ A physician who pleaded guilty to charges that he offered to perform cosmetic surgery on a woman after his medical license had been revoked was sentenced Thursday to two to six years in prison.

Dr. Jose A. Lopez, whose license was lifted in October 2003, pleaded guilty in November to unlicensed practice of medicine and second-degree assault. He was sentenced to one to three years in prison on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively.

Lopez, 42, apologized for the problems he had caused patients. He said he had a difficult time after he was accused of botched medical procedures.

His lawyer, Martin Schmulker, said every doctor "suffers disappointing experiences with patients when you've had as many as he has had." He explained that most doctors with Lopez' experience have had many more malpractice complaints.

Lopez was arrested in May 2004, a few weeks after he was caught on videotape offering to do liposuction on a woman in his Manhattan office, Aesthetic Concepts Laser Surgical Center.

His New Jersey medical license was revoked permanently in 2003. Authorities there issued reports citing the July 2002 death of a woman during a tummy tuck operation and "disastrous" surgeries involving five other patients.

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