Over the past few months, several former patients of Dr. Toby Sutcliffe have talked with KOMO 4 News. They describe behavior that ranged from inappropriate sexual comments to touching -- not only during office visits, but even when they were still under the effects of anesthesia.

"I remember feeling hands on my abdomen and as I was waking up I felt the hands slowly coming up until they rested on my breasts," says Margie Backstrom.

Backstrom had just had surgery on a tear duct, when she says she felt the hands on her body.

"I started to wake up and move, the hands moved quickly," she said.

Margie says she opened her eyes and realized Dr. Sutcliffe was the only one in the room.

"And I thought, 'Oh my gosh, that was him with his hands on my breasts,' " she said.

Other women recount similar stories with Dr. Sutcliffe, who is a well-known Seattle surgeon with the Sutcliffe Facial Surgery and Laser Center.

Chris met Dr. Sutcliffe during an office consultation for eye surgery.

"He started touching my face... and I said, 'No, I just want my eyes done." Then it just moved to my stomach and his hands moved down from there," she said.

"Then it became way unfriendly and he took my hands and I said no."

And MaryAnn told KOMO News she too was touched inappropriately by Sutcliffe while talking to him in his office about eyelid surgery.

"It happened so quickly that his hand was in my jacket and I thought, 'Oh my God!' It was such a shock," she said.

According to the State Department of Health, 24 complaints have been filed against Dr. Toby Sutcliffe; many from women accusing him of inappropriate sexual contact and remarks.

And the state temporarily banned him from any contact with female patients.

Now, one year later, the sexual assault unit at the King County prosecutor's office is reviewing the charges against Dr. Sutcliffe. And investigators are interviewing witnesses, including employees of an anesthesiologist service, who too have filed a complaint against him.

A statement from his attorney says: "Dr. Sutcliffe has never, at any time or place, had inappropriate physical contact with a patient. Eyewitnesses in the operating room will prove his conduct was appropriate."

Margie Backstrom says she doesn't want any other women to go through what she did. It took her months to tell her husband Brad about what had happened.

"He said, 'Why didn't you tell me sooner?' And I said I felt ashamed that I hadn't stood up for myself sooner," Backstrom said.

"It makes me very angry that something like this could have happened," said Brad Backstrom. "This should have never happened."

The King County prosecutor's office says they'll soon make a decision about whether charges will be filed. Through his attorney, Dr. Sutcliffe says he looks forward to the opportunity to clear his name.