Heidi Montag Plastic Surgeon Frank Ryan Dies in Crash

Aug. 17, 2010— -- Dr. Frank Ryan, the surgeon who performed extensive plastic surgery early this year on Montag, died in August in a one-car accident in Los Angeles, according to reports.

Ryan was 50 years old.

The surgeon was thrust into the spotlight in January when a radically reconfigured Montag announced that she had undergone 10 different plastic surgery procedures in one marathon session.

People magazine reported at the time that Montag's mother was "horrified" by her surgeries.

The magazine quoted an anonymous source "close to the [Montag] family" as saying that Montag's mother, Darlene Egelhoff, "is horrified and having a total breakdown. She can't wait to confront Heidi when she goes home."

But Montag, 23, told "Nightline" in a January interview that her mother knew she was going to have plastic surgery. Montag went on to say that she was even planning to schedule a "mommy makeover" with her plastic surgeon for her mom.

"Actually, she was excited for me and she's asking me ... for her surgery next," said Montag. "So for Mother's Day, I have to ask [surgeon] Dr. Frank Ryan if he'll do the mommy makeover. But I think that she understands. And I think the first surgery was a little more weary for her, and a little more foreign to her, and she was a little more concerned."

Montag had breast implants, a brow lift, botox in her forehead, a nose job revision, fat injections in her cheeks, a chin reduction, neck liposuction and had her ears pinned back.

ABC News reached out to Edelhoff, who declined to comment publicly.