surgeon
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A cardiothoracic surgeon, Briggs realized the newly activated law didn’t provide adequate protections for patients having medical complications.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
"This was science in action!" esteemed melanoma surgeon John Thompson AO said in a statement paying tribute to his friend.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Panish also accused the surgeon of not turning over details of a $25-million contract with a Dallas hospital to the plaintiffs, which Peter Grossman denied.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Grossman is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and is the the wife of prominent plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
One of Freud’s closest friends, a surgeon named Wilhelm Fliess, invented biorhythmic analysis, a practice based on the notion that various aspects of one’s life follow rigid periodic cycles which begin at birth.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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