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Reese Witherspoon's 84-year-old father, a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and surgeon, was rushed to a Nashville hospital Friday after a fellow resident spotted him lying face down on concrete near his condo's pool. John Draper Witherspoon, a retired otolaryngologist who once held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserves, was […] The post Reese Witherspoon says father is recovering after 84-year-old was found face down near Nashville pool appeared first on American Almanac .
Reese Witherspoon's 84-year-old father, a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and surgeon, was rushed to a Nashville hospital Friday after a fellow resident spotted him lying face down on concrete near his condo's pool. John Draper Witherspoon, a retired otolaryngologist who once held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserves, was found motionless by a neighbor who saw him from a balcony above the pool area of his Nashville condominium building. The neighbor called downstairs to alert the doorman, who located the elder Witherspoon on the ground. The doorman and the building manager rolled him over. A source familiar with the scene described what happened next: they asked, "Dr. Witherspoon, are you OK?" He…Open
Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from a 70-year-old patient was a spleen, according to Florida’s Health Department.
'I'm grateful that I'm here standing'
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A New York jury delivered a first-of-its-kind verdict, holding a surgeon and psychologist liable for malpractice in a case brought by a “detransitioner.”WHO WAS INVOLVED: Fox Varian, a 22-year-old detransitioner, and the medical professionals involved in her case.WHEN & WHERE: The verdict was reached on January 30 in New York.IMPACT: The jury […] The post Court Orders Surgeon, Psychologist to Pay $2M in Damages for Transitioning Minor. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A New York jury delivered a first-of-its-kind verdict, holding a surgeon and psychologist liable for malpractice in a case brought by a “detransitioner.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Fox Varian, a 22-year-old detransitioner, and the medical professionals involved in her case. WHEN & WHERE: The verdict was reached on January 30 in New York. IMPACT: The jury awarded Varian $1.6 million for pain and suffering and $400,000 for future medical expenses related to the gender transition, setting a precedent for other detransitioners. IN FULL A New York jury has found a surgeon and a psychologist liable for malpractice in a case brought by 22-year-old Fox Varian, who underwent a double mastectomy at age 16 after identifying…Open
'Betrayed the most sacred duty of a medical professional'
Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives.
AI:Thomas Fogarty, 91, died. He revolutionized vascular surgery by developing the balloon catheter, a minimally invasive tool used to remove blood clots from patients' limbs that has saved millions of lives.Open