Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been ...

The disciplinary case of Dr. Johan Aerts of Des Moines highlights the manner in which patients, regulators and the general public are often left in the dark while hospitals and practitioners keep ...

“That’s everybody’s worst nightmare, right?" said organ preservationist Nyckoletta Martin. "Being alive during surgery and knowing that someone is going to cut you open" Getty Anthony Thomas “TJ” ...

A South Bay plastic surgeon and nurse charged in the death of a patient who was undergoing a breast augmentation operation at their Bonita clinic were sentenced Friday to state prison terms. Carlos ...

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. A doctor who operated on a man's healthy hip five years ago has done it again, this time performing surgery on a healthy knee. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Craig DuMond repaired the wrong ...

A patient is suing Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut and two anesthesiologists after he allegedly fell off the operating table during surgery. The patient's attorney said the fall happened after ...

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has suspended the license of Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, the osteopathic surgeon who is accused of mistakenly removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen causing ...

Neurosurgeon Venita Simpson left a patient on the operating table to cast her ballot in Houston on Tuesday. “They’re fine,” she told The Washington Post, laughing. “I’ve got the residents closing.” ...