Surgeon

President Joe Biden is expected to pick cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli as the next director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Bertagnolli, a physician-scientist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Harvard Medical School, specializes in gastrointestinal cancers and is well known for her expertise in clinical trials. She will replace Ned Sharpless, who stepped down as NCI director in April after nearly 5 years. The White House has not yet announced the…

A surgeon who just a decade ago was celebrated around the globe as a pioneer in stem cell transplants has been convicted of one count of “causing bodily harm,” a felony, in a Swedish court. The district court in Solna today found Paolo Macchiarini not guilty on other charges, including aggravated assault, that could have carried prison sentences of up to 4 years, relating to three patients he treated while working for the famed Karolinska Institute (KI). The court said the penalty…

A surgeon who has testified in the defamation trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard says Depp's claim that he lost the tip of his finger during a domestic fight with Heard could not have happened in the way he recounted. Speaking at the court in Fairfax county, Virginia, Richard Moore said Depp’s description was unlikely, in large part because his fingernail remained intact. Moore, who did not treat Depp, said the fingernail was exposed – as Depp…

Photos by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images and Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images. Remix by Danny Peterson. An orthopedic surgeon called upon to testify by Amber Heard’s legal team has said that Johnny Depp’s story about his severed finger did not add up, amid a trial of dueling defamation lawsuits. Dr. Richard Moore’s testimony contradicted Depp’s previous testimony, in which he claimed that a vodka bottle Heard allegedly threw at his hand shattered and ended up severing his finger, Law & Crime Network reports. While…