Word: surgeon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...back in August that Glenn was told he wouldn't be taking part in a test of melatonin, the natural sleep hormone, because he "did not meet one of the medical criteria for participation," Dr. Charles Czeisler, the surgeon who disqualified Glenn, told the New York Times Wednesday. For two months, NASA endeavored to keep the news quiet -- ostensibly because it was a private medical matter. Evidently, it didn't fit the mold of a feisty American hero blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen...
Trotter and Betsy Tuttle, the transplant surgeon who would eventually operate on Hunter, were determined to do what was medically necessary. But on the business end, there was no agreement about payment...
...would be a "1-2-3" heart-valve operation. There were "complications," and he is back in the operating room. Baker fetches tissues and asks if they can pray. She says yes. He crouches by her in the dark hallway. He prays for God's presence and for the surgeon's hand...
...realm of patient care. Kristen's gene mutation was diagnosed in a Duke laboratory run by Andrew Futreal, a researcher who had a hand in the discovery of one breast cancer-susceptibility gene--known as BRCA1--and who co-discovered a second, BRCA2. Her doctor is Dirk Iglehart, a surgeon who also runs a large tumor biology laboratory. The genetic counselor, Shelly Clark, advises patients on the far-reaching effects of such lethal genes...
...Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the United States, will respond to Wednesday's lecture on the Problem of Pain and Suffering, which will explore whether suffering and death are our destiny...