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Little girl's arm

Health By Theresa Gaffney

Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds

Surgeons working together

First Opinion By Jason C. Pradarelli

What Tom Brady and Beyoncé can teach surgeons: Coaching can keep you sharp

Surgery - operating room

First Opinion By Eric C. Sun and Anupam B. Jena

‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all

Surgical lights

Health By Christina Jewett — Kaiser Health News

Despite red flags at California surgery centers, accreditors award gold seals

Medical school

First Opinion By Christopher Hartnick

Taking risks in pursuit of innovation is good. So is preparing for it

Robots Surgery video monitor

First Opinion By Matt Beane — The Conversation

Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows

Bariatric surgery

Health By Andrew Joseph

With bariatric surgery, a patient’s starting weight makes a difference, study finds

Stephen Phillips

Health By Eric Boodman

‘It seemed like I had climbed Mount Everest’: A rough year after daring cancer surgery

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Med School Expectations

First Opinion By Akhilesh Pathipati

In med school, inconsistent expectations are bad for learning and for patients

Neck Pain

Health By Sheila Kaplan

Whistleblower case contends surgical device maker misled FDA — and patients paid the price

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Delisted organs

Don't Miss By Casey Ross

Hospitals are throwing out organs and denying transplants to meet federal standards

Organ donation Map

Health By Eric Boodman

Matching hearts — and kidneys and lungs. This website makes organ transplants in the US possible

Surgery

First Opinion By Patrick Skerrett

New robot no substitute for humans in the operating room

Robotic surgery

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

Robot surgeon performs first soft-tissue operation by itself

The Insurance Warrior

Business By Eric Boodman

An ‘insurance warrior’ fights to get pricey therapies covered

Kathy Magliato

Health By Karen Weintraub

Kathy Magliato: The heart surgeon inspiration behind a new TV drama

Cirujanos sin Fronteras

Health By Patricia Leigh Brown

Discounted surgeries bring the uninsured new hope in California

Steven Soderbergh

Don't Miss By Dylan Scott

Steven Soderbergh, Hollywood’s medicine man, explains how science became a muse

Cover image for Etherdome

Don't Miss By Dominic Smith

Watch: This operating room changed medical history

Women in Uganda await surgery for obstretic fistulas in 2014.

First Opinion By Sarah L.M. Greenberg and Robert Riviello

Billions without access to safe, reliable surgery

House of Cards Season 4

Politics By Dylan Scott

Can a president really jump the line for an organ transplant?

Phillips - surgery

Special Report By Eric Boodman

One man’s desperate quest for a brutal surgery

uterus transplant presser

Health By Melissa Bailey

Uterus transplant hailed as first in the US has failed

Cataract

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

Cataract surgery is deeply flawed. A new technique could help

uterus transplant presser

Health By Melissa Bailey

Uterus transplant recipient ‘grateful’ for chance to become pregnant