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CA surgeon acquitted of hastening patient death

December 19, 2008 — 10:11am ET | By Anne Zieger
California transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh could hardly have faced uglier charges. Roozrokh, 34, was accused of hastening the death of Ruben Navarro, a 25-year old man with multiple... Read more...

Trial of CA transplant surgeon underway

November 3, 2008 — 1:44pm ET | By Dan Bowman
The trial of a San Francisco transplant surgeon accused of hastening a patient's death to harvest his organs was scheduled to begin on Monday. Opening statements were set to be made in the case... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Doctors debate propriety of public pleas for donor organs

April 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
When patients fear that they'll die without one, it's no surprise that they're willing to go public with pleas for donor organs--and the practice is getting increasingly mainstream. In fact, at... Read more...