Houston Surgeon Plea Bargains for Two Year Jail Term: Jury Sentence Was Probation Only
In a twist of fate, Houston plastic surgeon Mark David Gilliland agreed to a two-year jail term moments before the jury was to announce a sentence of 10 years of probation. He had been convicted of assault while under intoxication for the hit and run crime involving two women pedestrians.
Iraqi Surgeons Live and Work in Daily Fear of Assassination and Kidnap
In addition to struggling with a lack of suture material, implants, and drugs, Iraqi surgeons are increasingly being targeted by terrorists in an attempt to disrupt and ruin access to medical care by the Iraqi population. Prominent Iraqi surgeon Dr. Safwan Taha says hundreds of physicians and surgeons have been killed in recent months and many more have left the country to avoid being a victim.