December 19, 2008

California transplant surgeon acquitted

By Sarah Arnquist A jury acquitted a San Francisco transplant surgeon Thursday of criminal charges related to his alleged actions during an attempted organ harvest nearly three years ago in a small town on California's central coast. In what's thought...
December 19, 2008 in Organ Donation | Permalink | Comments (1)

March 25, 2008

Prosecution in organ harvest case faces hurdles at trial

By Sarah Arnquist Although neither the prosecution nor defense has shown its entire case, the unusually long eight-day preliminary hearing for transplant surgeon Hootan Roozrokh revealed considerable details about what happened during Ruben Navarro’s final hours and the hurdles both...
March 25, 2008 in Organ Donation, Physicians | Permalink | Comments (1)

March 23, 2008

Criminal charges filed against transplant surgeon

By Sarah Arnquist Prosecutors in a small town on California’s Central Coast are making history. For the first time in the United States, they brought criminal charges against a transplant surgeon, alleging he prescribed excessive amounts of medication in an...
March 23, 2008 in Organ Donation, Physicians | Permalink | Comments (5)