OKLAHOMA CITY - Legendary heart surgeon Dr. Nazih Zuhdi, 91, died Tuesday. Among his many accomplishments, Zuhdi performed the state's first human to human heart transplant in 1985, the first such ...

On six separate occasions this past summer, Tonya Rerecich struggled to accept that her 11-year-old daughter was going to die. Addison "Addie" Rerecich was so ill and her young lungs ...

BURLINGTON — A Chittenden County jury has cleared the University of Vermont Medical Center against claims of medical malpractice and negligent undertaking in the 2020 overdose death of the adult son ...

Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee implant during a total knee replacement surgery at Lompoc Valley Medical Center.

BURLINGTON — A well-known doctor based in Burlington is suing the University of Vermont Medical Center for medical negligence and wrongful death for the fatal overdose of his adult son five years ago.

While Dr. Sobel is mentioned throughout court papers, only the UVM Medical Center is named as a defendant in the civil lawsuit filed in May 2022. The jury trial, which has been postponed a few times, ...

BURLINGTON — A prominent world-renowned doctor based in Burlington is suing the University of Vermont Medical Center for medical negligence and wrongful death for the fatal overdose of his adult son ...

Surgeons from UCLA Health have successfully performed the first-ever human bladder transplant, a potentially game-changing procedure for people suffering from bladder dysfunction and pain.. The ...

The bladder transplant was performed on May 4, 2025, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center by a surgical team led by Dr. Inderbir Gill from USC and Dr. Nima Nassiri from UCLA. The patient had lost most ...

The surgery was completed at UCLA Medical Center. The team was led by Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of UCLA’s pioneering bladder replacement research program, with ...