Citation

Rosenbaum L. New Engl. J. Med. 2015; 372(9): 798-799.

Affiliation

Dr. Rosenbaum is a national correspondent for the Journal.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMp1501253

PMID

25651078

Abstract

Around 11:00 a.m. on January 20, 2015, Stephen Pasceri arrived at the cardiovascular center at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he had an appointment to speak to Michael Davidson, a 44-year-old surgeon who had performed valve surgery on Pasceri's mother a few months earlier. Davidson entered an exam room and greeted Pasceri, who fired two shots at the surgeon at close range before killing himself. A team of Brigham surgeons spent 9 hours in the OR in a futile attempt to save Davidson's life. It was speculated that Pasceri "had some issue" with his mother's medical treatment. Though she. . .

Language: en