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Surgeons Alan Goldman and Martin Elliott were among those searching for answers when they met in a break room at the hospital where, fortuitously, a Formula One race was on the television.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Tim Mitchell, of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said while staff were working flat out, their efforts were being undermined by long-standing under-investment in buildings and equipment.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The study's lead author is Mustafa Fattah, a medical student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

So credit the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for restoring some common sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

His deformed spine was removed and sent to the Royal College of Surgeons where–and now here’s an irony for you–it was placed in the care of Richard Owen, director of the college’s Hunterian Museum.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson