How to Use surgeon in a Sentence

surgeon

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  • The surgeon killed was Dr. Benjamin Mauck, the clinic said.
    — Jacob Wilt, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • The surgeon has 20 seconds to play with to be able to save someone's life.
    — Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The console allows students to have the same view as the lead surgeon.
    — Neha Mukherjee, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • From there, the surgeon operates on the baby, while keeping it in the uterus.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Please keep the prayers coming for Scot, the surgeons, for the donor and his family who lost their loved one.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Best Friends, the 44-year-old meets with her bariatric surgeon Dr. Charles Procter for her nine month post-op check in.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The second part is told by Lena, a young surgeon and good friend of Magos who, for a time, was in love with her.
    — Gabino Iglesias, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Moreover, the techniques of most surgeons, to put it bluntly, are just not that good.
    — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
  • By the time the surgeon entered the operating room, the wrong leg had already been prepped.
    — Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Spunky Ava, who dreams of becoming a surgeon and traveling the world, is not the kind to sit around and mope.
    — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • After seven to 10 days, the stitches will be removed and the wound checked by your surgeon.
    — Oluseun Olufade, Verywell Health, 1 May 2024
  • Enter eye surgeon Pei-Chang Wu, whose journey of discovery serves as the spine of the piece.
    — Longreads, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Previously, the 65-year-old surgeon was seen with a lighter look and a dark gray hairdo.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The surgeon who operated on the pope said the pontiff is ready to resume working.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 20 July 2023
  • Skye’s hair was shaved where the surgeon had removed a piece of her skull, and her small body was hooked up to tubes and wires in every direction.
    — Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • About a week after all three surgeons returned home, the nurse caring for the boy sent them a photo of the boy smiling and hugging her.
    — Tony Holt, arkansasonline.com, 19 Nov. 2023
  • In addition to his duties as a surgeon, Smith served as vice president of the Texas school board.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Karp, the Nashville transplant surgeon, said too few donations is the root of the issue in the transplant system.
    — Malena Carollo and Ben Tanen, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • To place the 25 chips in Bussard’s brain, surgeons performed a routine craniotomy to remove a piece of his skull.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Susana received 80% of the organ, while surgeons sliced off the remaining 20% to give to Cooper.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The idea was to understand the perspectives of the surgeons day-to-day, but also to put oneself in the position of the client/patient.
    — Matt Parrott, arkansasonline.com, 30 June 2024
  • Meet Ohtani’s surgeon, who fixes sports’ biggest stars and saved the two-way player’s $700-million arm.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The night before the transplant, surgeon Bartley Griffith didn’t sleep well.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Among the dead were two boys aged seven and 16, and a 9-year-old girl, according to Summaiya Syed Tariq, a surgeon with the local police force.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Glass called his sisters – one of whom is Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz - and had the surgeon speak to them before making the decision.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2023
  • To thread the needle between the walls at such speed requires the precision of a surgeon (which must explain why Dr. Wilson rides so fast).
    — Rennie Scaysbrook, Robb Report, 30 June 2023
  • Among those injured, according to the surgeon, was a 16-year-old boy shot with four bullets at the hospital gate.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The author is a breast surgeon and an associate professor of surgery at UCLA.
    — Nimmi Kapoor, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Other surgeons report the same: Cleavage, however discreet, is a must for their patients.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 8 Aug. 2024
  • During this time, people should follow their surgeon's instructions closely.
    — Casey Gallagher, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024

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