Renowned TV Medical Expert and Podiatric Surgeon Dr. Kelly Powers Succumbs to Brain Cancer at 45

Colts Neck, New Jersey — Dr. Kelly Powers, a distinguished podiatric surgeon and frequent medical analyst on television, died at her home in Colts Neck on December 1, 2024, after a valiant four-year struggle with brain cancer. She was 45. Powers, who was born in Yonkers, New York, was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2020, a notably aggressive form of brain cancer. Her battle with the illness saw her undergoing multiple brain surgeries, along with rounds …

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Surgeon and children die in tragic North Texas plane crash

PARADISE, Texas – A tragic plane crash in Parker County took the lives of a prominent North Texas surgeon and two of his children on Sunday. The plane, believed to be a twin-engine Cessna, flew out of a Wise County airport with three people on board before crashing near Lone Star Road and BJ Lane in the Poolville area. Dr. Heath Smith, the vice president of the school board in Paradise, and his two children …

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Maryland Oral Surgeon Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Distributing Drugs to Girlfriend, Resulting in Her Death

ROCKVILLE, Maryland – Dr. James Michael Ryan, a Maryland oral surgeon, has been sentenced to 45 years in a state correctional facility after being found guilty in the death of his girlfriend, Sarah Harris, who died from an overdose on January 26, 2022. The 50-year-old dentist was convicted following a trial, with the State Circuit Court Judge Cheryl A. McCally ordering the severe sentence for the drugs provided by Dr. Ryan leading to Harris’s death. …

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Germantown Surgeon Convicted for Administering Fatal Drugs

GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) — A 50-year-old oral surgeon from Germantown, Maryland, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for supplying and administering powerful drugs to his girlfriend, resulting in her death. During the four-hour sentencing hearing in Montgomery County Circuit Court, the family of Sarah Harris called the oral surgeon, James Ryan, a “monster” and a “predator,” claiming that he led Harris down a road of addiction that ultimately took her life. Ryan was …

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