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SURGEON REMOVED PATIENT'S LIVER INSTEAD OF SPLEEN Horror on the operating table
Licenses revoked in three states
TL;DR
- Dr. Thomas Shakhnovsky faces a charge of second-degree manslaughter in Alabama for the death of a 70-year-old patient.
- The patient died on the operating table in August 2024 when Shakhnovsky allegedly removed his liver instead of his spleen during a laparoscopic splenectomy.
- Shakhnovsky's medical licenses have been suspended in Alabama, Florida, and New York.
- The patient's widow, Beverly Bryan, identified the victim as Bill Bryan and has filed a civil lawsuit against the doctor.
- Autopsy results contradicted Shakhnovsky's claim of splenic artery aneurysm rupture, finding the liver missing and the spleen intact.
- Shakhnovsky is also accused of two other instances of negligent care, including the removal of parts of a patient's pancreas and intestine in separate procedures, one of which also resulted in a patient's death.