A patient who was under anesthesia when a brain surgeon refused to step in for a no-show colleague is suing both doctors as well as the New York hospital. Jennifer Ronca of Tunkhannock, Pa., sued Thursday in state court in Mineola. The suit seeks unspecified damages against the surgeons and North Shore University Hospital-Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She ...

A suburban New York City hospital is reinstating a brain surgeon who was suspended for failing to show up for surgery on a patient under anesthesia on the operating table. Dr. Paolo Bolognese (PAH'-lo boh-loh-NAY'-zee) will be back next week at North Shore ...

One of the highest-paid doctors in New York refused to perform brain surgery on an already-anesthetized patient whose scheduled surgeon had failed to show up, and the state health department is investigating. The surgeon who refused, Dr. Thomas Milhorat, is retiring as chairman of neurosurgery at North Shore ...