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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Surgeons Address Intimate Partner Violence Head-on

By Christina Frangou

San Diego—It was a tragedy that stunned the surgical community: One weekend in March 2017, Sherilyn Gordon-Burroughs, MD, a transplant surgeon at Houston Methodist Hospital, was killed at home by her husband, who then took his own life.

Her co-workers describe the 48-year-old mother, one of the most prominent black female surgeons in the country, as a “gifted surgeon” who “pushed everyone to excel professionally and academically.”

Now, in tribute