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