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Surgeon Charged with Falsifying Records, Three Patients Dead

2/6/2026

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Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr., a Houston surgeon and surgical director at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, is charged by federal prosecutors with falsifying medical records to disqualify five patients from liver transplants.
Prosecutors allege he manipulated records from February 2023 to March 2024, leading to the deaths of three patients.
Bynon pleaded not guilty.
His actions reportedly delayed organ donations without patients' knowledge.

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Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr., a Houston surgeon and surgical director at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, is charged by federal prosecutors with falsifying medical records to disqualify five patients from liver transplants.
Prosecutors allege he manipulated records from February 2023 to March 2024, leading to the deaths of three patients.
Bynon pleaded not guilty.
His actions reportedly delayed organ donations without patients' knowledge.