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Received today — 7 May 2026 ⏭ NBC News Top Stories
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Florida surgeon who removed wrong organ says he is ‘forever traumatized’ by patient’s death

By: Elizabeth Chuck · Matt Lavietes
7 May 2026 at 09:00
Thomas Shaknovsky said in a deposition in November that he believed he was removing 70-year-old William Bryan’s spleen, not his liver.

© Walton County Sheriff’s Office

Officers with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office arresting Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky on April 13.

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The liver, the body's largest internal organ, and the spleen are both under the rib cage.
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