the coronavirus has claimed the life of
a leading surgeon who dedicated his
career to children with complex
neurological conditions dr. James T
Goodrich was a renowned pediatric
neurosurgeon and a pioneer in his field
developing a multi-stage process of
separating twins who were conjoined at
the head in 2016 we showed how dr.
Goodrich separated one-year-old twins
Anaya and Jaden at Montefiore in New
York where he worked for more than 30
years he led a team of 40 doctors in a
27 hour procedure to pull off this
amazing medical achievement asked him
very specifically dr. Gerner a viewer to
do this anywhere where would you do it
and he said I would do it in Montefiore
with my team the twins mother Nicole
McDonald trusted dr. Goodrich with her
children's lives CNN was in the
operating room for the whiskey but
successful procedure for the first time
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years later the twins are happy and
healthy little boys their parents
reflected on their life-changing surgery
and the man who helped them through it
the dream team the one in green they're
the oddball has stuck Goodrich his
surgical hat has Turtles on it and
that's because he likes to do things
slow and steady the CEO of Montefiore
Medicine said dr. Goodrich was a beacon
of our institution and he will be truly
missed his expertise and ability were
second only to his kind heart and manner
for Inside Edition dot-com
I'm Mehra Montalbano