Dr. Amy Reed, Anti-Power Morcellator Activist, Dead At 44
Executive Summary
Anesthesiologist Amy Reed, who with her cardiologist husband Hooman Noorchasm turned her battle against uterine cancer into a crusade to abolish unsafe uses of power morcellators, died May 24 at her home in Yardley, Pa., at the age of 44.
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