Pygmalion: Dr. Anthony Pignataro

In 1997, a 26 year old woman named Sarah Smith went in for a
routine breast augmentation procedure. It should have been an easy,
outpatient surgery for this healthy young woman, but it didn't turn
out that way. Sarah went into cardiac and respiratory arrest on the
operating table, slipped into a coma, and died a few days later.
Investigators soon discovered that Sarah wasn't the first of
cosmetic surgeon Dr. Anthony Pignataro's patients to die after
routine surgery. And the more they investigated this flashy,
Lamborghini-driving, safari-hunting doctor, the more skeletons they
found in his closet--from a long list of butchered patients to an
audacious fraud. Pignataro would face justice for Sarah Smith's
death, but that wouldn't be the end of his story. There was an even
darker chapter still to be written, this time much closer to home.
Join us for a twisting tale reminiscent of "Dr. Death," a stark
example of what happens when narcissism and recklessness meet
greed.

Sources:
Ann Rule, Last Dance Last Chance
Buffalo News:
https://subscribe.buffalonews.com/e/limit-reached-bn?returnURL=https://buffalonews.com/news/pignataro-a-profile-in-deceit-how-the-failed-west-seneca-surgeons-disastrous-professional-life-brought/article_3ec7b800-b1d0-5287-a981-c9790c18380f.html

WSVN News:
https://wsvn.com/news/investigations/disgraced-doctor-who-poisoned-wife-spotted-on-elder-care-website/

Oxygen:
https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/crime-news/anthony-pignataro-surgeon-resurfacess-florida-new-name

Forensic Files Now:
https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/anthony-pignataro/
Oxygen's "License to Kill," episode "Killer Surgeon"
"Forensic Files," Episode "Bad Medicine"

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