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The tragic and brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson, on a New York City street sent shock waves throughout the musculoskeletal community. To us, members of that community, the most tragic aspect of this attack was that we’ve seen it before—as similarly violent acts against orthopedic and spine caregivers.

On July 11, 2023, Benjamin Mauck, M.D., 43, a well-loved hand surgeon at Campbell Clinic in Collierville, Memphis, Tennessee, was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room.


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