John Najarian

John S. Najarian (born December 22, 1927) is a transplant surgeon and is Clinical Professor of Transplant Surgery at the University of Minnesota. Najarian is the father of the former NFL football player and CNBC market analyst Pete Najarian and options trader Jon Najarian.

Najarian was chairman of the department of surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School until 1993.

In 1995, Najarian was charged with marketing and selling antilymphocite globulin (ALG) an anti rejection drug without disclosing serious adverse reactions. He was also federally indictmented on charges of not disclosing important information to patients about ALG before they consented to using it.[1] Najarian was later acquitted for these charges.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Surgeon Is Charged in Marketing Of Drug Linked to Deaths of 9". nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "U of M med school still recovering 10 years after ALG scandal". Mprnews. Mprnews. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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