The unlicensed Bronx cosmetologist who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the case of a client who came to her for silicone injections in her buttocks—and died of a silicone embolism in her lungs—was sentenced to nine months in jail. Prosecutors described Elsa Then, 58, as a “cold and calculating” manipulator who used Bounty paper towels, Band-Aids and Krazy glue to close victim Fiordaliza Pichardo's wounds. more ›

Look, it's not brain surgery—if you've got an important appointment, make a note of it in your calendar. Yet one big shot neurosurgeon at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island apparently had better things to do on April 10th, when he left his patient all prepped for surgery with nowhere to go. (To be fair, it can be difficult to get a good tee time at Fresh Meadow Country Club.) Dr. Paolo Bolognese, who reportedly makes about $2.4 million a year, was suspended for two weeks from the hospital after leaving his anesthetized female patient out cold on the operating table with her head shaved. It's unclear where exactly he was, and when staffers failed to locate Bolognese, they turned to chief of neurosurgery Thomas Milhorat ($7.2 million a year). But he refused to step in because the patient wasn't his. So Milhorat was also suspended, but the two MIA MDs seem to be making the best of it; a hospital receptionist tells the News they're in Italy attending a medical conference and, naturally, can't be reached. more ›