Simon Bramhall

A surgeon who admitted branding his initials on the livers of two patients undergoing transplants at a British hospital was fined Friday and sentenced to carry out unpaid community work.

Simon Bramhall, 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating after he used an electric beam - typically used to seal blood vessels - to mark "SB" into a man's and woman's livers during their transplant operations in 2013.

A British surgeon on Wednesday admitted branding his initials on the livers of two patients undergoing transplants at a hospital while his colleagues looked on.

A British surgeon has been suspended over allegations that he "branded" his initials onto a patient's liver, media reported on Tuesday.

A surgeon who admitted branding his initials on the livers of two patients undergoing transplants at a British hospital was fined Friday and sentenced to carry out unpaid community work.

Simon Bramhall, 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating after he used an electric beam - typically used to seal blood vessels - to mark "SB" into a man's and woman's livers during their transplant operations in 2013.

A British surgeon on Wednesday admitted branding his initials on the livers of two patients undergoing transplants at a hospital while his colleagues looked on.

A British surgeon has been suspended over allegations that he "branded" his initials onto a patient's liver, media reported on Tuesday.