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# ‘Killed by FDA-approved Device’: Amy Reed Dies of Cancer
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/killed-by-fda-approved-device-amy-reed-dies-of-cancer/
- Published: 2017-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:26:04.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5138799

Pioneer anti-power morcellator activist **Amy Reed**, 44, died 5/24 from complications stemming from disseminated uterine cancer[, reported the *Cancer Letter*](https://cancerletter.com/articles/20170526%5F1/?ref=fdaweb.com) 5/25\. Reed was the wife of cardio thoracic surgeon **Hooman Noorchasm**, who took up her cause in a virulent multimedia campaign widely reported by the *Wall Street Journal* and other outlets that [criticized FDA’s approval of power morcellators](http://www.fdaweb.com/login.php?sa=v&aid=D5133999&searchWords=morcellators&cate=S&stid=%241%244B0.5Y..%24cRyR1AJ74cZP0xRXkKwuc1).

Norchasm’s campaign coerced FDA into issuing a 4/2014 advisory on the device’s use and the voluntary withdrawal of the market-leading power morcellators made by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary, although the morcellator used on Reed was made by Germany’s Storz.