Haslam proposes that Dr. Sherman was not just a prominent surgeon, but a key figure in a covert medical project.

: She held leadership roles at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans and was a pioneer in bone pathology.

The unsolved 1964 murder of serves as the centerpiece for Edward T. Haslam’s book, Dr. Mary's Monkey , which weaves a complex narrative connecting a high-profile homicide to secret laboratories, the JFK assassination , and global medical crises. The Victim: A Pioneer in Medicine

Dr. Mary Stults Sherman was a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon and cancer researcher.