Surgeon in Hot Water After Photographing Patient's Tattooed Genitals

[RJF]

Surgeon in Hot Water After Photographing Patient's Tattooed Genitals
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

PHOENIX —

A surgeon faces a disciplinary hearing for snapping a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation and showing it around to other doctors.

Mayo Clinic Hospital administrators said Dr. Adam Hansen, chief resident of general surgery, admitted taking the photo with his cell phone on Dec. 11. The tattoo on strip club owner Sean Dubowik's penis reads: "Hot Rod."

Dubowik, who had undergone a gallbladder operation, said he learned of the photo Monday when the Mayo Clinic called.

"I got a strange call after my surgery from a doctor who said there was a problem. He said Hansen was on the phone and would explain," he said.

Dubowik, 27, said Hansen told him he took the picture while inserting a catheter into his penis. A member of the surgical staff made an anonymous call about the photo to The Arizona Republic on Monday.

"He told me he didn't want me to read about it in the newspaper first," Dubowik said.

Hansen wasn't available for comment Tuesday and has been placed on administrative leave. He could face a range of punishment from probation to dismissal.

"Patient privacy is a serious matter, and photographing someone in this manner without a good reason is something we will investigate down to the last detail," said Dr. Joseph Sirven, education director for Mayo Clinic Arizona, the hospital's parent organization based in Scottsdale.

Dubowik said he got the tattoo on a bet and that "it was the most horrible thing I ever went though in my life."

He said he planned to contact an attorney.

"The longer I sit here the angrier I get," he said.

[qwikspool]

man that sucks for the doctor. yeah i work in a hospital and patient privacy is a must. that doctor deserves to get fired.

[Subzeroqc]

Haha great find!!

I'm doubting my heterosexuality right now, I was hoping for a pic lol.

[muddafakka]

Doctors are always doing stupid shit. What else is new.

[cc4usmc]

damn... who takes a photo of a dudes penis? i don't care if it had mother Mary's face on it.

[!Zar!]

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[downshift_sideways]

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fuking gross:ugh:

[Farzam]

Lol

HOT ROD

[jrocslider]

i doubt they'll release the pics to the public

[S13SilviaGirl]

damn! haha That surgeon is screwed...

[azndoc]

What an idiot.

See just goes to show not all doctors are smart like everyone assumes they are.

[Matej]

Guy deserves the embarrassment for making a stupid bet and going through with it. Normal people don't tattoo their penis, though seeing as he's a strip club owner he was probably forced to do it with a gun to his head, in which case who cares about sleazy dudes like that. If I was a surgeon who had to operate on some guy with Hot Rod tattooed on his penis I'd think it was funny too, I'd tell everyone about it, it'd be like Scrubs.

[SW20Racer]

first thing that came to mind was "its not "2 wicked" now, its the hot wad!"

but yeah, that dude must be bored snappin pics of some dude's junk

[status:one]

lmfao

"hot rod"

[jackjack]

stupid. obviously shouldnt have done that. lol @ hot rod though.

[Phlip]

I was gonna get a tattoo like that, but the artist was unwilling to commit to the time it would take to tattoo "antidisestablishmentarianism" on me.

[murda-c]

I was gonna get a tattoo like that, but the artist was unwilling to commit to the time it would take to tattoo "antidisestablishmentarianism" on me.


or he didn't have a needle small enough....


sorry you had that one coming

[axiomatik]

being a doctor definitely does not mean that you are smart. my wife (PhD in Microbiology) was a TA for some med-school classes. she has told me stories of some of the stupid things her students did.

i wonder if the tattoo has a flame job?

[Subzeroqc]

See just goes to show not all doctors are smart like everyone assumes they are.

Wow what a great conclusion lol......

[yudalicious]

if I were the surgeon, I'd thought it was funny as hell too, the topic would definitely come up as a drinking story. I wouldn't take pics though; figures it was a surgeon, they tihnk they can get away with anything, hah.

[yudalicious]

being a doctor definitely does not mean that you are smart.

Almost everyone I met in med school is pretty smart (not just more academically inclined or more hardworking than the average person). Especially surgeons, being a surgeon is no joke. The ones your wife met are probably headed toward careers in family care ;]

[Matej]

The guy has most likely saved countless lives, he deserves to have a little fun at some strip club owner's expense. Whether you became a surgeon because you truly want to help people, or you're in it for the money, or because you're a total perv, as long as you're able to save someone's loved one it doesn't matter to me.

[prang11]

Lol

HOT ROD

So true, hahaha

[Jung918]

The guy has most likely saved countless lives, he deserves to have a little fun at some strip club owner's expense. Whether you became a surgeon because you truly want to help people, or you're in it for the money, or because you're a total perv, as long as you're able to save someone's loved one it doesn't matter to me.

There are other ways to have fun then to do something as reckless as that. Most likely his career is ruined. Good job ACE

[s13Dr1ft]

Id tattoo my junk, great conversation peice.

[yudalicious]

There are other ways to have fun then to do something as reckless as that. Most likely his career is ruined. Good job ACE

His career's not ruined, not even close I'd say.

[Subzeroqc]

He was probably just telling some guy in a bar about it and the guys was like " Dude, it ain't true without a screenshot".

So he took a pic. Sounds legit in court right?

[SiI40sx]

Wow, uhhh why not just ASK the fuckin guy if you can take a picture of it??? I mean the doctor is already working in that area and its not like he's not looking at it. So why would the guy decline on the doctor taking a picture?

[Phlip]

Wow, uhhh why not just ASK the fuckin guy if you can take a picture of it??? I mean the doctor is already working in that area and its not like he's not looking at it. So why would the guy decline on the doctor taking a picture?

The guy was sedated, he had just undergone an operation, the doctor was inserting a catheter.
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[Jung918]

His career's not ruined, not even close I'd say.

Have you ever heard the story of the greatest bridge builder? Well, he made the worlds strongest, longest, and most beautiful bridge. However, he liked to shove hamsters where the sun don't shine. How do you think people will remember him by?

Now think about the hospital and if they want to hire a doctor that can't even act professional.

[rps13drift]

Id tattoo my junk, great conversation peice.

Haha! I've got a tatoo on my junk! Its of a taxi that turns into a schoolbus!..j/k

[yudalicious]

Have you ever heard the story of the greatest bridge builder? Well, he made the worlds strongest, longest, and most beautiful bridge. However, he liked to shove hamsters where the sun don't shine. How do you think people will remember him by?

Now think about the hospital and if they want to hire a doctor that can't even act professional.

Now did it cost several hundred thousand dollars of real money and ten long years to train the said imaginary bridge builder? He'll get what's coming to him, though I'd be really surprised if his career is over.