DOCTOR SHOWS OFF MAN'S TATTOOED PENIS TO PEERS

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/...tattoo_photo_6

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.

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