Dr. Stubbs, meet Dr. Chopp
What’s in a name? If I’m Al or Alan or Alphonse or Ali Al-Rashid or Joe Schmo, am I the same person or would the name somehow affect who I am?
Check out the names of these real-life doctors and tell me if you think maybe their names had something to do with their medical career choices.
The main source of the names listed here is a Feb. 7, 2008 article on the canadianmedicinenews.com website and a Jan. 21, 2008 posting on the American Medical Association’s amednews.com website. Other sources range from magazines and newspapers to university and hospital staff lists.
For starters, let’s look at a Toronto doctor. DR. ROBERT STUBBS is a genital cosmetic surgeon with his practice in Yorkville. Dr. Stubbs is considered one of North America’s leading experts on penis enlargement and, according to a 2006 interview in the National Post, he learned his penis surgical technique in China from a Dr. Long.
Then there’s Dr. Chopp, who performs vasectomies in Austin, Texas. His first name is Richard but he uses a shorter form: So he is DR. DICK CHOPP, urologist.
No kidding. These are all real doctors’ names.
Like DR. JOHN LOONEY, a psychiatrist in Durham, North Carolina.
DR. DAVID HART is a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. DR. KEVIN BLINDER is a retina surgeon in St. Louis, Missouri.
DR. THOMAS PAYNE is a general practitioner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and DR. DWAYNE ILLMAN is an emergency medicine specialist in Indianapolis, Indiana.
There are actually quite a few DR. PAYNES around and at least one DR. HURT — Jim Hurt, who was doing his residency in orthopedic surgery in Jacksonville, Florida, a couple of years ago.
British Columbia seems to be awash in doctors with oddly appropriate names.
There’s DR. DAVID BUTCHER, a general practitioner in Prince George. DR. RITCHIE YOUNGER, a cosmetic surgeon in Vancouver. And DR. STEPHEN TREDWELL, an orthopedic surgeon, also in Vancouver. There’s another orthopedic surgeon (specializing in hands and wrists) in Vancouver named DR. PETER GROPPER.
It’s true. You can check out Dr. Gropper at www.petergropper.ca and Dr. Younger at www.youngerface.com.
I’ve also heard of a DR. BARKESY, a vet in Surrey, B.C., although I find no listing for him there. There is, however, another vet working in Mounds View, Minnesota, named DR. KEVIN BARCUS. Of course all his clients (the human ones, anyway) call him DR. BARKS.
Medical librarian Mari Stoddard of the University of Arizona has a list of unbelievable doctors’ names at her website —www.u.arizona.edu/%7Estoddard/doctor.htm. The problem is some of them seem just too good to be true.
Dr. Bonebrake the chiropractor? Dr. Yankum the dentist? Dr. Kwak? Dr. Killer? Dr. Sick? Dr. Deadman?
I dunno. Maybe they all exist but I don’t have time to check them out. If you do, have fun. And don’t forget Dr. Risk, Dr. Fear or Dr. Yell — or even Dr. Wiwi, the gynecologist.
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