# Fun with doctors' names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733 "2009-04-29T14:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/21 "2009-04-29T19:50:09Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > There’s a doctor here in Madison named Dr. Bonebrake. > > Unfortunately, he’s not an orthopedic surgeon. My dad had a doctor, either Bonebreak or Breakbone, in Chicago. Gotta be related. We had a dentist up the street named Dr. Gore and my ophthalmologist’s name was Dr. Light. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/22 "2009-04-29T19:54:10Z")
I once typeset a list of doctors affiliated with a local hospital. The only one I can remember is Dr. Ow. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/23 "2009-04-29T20:00:35Z")
I was over at a friends house one day, and I noticed a business card sitting on their kitchen table. It was for an OB-GYN named **Dr. John Holmes.** I kid you not. I said “You’re pretty gutsy letting your wife go to him.” He had no idea what I was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/24 "2009-04-29T20:08:27Z")
My parents went to med school with a guy who had a rather unfortunate last name. Upon graduation, he was able to begin introducing himself as… Dr. De’ath FWIW, it’s pronounced Deeth, but it’s still alarming to read. Of course, my father’s last name means “Butcher” in our native tongue, so it’s probably a good thing he decided against a career as a surgeon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/25 "2009-04-29T20:11:04Z")
I used to go to a neurologist and headache specialist named Dr. Megahed. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/26 "2009-04-29T20:15:51Z")
I wouldn’t want to be in the waiting room of **Dr. Godot**. I’ve lookede through listings of MDs, and havenb’t been able to find one, though. Probably just as well. It woul also be awful to be **Dr. Einstein**. There already are scientist with that name, who must take an awful lot of ribbing. A quick search turns up several **Dr. Moreau** s, including one unfortunately named veterinarian in Marksville, LA, and a clinic that must’ve been named tongue-in-cheek in Albany. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/27 "2009-04-29T20:26:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It woul also be awful to be **Dr. Einstein**. There already are scientist with that name, who must take an awful lot of ribbing. [One](http://www.furman.edu/depts/psychology/einstein/personal.htm) teaches at my alma mater. He always had a reputation as a great guy. I think he’s a great-nephew or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/28 "2009-04-29T20:36:40Z")
> [@Chopper9760](#): > > Our general practitioner and local surgeon’s name was Dr. Slaughter. There was a Dr. Slaughter here too, but I think he was an oral surgeon. Flipping through the yellow pages, I see: Dr. Kreul Dr. Gross Dr. Hecox (renal) Dr. Loos (urology) Dr. Poisson (_I_ know the word, but the average American probably doesn’t.) Dr. Savage ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/29 "2009-04-29T20:44:55Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > A podiatrist in the office I go to (but not the one I see) is named Dr. To. I saw a podiatrist in the DC area named Dr. Korn. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/30 "2009-04-29T20:50:41Z")
Father and son dentists…last name of Toothman. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/31 "2009-04-29T20:56:08Z")
I’ve seen a Dr. Look (a dentist, sadly) and my SO’s been to Dr. Rad. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/32 "2009-04-29T21:09:48Z")
My first optometrist was Dr. Glasser. The obstetrician who attended my birth was Dr. Catcher I went to a walk-in clinic for a UTI once and was treated by Dr. Burns. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/33 "2009-04-29T21:14:26Z")
The doctor my husband consulted about a **vasectomy** was named **Rod Crocker**. We giggled. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/34 "2009-04-29T21:19:01Z")
Years ago I saw a sign in a small Vermont town (I think it was Randolph, but forget) that had a sign outside an office that read: Doctor Mechanic Dentist ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/35 "2009-04-29T21:26:36Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > My mother once had a dentist named Dr. Paine. The pediatrician my sister and I both went to as kids was Dr. Paine. Very nice lady. There’s a doctor near where I grew up named “Tribble”. I always wanted to see him on “The Peoples’ Court” just so they could announce the case as “The Trouble With Tribble”. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/36 "2009-04-29T21:35:10Z")
The doctor who did the procedure had a mundane name, but the machine that he used to cauterize my plantar wart had the prominently-featured brand name of Butcher. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/37 "2009-04-29T21:48:22Z")
There’s an OB here by the name of Dr Elvis Seman. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/38 "2009-04-29T21:48:32Z")
Not quite what the OP was looking for, but in the town I grew up, there is a dentist whose sign reads “B. J. Rippy D.D.S” and my ex once pointed out "every time I drive by that place, I think “blow job rippy, dirty dick sucker!” I still can’t drive by the place without a fit of giggles! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/39 "2009-04-29T21:52:32Z")
I was once treated by a Dr. Paladin, as a child. Yeah, being able to heal people by laying on hands is probably pretty useful in that profession. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/40 "2009-04-29T22:00:04Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I was over at a friends house one day, and I noticed a business card sitting on their kitchen table. It was for an OB-GYN named **Dr. John Holmes.** > > I kid you not. > > I said “You’re pretty gutsy letting your wife go to him.” He had no idea what I was talking about. I don’t get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733.md?page=3)