# 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:** 3
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/41 "2009-04-29T22:14:07Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I don’t get it. All I have to say is, if you do a Google image search, make sure “safe search” is turned off… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/42 "2009-04-29T22:16:28Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by 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. [John Holmes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holmes_(actor)) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/43 "2009-04-29T22:54:03Z")
My mother used to go to a Dr. Hayter. The other partners in his practice were Dr. Rough and Dr. Scar. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/44 "2009-04-29T23:12:54Z")
I once had a dentist named Dr. Tuggey. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/45 "2009-04-29T23:16:59Z")
On the upside, my doctor is Doctor BE Fair. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/46 "2009-04-29T23:43:45Z")
We have a dentist in the area named Dr. Stump. The prosthetic specialist in the area is named Teter. My friend goes to an OB/GYN named Dr. Butcher. I was reading the new physician directory the other day, and noticed a Dr. Ripper. There is a psychiatric nurse practitioner that works with our practice named Anger. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/47 "2009-04-30T00:07:19Z")
Not meaning to hijack, but when I worked in an army hospital one of the RNs who was a supervisor for the night shift had the last name of “Marvel”. She was an O-3. (The third grade of army officer rank.) That’s right. She was Captain Marvel. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/48 "2009-04-30T01:37:00Z")
The first proctologist I went to was a Dr Killingback. And it did. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/49 "2009-04-30T01:44:28Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > When we lived in Indianapolis, my wife’s gyno was Dr. Box. \ I was discharged post partum (with a newborn baby boy) by my OB’s partner, Dr Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/50 "2009-04-30T02:29:13Z")
My friend had his vasectomy done by Dr. Stopp. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/51 "2009-04-30T02:33:18Z")
Connecticut had a medical examiner named Dr. Carver. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/52 "2009-04-30T04:22:55Z")
I had some surgery performed by a Dr. Crook. ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/53 "2009-04-30T04:38:38Z")
Colorado has a pediatrician by the name of Dr Grosshands. I wouldn’t take my son to him. The name gives me the creeps. He is probably very nice though. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/54 "2009-04-30T06:23:07Z")
My orthodontist was Dr. Holler. \* \*I never heard more noise there than I did at my regular dentist’s office. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/55 "2009-04-30T14:04:09Z")
A dear friend of mine is graduating from nursing school next week. Her last name is Kill. Yup, Nurse Kill. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/56 "2009-04-30T15:18:11Z")
There was a dentist on my college town named Dr. Wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![hays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@hays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hays)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/57 "2009-04-30T17:08:33Z")
My chiropractor was Dr. Ruff. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/58 "2009-04-30T17:49:35Z")
My brother was delivered by Dr. Fairchild. What’s funny is that almost 40 years later and a thousand miles away, my GF had a transplant done by a Dr. Fairchild. My parents said that he looked exactly like the other Fairchild. ---
**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 30, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/59 "2009-04-30T18:01:36Z")
> [@hays](#): > > My chiropractor was Dr. Ruff. Must’ve flunked out of veterinary school. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733/60 "2009-04-30T18:49:08Z")
I went to a Dr. Bills for a surgery many years ago. As I recall, his last name was quite apt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-doctors-names/494733.md?page=4)