Surgeon Stripped of License for Carving His Initials Into Patients’ Organs

A British transplant surgeon was stripped of his medical license after branding his initials into patients' organs.

The Guardian first reported that Simon Bramhall, a surgeon in the UK, was caught using an argon beam to burn his initials into two of his patients. He was struck off the UK medical register after a long battle with the authorities over whether he would be allowed to practice again.

A suspension from practicing medicine, a conviction for assault and a fine without prison time, are all part of the saga.

There are a lot of disturbing things about this story. Another surgeon saw his initials on a transplant organ that hadn't healed and caught him. The surgeon co-authored a series of medical thrillers with a former transplant patient. One of the books is about a surgeon who burns his initials into a patient and gets caught and humiliated.

The British medical establishment chose to engage in a years-long debate about whether it is really that bad to brand another human's liver simply, instead of stripping the man of his job, his license, and his ability to profit off his notoriety.

A brain surgeon wrote a column for the Guardian in late 2017 after he was convicted of manslaughter and called the legal system that did little more than slap him on the wrist an "ass."

One of his victims testified during the trial that she felt like a rape victim, and has since suffered psychological damage from the experience.

The system that kept changing its mind about whether or not he deserved to practice medicine after his heinous violations certainly was not.

A transplant surgeon used an electric beam to burn his initials into his patients. He lost his medical license.

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