Rule 5: This sub is by and for trans people. So, sorry in advance. Infections occur, tissue necrosis, dehiscences, those things occur with any surgery, he says. Dr. Rumer completely fucked up my body. If you have any questions, or would like to setup a phone, Skype or in-person consultation with Dr. Rumer, please send us a message using the form below. I just joined Reddit so I could get help. Teri Rumer called me to cancel the surgery because I didn't weigh enough. I think this will be my only update. Privacy Policy. Now I can only get half-way to the first dot on my smallest purple dilator. Transgender questions; transgender answers. Kathy Rumer did not reach this point of zero accountability without help. Its a system that makes frank public discussion about surgical outcomes nearly impossible to have. Google Chad Kenney. I'm a 35-yr old trans-woman. Are You Awesome at Social Media? He was expected to testify that even after three surgical revisions, Dr. Rumers work left the plaintiff unable to achieve orgasm or sexual satisfaction without pain, among other significant issues including an oversized clitoris without clitoral hood and hair that hadnt been properly removed. "Just to let you know posting nasty reviews on REDDIT is not a very kind thing to do when you are looking for help from my office." Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. While nobody has died at the hands of Rumer (as far as we know) She has left many of us mangled and broken. . When she posted about her experience with Dr. Rumer on message boards in an attempt to warn other potential patients, Carlies words were reprinted on anti-trans forums. Please help! Roses surgery didnt turn out as planned. These patients experiences and their difficulty finding recourse arent about one doctor. I'm not a doctor by any means. There needs to be a national organization of healthcare professionals. The subpoena demanded I turn over all notes, emails, documents and research referencing Dr. Rumer or her practice. Kathy Griffin has made a name for herself in the comedy industry and uses her celebrity encounters to make fans laugh during shows. Rumers legal matters dont just end there, Dr. Kathy Rumer actually employed a Republican affiliated legal firm (with former Trump ties) to silence two of her low income trans patients from speaking out, and if this was not egregious enough, her lawyers were transphobic (forced a patient to disclose her deadname during a deposition) and ultimately got this girl to cave to a gag order under the threat of this patients genitals being up for public scrutiny in front of a juried trial which would be presided over by a Trump appointed anti-LGBTQ judge. Over the course of 2018, four former patients of the surgeons filed separate malpractice suits in Pennsylvanias Eastern District court. Just prior to publication, Dr. Rumer again declined to comment and through her attorney threatened to add Jezebel to her pending libel suit. Carlie chose a surgeon, Dr. Kathy Rumer, who was based in the Philadelphia area and specialized in gender-affirming procedures. Sometimes it smells really bad and I'm extremely embarrased and hate myself. Tell her staff how you feel. There is so much more to this story, but I'm moving on. She says she initially turned to Reddit to post about her experience with Dr. Rumer, but then trans exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) ended up sharing her post in the GenderCritical sub-reddit, a recently banned forum that had become ground zero for TERF rhetoric. He botched me and many others and killed a few. Mar 20, 2018. Without that key element, insurance coverage questions are left to regional decision boards, often comprised of insurance company representatives and public health officials who may harbor anti-trans beliefs they want to institutionalize. We all want greater access for trans persons seeking surgery and we do our best to educate and to facilitate better outcomes, says Dr. Bowers, the San Francisco gender surgeon, but Dr. This is a good share: When Surgeons Fail Their Trans Patients by Katelyn Burns https://jezebel.com/when-surgeons-fail-their-trans-patients-1844774990?rev=1597854733082. But Danielle says this whole thing just sabotaged a whole year of work within the Portland trans community, adding that while things didnt turn out ideally, she doesnt regret her surgery. I'm not well. I'm still bleeding. In addition to performing hundreds of gender-affirming procedures each year, Dr. Rumer also directs a 1-year . Call her office up, ask them why she is allowing an absolute despot like Rumer to continue to have the endorsement of WPATH. Because right now, they dont certify in specific disease conditions, so to speak., Currently the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has general board certification, but nothing specific to gender-related surgeries, meaning affiliated surgeons wouldnt have to meet specific training standards in order to operate on the genitalia of transgender patients. . According to one source with knowledge of the groups discussions with the hospital, the group felt that the hospitals complication rates were much higher than other hospitals offering similar procedures. The Newsletter Bringing the Legal System to Light. Simpson, who was studying medicine at the time, described her new vulva: a misshaped clitoris that was off to the side and a labia that looked more like a lump than two flaps. Simpson experienced other complications as well, including hair inside her vaginal canal that the surgeon had promised to remove, as well as odd placement of her urethra. Sinai, to the stand. Medicaid sent her to see Dr. Daniel Dugi in Portland, who she says informed her that she was his 12th transgender vaginoplasty patient ever. Before the explosion in insurance coverage in the late 2010s, most surgeons operated on a cash basis, which forced them to compete in an actual marketplace. Theres still this sort of very wide variation in how the surgeons are collecting that information and then how theyre reporting it, he said in an interview last year with Jezebel. "You can have permanent redness of the nose and, if the undermining of the soft tissue is too severe, you can have skin death. Most, understandably, declined to comment, but three who wished to remain anonymous had collectively seen more than 50 patients who had originally gone to Dr. Rumer for GRS since 2016. A revision procedure with a different surgeon was unsuccessful in repairing Dr. Rumers initial work, even causing additional issues, and Simpson was left without a clitoris. Rumer Willis Welcomes First Baby With Boyfriend Derek . This standard is followed by all medical centers and defined by national accrediting agencies, he says. (855) 782-5665. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Incredibly unprofessional. On Monday, the office suggested Carlie email photographs of the area of concern so the surgeon could take a look. Dr. Rumer has even blatantly admitted in court to her false advertising without consequence. Thanks for other patients' medical records too. Here is Mazzonis number, call them up and ask them why they wont denounce Rumer and continue to refer patients to her further endangering the community they claim to provide safe gender affirming care to. That seems like her go-to word for every check-up: "beautiful." In July 2018, I had minor surgery right in her office to remove some granulation tissue. I've explained to them every moment my symptoms have gotten worse and worse. (855) R U A LOOKER. You can always catch up on Botched here!. Dr. Rumer declined to respond to Jezebels inquiries about her treatment of this or any of her other patients. My dilators have 5 dots on them to measure depth. Despite Dr. Rumers insistence that everything was fine Simpson developed necrosis of the vulva. The Life and Sad Ending of Cathy Lee CrosbyCathy Lee Crosby was born on December 2, 1944, in Los Angeles, California.Graduate of the University Of Southern C. Kathy L. Rumer, D.O. In response to several questions from Jezebel, Dr. Dugi says the hospital does not address specific patient interactions because of privacy laws but does admit the staff had several discussions with transgender patients. Dr. Kathy Rumer, a reconstructive surgeon and aesthetician based in Philadelphia, agrees. According to a Jezebel article (which is predominantly about Rumer) It is next to impossible to hold doctors like Rumer accountable. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. There are lots of great gender-affirming surgeons in New York; I'm not transmasc so I can't recommend anyone for top surgery, but absolutely do not go with Rumer if you don't want to be mutilated. She told me that it's very rare for someone to develop granulation tissue like this a year after bottom surgery. Are You a Graphic Designer? As a physician nobody likes malpractice suits, says Dr. Ting. 215-563-0652 or 215-563-0658. (Do not EVER contact me again.) A week after the conversation with Dr. Rumer, Carlie says she visited a local gynecologist, who was alarmed and brought Carlie to Oschner Baptist Hospital in New Orleans for emergency surgery. Hannah Simpson, a 34-year-old trans woman from New York City, says that two weeks after she had GRS with Dr. Rumer in the summer of 2014, she noticed that her vulva was starting to look asymmetrical, with one part looking red and swollen. I'm not ok! It's horrible. Dr. Dugi notes that staff concerns about the quality and outcome of care are elevated to a peer review process, which can be escalated further to an institutional peer review committee. But when Jezebel reached out to Dr. Rumer with a detailed list of questions and patient allegations, we heard back from a lawyer instead. It's a baby-sized vagina/wound. ALBANY - A political guru recently exposed as a main adviser to Gov. Some worry about anti-transition media crusaders leveraging trans medical horror stories into political opposition against transitioning itself, since 2016 has focused exclusively on trans patients. With several different possible medical boards certifying surgeons performing gender-related surgeries, no single board feels responsible for the bad experiences of trans patients. For more information, please see our (855) R U A LOOKER Phone: (855) 782-5665. Kathy Rumer is a top tier butcher i've heard horror stories of vaginas falling out of bodies and exploding due to her butchery . By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. A few days later, Carlie and her mother say they heard from the doctor, who was on vacation and told Carlie she shouldnt be concerned. In the summer of 2018, the group of trans people who had surgery with Dr. Dugi in Portland met with OSHU to discuss how the hospital could provide more trauma-informed care for its trans patients. Kathy Rumer is no ally of the trans community in a time when republicans are actively rolling back abortion and LGBTQ rights. Most of her patients including the defendants in an ongoing case are low income an Schedule a Consultation Rumer Gender Surgery. Still, such procedures are expensive: It can cost around $25,000 for a vaginoplasty. To try to fill the gap, people like Dr. Schechter and other doctors who specialize in gender-affirming care have come together to argue for a more standardized training system for hospitals looking to expand into the field. If it continued to hurt, her mother, a retired surgeon, could cut off the hanging skin, Dr. Rumer said. Each of the plaintiffs described strictures and damages to their urethras, vaginal cavities, and labias along with bulges or misshapen clitoral hoods, issues characterized as permanent injury such that the plaintiffs would never have sexual function again.. I had bottom surgery with Dr. Kathy Rumer in May 2017. Kathy Rumer can no longer call herself an "ally" of our community when she is working with right wing lawyers to silence and intimidate her own patients. Anyways, a different, competent doctor will be fixing my complications *tomorrow*!! Visually, if I knew I was going to be butchered to have a botched up look, I should have went to a general plastic surgeon instead of totally wasting my money for a "cosmetic" procedure when what she gave was anything but. I'm sorry if this isn't the most well-written thing, or if there are gaps in my backstory. Ive been warning people off Rumer as much as I can, says Ember Rose, a 28-year-old non-binary person from Boston. The organization serves as an active gatekeeper, laying out strict guidelines for which patients are allowed access to transition-related surgical procedures, but it does not expressly oversee the practices that perform them. The next morning, she called the emergency number she had been given and sent an email to Dr. Rumers office. She holds degrees in mathematics, engineering and . PHILADELPHIA A patient is suing Dr. Kathy Rumer and Delaware Valley Aesthetics PLLC, which does business as Rumer Cosmetic Surgery, citing alleged medical negligence. Cookie Notice Complaint. A 2018 study by researchers at Harvard University and Johns Hopkins indicated that the number of trans-affirming surgeries showed significant growth between 2000 and 2014, with an increasing number of them paid for through private insurance or Medicaid. Dr. Rumer is a leading aesthetic & reconstructive plastic surgeon who specializes in Gender Reassignment Surgery. I really didn't need this experience. Her office is still open for business and she still performing surgeries for profit. This level of cruelty against a marginalized community is unbefitting of someone who performatively pretends to advocate for us. Dont feel comfortable putting public pressure on Rumer and her enablers and still want to help? According to Schechter, necrosis like Simpson experienced is a risk in any vaginoplasty, and could have been caused by wearing a too-tight undergarment early in post-operative recovery, though it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what may cause the infection for a given patient. These are . But no board has wanted to take this on.. 10. The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks damages of not less than $75,000, costs, pre-judgment and post judgment interest and other relief. Congressperson Rep. Jamie Raskin has been taking an interest in Rumers SLAPP suits and abuses and would love to hear from you. Let him know how urgent this is in volume. Rumer and her allies rely upon silence and fear. And that is completely unethical!. View attachment 2462301 View attachment 2462306 Stitches left inside the vagina, which had to be removed later by another doctor in a revision surgery: View attachment 2462304 View attachment 2462305. . Up until July 2018, Dr. Rumer told me how "beautifully" I was healing when I'd see her for a post-op check-up. She said it would be like starting from scratch again, as if it was the a brand new bottom-surgery. Dr. Rumers practice filed a libel suit against the anonymous owner of the website in February of this year, named in court documents as John or Jane Doe. On March 11, the surgeons attorney attempted to subpoena me based on an unfounded assumption that I was coordinating with this John or Jane Doe. Do You Know of More Individuals or Organizations Who Have Shielded Rumer From Justice? After learning of its existence, Carlie joked that shes a graphic designer by trade and if she had made the site it wouldnt look so shit.. This is really hard for me to talk about. Rose says theyre still angry about their surgery six years later, and theyre concerned about Dr. Rumer operating on trans people. All OHSU clinicians engage in regularly scheduled internal reviews of their medical and surgical outcomes through morbidity and mortality conferences that are coordinated by each departments quality medical directors.. There is no independent resource where patients can get data on a surgeons complication rate. . According to Brittanica, the Oak Park, Illinois native began her . We can help you find another local provider who specializes in what you're interested in. In or around 2019, Dr. Rumer discovered a website known as "Kathy Rumer's Anonymous", a . For more information, please see our . Though regret rates remain low and, and as Dr. Schechter says, the risks and the complications are commensurate with the risks and complications of other similar procedures, anti-trans disinformation has become a serious problem in many corners of the media. By the time I'm hopefully all healed, this will have been a 4-year ordeal. This Jezebel article also came out 8/19/2020, long after my May 2017 botched surgery: https://jezebel.com/when-surgeons-fail-their-trans-patients-1844774990 . COMPLAINT against DELAWARE VALLEY AESTHETICS, PLLC, KATHY L. RUMER ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 175427. Yeah, avoid Rumer; she's a butcher. According to the complaint, the defendants performed male-to-female gender reassignment surgery, a bilateral augmentation and related surgical procedures on Minto on July 12, 2016. Patients have also reported being misgendered by her staff. Rumer Cosmetic Surgery. That being said, I feel as practitioners in this very small and new field, we have to police ourselves and maintain standards.. This person seems to have botched life changing surgery for some of her patients and is now retaliating legally because these patients made their experiences known to warn other trans . And why does it take so long before anyone acts? Up until July 2018, Dr. Rumer told me how "beautifully" I was healing when I'd see her for a post-op check-up. Insurance coverage often dictates where patients receive care, as it did for Danielle, a 42-year-old trans woman who lives in Portland, Oregon, and depends on Medicaid. Offices can vary widely when it comes to patient-to-doctor ratios and what kind of specialized training a surgeon receives. Heyers publication of the OSHU complaint put a serious dent in talks with the hospital, and shocked the post-op patients who had been looking to start a dialogue with the hospital. When a person in attendance confronted her about the images, she allegedly replied, you have a good memory, have a nice day. After a nine-month investigation, the medical board determined that the circumstances, in this case, do not permit formal prosecution, as per a response to the complaint shared with Jezebel. Providing an Invaluable service to the trans community also means listening to the trans community, nothing for us, without us. Spoiler: NSFW. Rumer has also been paying Google and advertising services top dollar to bury negative articles about her and in some cases even delete negative reviews. Scan this QR code to download the app now. (If you really want to get her attention, her google reviews are also a good place to start. Surgeons are accountable to a patchwork of institutions and GRS training can vary between a week of observation with an established surgeon to a years-long apprenticeship program. My symptons and complaints are WELL-DOCUMENTED in all of my emails to Dr. Rumer's office. It's completely pointless. Disclaimer: All of the phone numbers posted are their public business numbers. I need help NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW. Alexis Lake, Lake Therapy: This therapist serves the Lancaster area which has little to no resources for gender affirming care, not only is she a personal friend of Rumer but actively brags to her own clientele about how many people she refers to Rumer. I meed much MORE urgent help now. alleging that the defendants did not have the appropriate expected from board certified plastic surgeons. The Mazzoni Center: Kathy Rumer has made generous donations to the Mazzoni Center in the past who remained completely silent in response to a petition to them for a public statement denouncing Rumers litigious SLAPP suit against her own patients. Her office is still open for business and she still performing surgeries for profit. On June 12, a newly finalized HHS rule which eliminated gender identity non-discrimination protections within the Affordable Care Act recently garnered over 200,000 public comments. Will be used in accordance with our terms of service & privacy policy. The organization runs its own surgical trainings, which began under Greens presidency from 2014 to 2016. Even beyond trans rights, denying a patients right to free speech is reprehensible. In 2018, Dr. Rumer appeared in an NBC documentary about the transformation of a college student. The Damage I got from Kathy Rumer. The letter did say the office had reminded Dr. Rumer about the duties and requirements under state law and her local medical board. Missed the final consultations of the season? This story has been updated to more accurately reflect the outcome of Hannah Simpsons surgery. According to her website, she is one of the few female board-certified plastic surgeons in the Philadelphia tri-state area, a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, and a site director for the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. This doctor is not currently accepting. What is wrong with this staff?! PS: To Kathy Rumer: Consider this your eviction notice. Privacy Policy. Nobody in that ward knew how to deal with peoples trauma, she says. Audrina Minto, also known as Arturo Minto, filed a complaint July 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It's September and I still haven't had revision surgery. According to the report, surgeons offering gender-affirming surgeries should undergo extensive training, including seminar, office, practical, and aftercare sessions, as well as ongoing continuing education. Shes been a member of WPATH since 2010. I kept insisting to them that I couldn't wait that long. In July 2018, I had minor surgery right in her office to remove some granulation tissue. For more information, please see our They went to all these conferences and stuff essentially to do marketing promotion of their work, says Green. I endured months of intense physical therapy and very uncomfortable tests to prepare for revision surgery. This has been an extremely traumatizing experience for me. Jezebel was unaware of this website when we began working on this story and all of the people interviewed said they had no prior knowledge of the blog. It was mortifying, she says, noting that she never gave Heyer permission to publish her complaint. Over time, we have participated in several in-person meetings with individuals and groups. Her legal firm is Roger's Castor who represented Trump after his impeachment and this case is being brought before an anti LGBTQ Trump appointed judge. When Jezebel reached out to request an interview and offered a detailed summary of patient complaints in early 2020, an attorney wrote back suggesting we were conspiring with the unnamed author of a Blogspot site dedicated to exposing Dr. Rumer. Any lawyers reading this??? Intersex people who have related surgical interests may post. According to Blasdel, accurately tracking outcome data is key for trans people to make an informed surgical decision, and that data collection isnt happening. Cookie Notice The advice shocked both Carlie and her mother. I'm a 35-yr old trans-woman. She told me I needed surgery under "twilight sedation" to fix much deeper granulation tissue. Dr. Rumer began her career as an aerospace engineer. Dr. Rumer has even expressed her own silent transphobia by using a stock photo of an androgynous male model to advertise facial feminization surgery in addition to the rest of the stock photos she uses to mislead people to the outcomes of her surgical results. Stage a Picket: All of the individuals and organizations on the list have a physical place of business, nothing applies pressure more than a dozen people standing outside an office with a megaphone and signs and the first place that should be picketed is most definitely Rumers office in Ardmore.
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