The Tattooed Doctor



JTPednaud’s recent post on Neatorama about "Zombie," a young Montreal gentleman with radical full-face skull tattoo, and the comments in that post reminds me of INKED Inc., a project by (tattooed) photographer and corporate lawyer Dave Kimelberg.

Dave wanted to show how "the once-derided tattoo is quickly gaining popularity within corporate and professional America, a stronghold of conventionality."

The photo above is of Dr. Dave, a medical doctor with private general medicine practice in New York City:

Many of Dr. Dave’s tattoos have a medical theme. A caduceus, the symbol of medicine, sits on his right arm - although a woman replaces the traditional staff. The letters "MD" are tattoed on his back, while a skull with a red medical cross (the symbol of Dr. Dave’s motorcycle club of health professionals) decorates his left shoulder.

This doctor does have full sleeves.

Porfolio [Flash] | Link to INKED Inc.’s website


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Posted on September 23, 2007 at 2:07 pm by Alex
Category: Tattoo, Etc.

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10 comments to "The Tattooed Doctor"

  • L
    September 23rd, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    He’d have a hard time practicing in Britain. I heard they’ve banned long sleeves for “health reasons”.

  • lynne
    September 23rd, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Apparently so,but I doubt if a good doctor would be discriminated against because of his skin illustration ,as long as the tattoos themselves weren’t offensive against any particular person or group of people.
    I think he looks fabulous!

  • Carl Huber
    September 23rd, 2007 at 6:15 pm

    Unemployable!

    Oh wait…

  • The Slapster
    September 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    If he pays more attention to patients than my general practitioner, who hardly has 3 minutes to spare even after I’ve waited 45 minutes in a dingy lobby, he’s fine by me! God, you gotta love the American healthcare system.

  • Miss Cellania
    September 23rd, 2007 at 9:27 pm

    The material is interesting, but the flash website is very annoying to navigate.

  • Ben
    September 24th, 2007 at 5:09 am

    I hope it’s not a Caduceus as that would be incorrect being the Greek symbol of commerce.
    The medical symbol is in fact the rod of Asclepius, which has 1 snake rather than 2.
    Trauma Center made the same mistake by naming the organisation Caduceus.
    2 fun facts for today…

  • Chris
    September 24th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    my schyzophrenic tendencis have real problems dealing with this picture!

  • Simon
    September 25th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    Not sure where Ben got his information. My Merriam-Webster specifically lists this as the definition of caduceus (I point specifically to def #2):

    1. the symbolic staff of a herald; specifically : a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top
    2 : an insignia bearing a caduceus and symbolizing a physician

  • jrock
    May 7th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    man i wish i can have a high payin job and be tatted imma try thats my goal

  • Becky
    June 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pm

    i would actually be cool with an inked doctor ~ i think that it shows signs of intelligence for him. . . creative, individual, artisitic, free thinking. i would love a doctor that thinks outside of the box.

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