Nothing is a sure thing. 4thWaveNow contributor Worriedmom has practiced civil litigation for many years in federal and state courts. Plenty trans men do, but cannot admit it because we know how awful the surgeries are and how they are not a priority for anyone with any power within the trans movement. Its impossible to know. Most important, it appears that Dr. Crane may no longer be performing surgery in the state of California (although his medical license is still current in that state). To be judged by anyone for any reason is just so sad especially your own community because you want to speak out about a botched surgery . Or do they believe that, as Diane Ehrensaft claims, God got it wrong, and someday they will return to the womb and re-emerge as their correct gender? La disforia di genere non una cosa sola - GenerAzioneD. If the trans community would wake up and see how he has his lawyers communicate with those who had to deal with complications one couldnt even dream about they may realize who he really is. In April 2016, M underwent a phallus shortening procedure, which involved telescoping entire phallus into suprapubic area. In November 2017 M went to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and received a urethroplasty in a two-stage procedure, to close the neourethra which was placed by Dr. Crane. Most commonly, this inpatient surgery is performed in transgender men or non-binary people as a type of gender-affirming surgery. It is heartbreaking that these men experienced such sever complications and it is gut-wrenching the misinformation given by the surgeon. Tags: ALT phalloplasty, bottom surgery, Dr. Crane, female to male gender reassignment, FTM, phalloplasty, Transsexual Male, transsexual surgery 2 So things have been pretty uneventful since surgery. One allegation common to virtually all of the above cases is that Dr. Crane over-promised and under-delivered in terms of the likely success, appearance, and functionality of the constructed genitals. I dont like some of the language in the comments. Some might find the idea of a memoir just a bit premature given that Jacobs transgender journey is, at this point, only five years in duration, but honestly, youd have to be a real meanie to object. (uro-genital reconstructive surgeon); Ashley DeLeon, M.D. dr. Crane practices in California because you are only allowed to sue him one year from initial incident. Your request has been completed. Its really a tragedy for these poor victims of an ideology that promises to make your body fit to an image of yourself that you think is true. The smiling faces on the Stepford Wife wannabees, hawking the clinic of this quack, remind me of those lovely faces, of the attendants, in the Home from Soylent Green. Davis v. Crane, CGC-17-557363 was dismissed December 10, 2018. This wasnt Jacobs first time in the spotlight, either. In 2014, M came under the care of Dr. Curtis Crane. The case is set for trial on April 15, 2019. A ninth malpractice case, Hansen v. Crane (CGC-18-571442), brought in November of last year, was also dismissed on January 14, 2019. Not being sarcastic FYI, just glad it worked for someone without major complications. Doctor Crane is back in business, looking for more victims. Additional websites run by 'TERFs' (people who oppose transgender surgery) have also covered this topic. Im not sure. Yes, suicide is terrible, but stop holding people hostage with this because all rational discussion after that stops.. Not entirely, you can have the Phallos or Penis removed, but you have a vagiasectomy to get this procedure doneNo more Vagina..Its a horrible surgery and should be illegal or this Surgeon should have his medical license removed. Some commentators argue that keeping medical malpractice settlement amounts confidential hurts the public: Secret nondisclosure agreements also affect patient safety by allowing bad doctors and other dangerous medical providers to continue to harm patients because their incompetency is hidden from their present and future patients and employers. While there are those who will deny that fact, it has been covered up. 4. Many of the males who tend to run media outlets, whether LGBT, trans, or traditional, just dont see an important story in young womens genitalia being butchered by an incompetent surgeon. (uro-genital surgeon); Gabriel Kind, M.D. This guy obviously doesnt understand who this monster really is. Does he bat 100? I cannot get into specifics as Ive been instructed not to because of future proceedings. careful girls dont make a mistake dont operate with crane, Pingback: Update: Top San Francisco phalloplasty surgeon now with 8 malpractice suits | 4thWaveNow, Catching up with renowned phalloplasty surgeon, Dr. Curtis Crane, over 90% of all medical malpractice cases, the plaintiff cannot bring another lawsuit based on the same facts, According to the Crane Centers Facebook page, Former phalloplasty patient of Dr. Curtis Crane speaks out | 4thWaveNow, http://www.thetransgendertruth.wix.com/mysite, Update: Top San Francisco phalloplasty surgeon now with 8 malpractice suits | 4thWaveNow. Be that MTT or FTT. This is one of the reasons I feel so sorry for the young people who are going through all this. Some of yall think this is a place to say its just a botched mutilation surgery. Gender dysphoria challenges the basic pretenses that the medical community assumes to understand about chromosomal influence on gender. Signing NDA agreements or 2. Since our last coverage of medical malpractice litigation against renowned phalloplasty surgeon Curtis Crane, M.D., weve received frequent inquiries about the current status of the lawsuits and his practice. It is definitely worth a read! Research has revealed some interesting facts and circumstances about Dr. Crane. We may never know whether Jacob, who like the others has been frequently lauded as brave and inspirational, will have the happy ending that early childhood transition, we are told, is guaranteed to produce. The reason why Dr. Crane has stayed in practice is because the majority of his patients were young transgender people that had been looking their entire lives to hear what Dr. Crane told them they could have. 2. This happened to a proven 9-10 guys out of hundreds of men who had surgery. In 2015, Dr Crane was in fact starting to procure a microsurgery team in Austin, Texas. One of the other doctors that perform surgery with Crane told me that Crane creates mistakes because he makes MORE money fixing his intentional problems. Ive not read all the comments The Newsletter Bringing the Legal System to Light. My honest review of Dr. Thomas Satterwhite, San Francisco, CA: https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/apkb4r/honest_review_of_dr_thomas_satterwhite_san/, Pingback: Catching up with renowned phalloplasty surgeon, Dr. Curtis Crane | 4thWaveNow. Of all those doctors, today only Drs. This is a crucial distinction. It is astounding that no other outlet is covering this no LBGT media outlet, no transgender media outlet, no national or even local outlet. The case has been set down for trial on March 4, 2019. I too, at one point, thought of him as a savior. M was forced to take off work from September 2015 through February 2016 (5 months), then returned to work in March of 2016, but had to stop working again in November 2017. This is really scary to me, even though obviously I'm not getting a phalloplasty. Thank you for your answer. What we do know is that none of these dismissals appear to have been the result of a jury or other type of fact-finding proceeding that evaluated Dr. Cranes conduct and made any findings about negligence or malpractice. I wanted to bring a book to the attention of some of the contributors and curators of the blog. Pingback: Whats Current: South Korean women hold two day #MeToo speakout, A quote by Dr. Carter on his intro page: After initially meeting some members of the trans community, I was immediately drawn to them. Then, in March 2018, Dr. Garcia and another surgeon again performed surgery on M, this time to re-place the existing penis (which was also displaced), and to re-orient Ms scrotum. Trial is set for June 24, 2019. This case involves Dr. Cranes performance of a stage 1 phalloplasty that subsequently acquired a large blood clot, which the plaintiff claims that Dr. Crane ignored. As you said they dont have the operations or take the hormones. Celeb trans kids: Will the Gender Fairy bring dreamsor genital surgery nightmares? With this amount of money flowing around, and a large number of malpractice suits with NDAs attached, the true scale of Dr Curtiss malpractice seems to be well hidden below the surface. Hi Rose, it looks Dr. Crane has hired a PR person, this latest video interviewed has 11 followere, but the kids wont investigate information. This gets my goat. Part 2 is here. People who have experienced transgender genital surgery recognize the deficiencies in the field and have called on WPATH to upgrade and change its standards: https://wpathopenletter.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/genital-surgery-open-letter/. There is a huge pyramid of medical wrong-doing, that starts out with negligence, which gets trimmed way back when the potential plaintiff realizes that something is wrong, then gets trimmed again when the plaintiff decides to do something, then gets trimmed again when the physician or the insurer decides not to offer a pre-complaint settlement, then gets trimmed again when the plaintiff finds or doesnt find someone to represent her, then finally gets trimmed again when the physician or the insurer doesnt offer a post-complaint settlement. You call them hysterical when confronted with medical disasters (yikes, pretty gendered there!) The Crane Center has wasted no time in accessing potential new patients, sending attractive representatives to attend such conferences as Gender Odyssey in San Diego and the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, and sponsoring art festivals and pride events. Hell need it. These surgeons are not about helping people with Gender issues it is all about $$$$ . I'm talking, like, you'd be waiting until at least 2019 to have surgery. Why is this practitioner still in practice? First, as of this writing, there no longer appear to be any open civil cases against Dr. Crane in the state of California. This means that once he intitually screws your surgery up you have no time to contact a lawyer because he claims it is not a mistake if he can fix it which takes about a year of more surgeries (according to One of his fellow surgeons Dr. Watt he does this on purpose because he makes more money on follow up surgeries fixing his mistakes). But I doubt the Pokmon wave of 12,000 children consciously wished spontaneous seizures upon themselves, or that Portuguese teens wished nausea, vomiting, painful rashes, and trips to hospital on themselves. A lack of reporting on this topic does not automatically equate with a lack of care. It is helpful to have the case number (also called an index or docket number), although a search can also be performed using the persons name, so those are provided below. I would like to remain anonymous. 1. The recent wave of teens are very clearly experiencing these as very real and painful symptoms, and are not making it up. A lot of them are mens rights advocates who couldnt care less about the fact that bottom surgery for women is rarely successful. At this point, words cannot really begin to describe Ms ordeal. *Dr. Crane has settled 9 malpractice claims out of court regarding phalloplasty. Also, others who were trying to file a malpractice suit after all of those it was told that he had reached his medical insurance payout and that the clients the lawyers were already representing, were their first priority. Crane's got absolutely ridiculous wait times because he's one of the high profile surgeons for phalloplasty. For the love of whatever we must treat each other with kindness and love .this scenario is about nothing but greed . Your comment will have a better chance of publication if it makes a constructive contribution to the topic at hand. Suicide or transition: The only options for gender dysphoric kids? He is brutal and refuses to admit you back into the hospital. So we were at his mercy there was literally no one else to turn to. So many men experienced the complete opposite and have the body they seek to have. I do hope things are going better for you now. 3. I am skeptical of ppl saying they had a fantastic phalloplasty. It doesnt exist. What one will notice when a reasonable attempt at a debate about the issues involving the brigade is attempted, the reversion to schoolyard level tactics comes across on the part of the person[s] from the community. This is a completely failed analogy that smacks of judgement and makes me question your motives. I had many, MANY complications and to be honest, I wouldnt wish this on any enemy ever. Which is ridiculous. So please dont tell me that going trans is the perfect antidote to suicide: I wont believe you. Crane is AHmazing and Do I Regret Lower Surgery? for two recent examples) . The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment for general damages, costs of suit, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. The purpose of this site is to give voice to an alternative to the dominant trans-activist and medical paradigm currently being touted by the media. What an unbelievably upsetting experience. Medical malpractice cases also increase knowledge in the medical community of what is appropriate care. Blair Hansen filed a complaint on Nov. 20 in the San Francisco Superior Court against Curtis N. Crane, M.D. Since our last coverage of medical malpractice litigation against renowned phalloplasty surgeon Curtis Crane, M.D., we've received frequent inquiries about the current status of the lawsuits and his practice. All eight of the malpractice cases that had previously been pending in the San Francisco Superior Court have now been dismissed with prejudice (read on to understand the meaning of with prejudice in the settlement context, since this doesnt mean what some folks may assume it does). Thats it for our legal update, but for those of us who are interested in Dr. Crane and his business model, there have been some additional developments. Susans Place, a major resource page for transgender people to connect and share resources, has a thread on Dr. Crane which contains only praise and, again, no mention of the extensive legal history cited above. This type of transitioning does and has not been around long enough to determine a level of care and because of that its the wild wild west. This makes sense, because otherwise no defendant would ever pay money in settlement of a litigation if he or she knew that the plaintiff could simply re-file the same lawsuit another day. We know no one is god. In process of getting government coverage for meta w/ crane. you are exactly right this is the wild west and its more wild to see people so delusional. His prior practice, Brownstein & Crane Surgical Services, seems to be out of business. My Phalloplasty Timeline; Stage 2 - Surgical Prep; Stage 2 Pre-Op w/ Dr Chen; Medical Supplies Packing List; Phone Consult w/ Dr Chen Q&A (Stage 2) Fat Grafting + Revision Surgery {June 20th, 2016} 4 Months Post-Op RFF; Austin, TX - Practice Update; 3 Months Post-Op RFF Phallo; 8 Weeks Post-Op RFF Phallo; 7 Weeks Post-op, & Stage 2 Update . This rubs me the wrong way. It was actually a huge stressor for many patients who booked with him there and then the team fell through (and so those on his books had to reschedule either for a later date when they got a new team on board or have to come to California. However, plaintiff claims a week after phalloplasty, he suffered numerous complications and needed to undergo multiple revision surgeries to the correct the complications of the procedure. This case also involved urology/surgical services provided as part of a female-to-male transition. On January 4, 2018, the court denied Dr. Cranes motion to dismiss the complaint. Our reporting on Dr. Crane is strictly factual, and weve bent over backwards to be fair. He sounds like an opportunist preying on a vulnerable community, spouting this tired old gender nonsense. But the Portuguese teens were not medically castrated or had their breasts cut off, or were put on hormones for the rest of their lives, as consequence. Hold on, I understand and I am here. Claim-proneness results from a number of factors, including type of specialty, age and sex; however: Compared to physicians with only one previous claim, a physician who has had three previous claims is three times as likely to have another one, said lead author David Studdert, a professor of medicine and law at Stanford. Thats pretty out there; not really ethical medical practice. dr crane phalloplasty lawsuit. Your comments are much more dangerous than any one on this site that is concerned out the early stage of transitioning. Moreover, M claimed, Dr. Crane had moved Ms testicles from their customary side by side position and re-placed them one in front of the other. Protected by Google ReCAPTCHA. 9 known men had horrible circumstances but the amount of men with success exceeds those tenfold. Facial Feminization. Sigh. This surgery cures dysphoria and correct many mens bodies. thanks you for speaking the truth, you are exactly right that these young people claiming your comments are harmfull, are doing more harm temselves. He is a psychopath and shouldnt have a medical license. Third in a series. Well drop you an email. HEY MAN THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT. Any care is better than no care? (OB/GYN, surgeon); Michael Safir, M.D. I think what hes doing is inherently unpredictable and incredibly risky and hes taking the lumps with the wins. Carter v. Crane, CGC-16-554254 was dismissed December 10, 2018. 6. Clearly, many of the lawsuits state that. Crane drags out the surgeries to repair his purposeful mistakesbeyond this timeframe. Dr Crane is a very skilled surgeon. With fellowship training in transgender surgery and craniofacial surgery, our surgeons have the training and experience to provide superior FFS results. The truth always.. According to the Crane Centers Facebook page, Dr. Brownstein retired in 2013, after having performed thousands of FTM chest surgeries and passing this extensive knowledge along to Dr. Crane. Davis v. Crane, CGC-17-557363 was dismissed December 10, 2018. The amount paid in settlement of such a claim is confidential virtually 100% of the time. I have no problem with urination, but sensitivity isnt great. How about we actually stop the problem? I have a personal request which is very important. Given that fact, the total financial cost of Ms gender journey is no doubt somewhere north of a million; the personal cost is, of course, incalculable. Didnt know a surgeon in Canada is doing these. Check out especially chapter 8 on Pokmon Panics. (p. 44) Its one of the greatest cases of mass suggestion in history, In 1997, Japanese TV reported that watching a cartoon could make children sick. Try giving a call to an attorney for med mal, they would have to create a baseline for trans surgery because current they dont have any.This surgery needs to have a baseline and procedure in place and they dont. San Francisco phalloplasty surgeon, Curtis Crane, M.D., continues his odyssey through the San Francisco court system. "The problem I have with going to the doctor is that they are self important and interrupt when the patient is talking. A review of the lawsuits pending against Dr. Crane reveals the following detail: Lewis Raynor and Haven Herrin v. Crane, CGC-17-556713. So, these kind of replys hit the internet and it makes the people that are concerned stop being concerned. His first degree was in mechanical engineering, and he talked about really liking fluid dynamics when explaining why he went into urology. 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