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GRS Surgeon Kathy Rumer is using a right-wing legal team to harass her own patients

GRS Surgeon Kathy Rumer is using a right-wing legal team to harass her own patients

Kathy Lynn Rumer.DO is a GRS Surgeon in Ardmore PA, She has a long track record of questionable to downright horrific results when it comes to her patients. It has come to light recently that Rumer is suing two of her low income trans patients for blowing the whistle. Kathy Rumer has employed the help of a right wing legal team (Rogers Castor) to drag one of her patients to court next Monday…

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[caffeineandbytes]

I have my second mental health appointment with Kaiser tomorrow as is required for lower surgery. I’ve tried to find more information on Dr. Kathy Rumer, and still absolutely nothing in regards to either phalloplasty or metoidioplasty. The things I have read about her, in regards to top surgery, aren’t that great though... I really don’t think I want to go to her for lower surgery.

Perhaps I should start planning to save to pay out of pocket for a different surgeon?

[caffeineandbytes]

Bottom Surgery

Okay, so I haven’t talked much about transition stuff in a while... but, I had my first mental health appointment through Kaiser to hit all of their check boxes. (I still need to get them copies of my past care and surgeries, but that’s another story.) They require two mental health consultations, so I’ll be doing the second one next Friday.

There is one thing I’m a bit concerned about though... I’ll have to confirm with the case worker who deals with trans related care, but the surgeon they’re using for the DC/MD/VA area is someone I’ve never even heard of. She has a practice in Philadelphia, PA. Her name is Dr. Kathy Rumer. My 5-10 minute Google search only popped up with some threads about vaginoplasty related surgeries.

I’ll dig a little deeper, but I’d like to know if there’s anyone out there who has had any experience with her or can point me in the right direction.

[lighthouse-system]

My trans siblings, please listen to me.

I learned some disturbing news about a nearby "surgeon" in my state that I watch very closely named Kathy Rumer. Ms. Rumer (I refuse to call her a doctor) is known as "The Butcher of Ardmore, PA" and that title was not given to her willy-nilly. Due to her dwindling reputation in Pennsylvania, she has started taking medicaid from outside states.

This is extremely concerning because Kathy has a long history of transphobia, medical malpractice, filing SLAPP suits against whistleblowers, and abuse towards patients/victims and fellowship trainees alike. By the way, if you're in Eastern PA, I recommend giving Dr. Kathryn Brandt (Reading PA) or Dr. Katherine Rose (Bryn Mawr PA) a look-- two infinitely better surgeons. I had top surgery through Dr. Rose in July 2022 and her team went above and beyond to help me out. I'm in the process of getting things done with Brandt, and her team is also amazing.

Rumer has also decided she will see exclusively trans patients, meaning she has chosen to target us specifically. But don't let that fool you: before making that choice, she permanently disabled a cis man who needed gynaecomastia surgery by severing ligaments in his arm. So it's not just us she's hurt. She's hurt cis people too.

You will see reviews online that say otherwise or claim this to be a troll operation. Do not fall for it. Rumer creates sock puppet accounts on Reddit, Google etc to post fake reviews propping her clinic up.

A friend of mine in the group we watch her in has made a much longer, more in-depth post about her atrocities here. There are accounts of Rumer prescribing meds that could have killed a patient, Rumer ghosting or even denying patients who were in desperate need of care for complications she created, and more. And while no one has died under her care (yet, or that we know of), it would be best that it stay that way.

The scariest part is that the lawyers she's appointed to work for her are Trump-aligned, and the court she has threatened to take her victims to has a Trump-appointed, anti-LGBT judge.

Kathy Rumer is an active threat to the trans community. Please, please do not let you or your fellow trans siblings go to her. Do not let the short wait time and cheap price tag entice you. There is a reason her clinic is like a revolving door. When you go under the knife, speed is not the primary concern; accuracy, gentleness and safety are. She claims to be a "gift from God" for trans people, when in reality she is leaving a trail of blood in her path, and she could very well be coming for your state next.

Edit 1: "Apprentice" wasn't the best term, so I subbed in "fellowship trainee" instead

Edit 2: Took out my assumptions of her being abusive towards other docs bc I want concrete evidence first.

[tiredfemininity]

I've heard Dr Rumer doesn't have the best reputation for her bedside manner. Would you say she was cordial and everything throughout the process?

She is very, very down-to-point and blunt with her approach. I absolutely love that about her, but I see how most westerners don't like that from medical professionals.

The patient coordinators are there to do all of the communication. I e-mail mine all the time and they usually get back to me within a few days, if not hours.

In-person, though, Dr.Rumer listened to all of the requests I vocalised and told me she would follow them. That really put me at peace.

[sadpapi666]

1 week post op! Still pretty swollen

[corticalprojections]

1 month post op

I had my one month post op appointment yesterday, and I got the okay to stop covering my nipples (and wearing the ace wrap to hold the pads in place) which means I can now wear just a tshirt without anything underneath! The feeling of a shirt directly on my flat chest is one of the greatest things I've ever felt. I am so so happy with how everything turned out and this was honestly the best decision I've ever made