MARWANFAROUK•FLICKR Dr Farouk (right) with pictures of general surgery from his Flickr page

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Dr Marwan FAROUK is alleged to have removed the unnamed patient's right testicle during a private operation he performed to remove just a cist. A hearing before a panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal will hear claims that Dr Farouk performed a "laparoscopic repair of a bilateral hernia" on a man referred to only as Patient A. Dr Farouk is a Consultant Surgeon at Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, working at Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe General hospitals, according to his website. But the private procedure in question was carried out at the private The Chiltern Hospital, run by BMI Healthcare, in Great Missendon, Buckinghamshire, in April 2014. According to charges before the panel, he was also supposed to carry out an "excision of a right epididymal cyst" on the man's right testicle, but removed it completely, it is alleged. Details of the charges Dr Farouk faces state: "It is alleged that he removed Patient A’s entire right testicle, did not attempt to remove Patient A’s right epididymal cyst separately, and intended to cover up the fact that he had removed Patient A’s testicle."

IG The Chiltern Hospital where Dr Farouk is alleged to have removed a man's testicle

The allegations continue that Baghdad-born Dr Farouk did not reveal to the man that he had removed his whole right testicle during a post-operation consultation, and, instead said it was now smaller but would still function. The charges continue: "It is further alleged that during a post-operative consultation with Patient A, Dr Farouk failed to inform Patient A that his testicle had been removed during the surgery and advised Patient A that ‘you have a small right testicle but it won’t give you any problems’, or words to that effect." The hearing will also centre around claims Dr Farouk wrote to the man's GP without disclosing the severity of the operation, by claiming there had been some "tissue damage". The charges state: "It is also alleged that Dr Farouk wrote to Patient A’s GP and failed to advise them that the testicle had been removed, and advised the GP that ‘some testicular tissue was damaged during the operation and was removed - this was confirmed on histology’, or words to that effect.

MARWANFAROUK•FLICKR Dr Farouk in off-duty mode

It is alleged that he removed Patient A’s entire right testicle, did not attempt to remove Patient A’s right epididymal cyst separately, and intended to cover up the fact that he had removed Patient A’s testicle. MPTS charges

"It is alleged that in undertaking the surgery, Dr Farouk, who grew up in Germany and the UK, operated outside his area of expertise and that his actions were misleading and dishonest." Since July 2014, while the General Medical Council (GMC) investigation into the removal of the testicle was carried out, Dr Farouk has had to work under a set of strict conditions, which include a ban on him doing any scrotal surgery, his being supervised by a consultant during day-to-day work, and he must notify the GMC if he applies to work overseas. Mr Farouk is married to an Aylesbury-based GP and the couple have three boys, according to his website. His website states: "I am an active teacher of medical students and junior doctors, and I am a recognised trainer in laparoscopic surgical techniques. "I have published over 30 research papers in prestigious medical journals."

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