Doctor in penis photo scandal leaves Mayo Clinic

A doctor at a prestigious Arizona clinic who took a photograph of a patient's tattooed penis during surgery is "no longer practicing medicine" at the center, it was confirmed Friday.

Mayo Clinic spokeswoman Lynn Closway would not reveal whether surgeon Adam Hansen had been fired or resigned following the revelations which rocked the Nobel Prize-winning medical center this week.

"I am not allowed to speak off of that statement," clinic spokeswoman Lynn Closway said. "Play it as you see it."

Hansen, chief of general surgery at the clinic in Scottsdale, had admitted taking the patient's photo after noticing it was emblazoned with the words "Hot Rod," local media have reported.

The patient at the center of the controversy is a strip-club owner who had been undergoing a gall bladder operation. The incident came to light after a member of the clinic's surgical staff contacted a local newspaper on Monday.