Worst OB/GYN Ad Campaign Ever?

Greenpoint ladies, there's a new doctor in town, or at least an old one with a new marketing campaign. Dr. Leon Nitkin has posted ads for his OB/GYN practice on some "of the newly-renovated buildings on the south side of Greenpoint Ave b/t Manhattan and Franklin. Everything about it says 'please don’t let this man touch your privates, even in a medical context.'" Well, not everyone can be as web-savvy as Dr. Parkinson or his Hello Health franchise. Anyway, the doc appears to be legit, maybe he just needs to ditch the over-eager smile and bowtie. And Pistols and Popcorn saw the ads on Jay Street.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on August 25, 2008 1:26 PM

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Rfive

I am Dr. Leon from Russia. I will touch you now. Please take off clothes.

Pull My Finger

looks like a kid toucher

Future Taliban

Kinda looks like Bill Murray from afar. Or the feature act at the Improv.

Barbj8

This would be a great trick to play on someone you don't like!

NannyState

He looks like he just won the Academy Award for "Best freezing out a polyp in a bad vag."

WorksInDUMBO

am I the only one who's a little bit turned on?

New Baby Hitler

The guy looks like Rob Schneider! Maybe he's on his way to a man-whore convention!

Yankee25

When i saw that picture i was so freaking creeped out. I love that you guys have this posted. I'm sorry but being a woman i do not want some guy smiling as he's checking me out. FREAK!

robingee

#3 - oh come on now.

Jen Chung

I think Dr. Nitkin's ad people are applying the Dr. Zizmor principle: Have bizarre ads that people talk about.

Rocknrope

This reminds of the ad for legal counsel I see on tv sometimes. The guy is wearing this huge cowboy hat, clearly masking the fact that he suffers from male pattern baldness, but in effect, making it terribly obvious.

maevemealone

Ha I saw these on Jay St and they creeped out as well. Someone make an appointment and take a picture of the offices. But don't get an exam!

moocowtoo

sweet, lets judge someones ability by the way they look. how fair of you.

Public Relations

ROFL:

his tactic worked....

He just got thousands of dollars in fee publicity - ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Thanks to overeager blogs. Wonder if this was his plan. Everyone can become a fleeting Web star, nowadays :-D

bellafarfalla

Those ads have been on Jay Street for quite a while. I would fire the marketing person who told him that picture would get him any clients. However, if I was more adventurous, I would totally hop on over and see what he was all about.