He claims it's standard practice to mark the center line of the organ before removal, and that's how he marks it. Counterpoint: most other doctor's questioned just use a stitch or two. So whether or not a purpose was served, he was still amusing himself to a degree.

I reread the article you posted and looked for links. There is nothing there about him even addressing this issue. It actually said explictly that he hadn't and that he had 20 days to answer the complaint. So I have no idea where you're getting the information.