diff --git a/code/datums/jobs/job/shipside.dm b/code/datums/jobs/job/shipside.dm
index 8241d22f3b4..cb25efeb92e 100644
--- a/code/datums/jobs/job/shipside.dm
+++ b/code/datums/jobs/job/shipside.dm
@@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ Make sure that the doctors and nurses are doing their jobs and keeping the marin
 /datum/outfit/job/medical/professor/post_equip(mob/living/carbon/human/H, visualsOnly = FALSE)
 	. = ..()
 	H.equip_to_slot_or_hand(new /obj/item/tweezers, SLOT_IN_R_POUCH)
+	H.equip_to_slot_or_hand(new /obj/item/tool/surgery/scalpel/manager, SLOT_IN_R_POUCH)
 	H.equip_to_slot_or_hand(new /obj/item/reagent_containers/glass/bottle/lemoline/doctor, SLOT_S_STORE)
 
 //Medical Officer