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Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' from [[South Africa]] is a retired obstetrician and gynaecologist at the [https://www.sah.org.au/index Sydney Adventist Hospital] in [[Australia]].<ref name=SAH>{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.sah.org.au/normanblumenthal
 |title=Dr Norman Blumenthal
 |accessdate=2022-07-08
}}</ref> He was a colleague of [[Phillip M. Katelaris]].

== Profile ==
Dr Blumenthal was a Senior Registrar at [https://www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/Westmead-Hospital Westmead Hospital] for 2 years, and has subsequently been in private practice since 1984. He continues to be active in the training of registrars on the training scheme, and is active in Obstetrics. Dr Blumenthal is an endoscopic surgeon. He is a discipline leader in O&G at [https://www.notredame.edu.au/ Notre Dame University] and an O&G examiner for the Royal Australasian College.<ref name=SAH/>

He focuses on baby circumcisions up to four weeks of age — an age at which there is almost never a [[medical indication]] for any surgical [[foreskin]] treatment. In fact, he appears to be performing purely prophylactic [[circumcision]]s, for which he cites reasons that have long since been scientifically refuted. He also completely trivializes the [[Circumcision risks|risks of circumcision]] while overstating the alleged but unproved benefits.<ref>{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.blumenthalclinic.com.au/patient-info/circumcision/
 |title=Circumcision
 |accessdate=2022-07-13
}}</ref>

Dr. Blumenthal's medical specialty (Ob/Gyn) is in the care of female patients. [[Circumcision]] of a male patient is outside of his practice specialty. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (2010) states very clearly:
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After reviewing the currently available evidence, the [[RACP]] believes that the frequency of diseases modifiable by circumcision, the level of protection offered by circumcision and the [[complication]] rates of circumcision do not warrant routine infant circumcision in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref name="racp2010">{{REFdocument
 |title=Circumcision of Infant Males
 |url=http://www.intactaus.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RACP-statement.pdf
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 |publisher=[[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]]
 |format=PDF
 |date=2010-09-01
 |accessdate=2024-05-06
}}</ref>
</blockquote>

[https://www.amawa.com.au/news/mark-duncan-smith-elected-as-new-president-of-ama-wa/ Dr Mark Duncan-Smith], the president of the AMA (WA), issued a warning to parents on 10 December 2021 regarding non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]]. Dr. Duncan-Smith said parents should only "follow through with the procedure if there is a valid medical reason." According to Dr Duncan-Smith only about ten percent of boys in Western Australia are now being [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
 |title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
 |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
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== [[Circumfetish]] ==
Blumenthal is a member of the alleged medical organisation [[Circumcision Academy of Australia]], driven by [[circumfetishist]] [[Brian J. Morris]]. He is currently listed as treasurer.
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* [[Australia]]
* [[South Africa]]
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* {{REFweb
 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324004809/https:/www.blumenthalclinic.com.au/
 |title=Official Website
 |archived=yes
 |accessdate=2023-06-12
}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.blumenthalclinic.com.au/|2023-06-12}} (Clinic closed since about 2023.)

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