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Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', B.Sc., MBBS, FRACGP, is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]], general practitioner, and Jewish ''[[mohel]]'' who practises medicine in Melbourne, Victoria, [[Australia]]. The ''Daily Mail'' reports that the [https://www.medicalboard.gov.au Medical Board of Australia] has banned him from performing [[circumcision]] after he amputated the [[penis| penises]] of two boys while performing [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcisions]] in homes, although he may continue to practise medicine.<ref name="dailymail2024">{{REFnews
|title=Top circumcision doctor is banned from performing the operations after amputating two little boys' penises, tribunal hears
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13455661/Circumcision-doctor-Hershel-Goldman-fighting-ban.html
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}}</ref>Dr. Goldman's websites where he promoted unnecessary non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] have suspended operation.
Dr. Goldman has filed an appeal with the [https://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/ Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)], where a hearing was held on Thursday, 23 May 2024.<ref name="dailymail2024" />
Dr. Goldman had previously been charged with Medicare fraud regarding non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.
== Male circumcision ==