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| align="center" | '''Colleagues & | | align="center" | '''Colleagues & benefactors:''' | ||
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| align="center" | [[Brian J. Morris]]<br>[[Edgar J. Schoen]] | | align="center" | [[Brian J. Morris]]<br>[[Edgar J. Schoen]] | ||
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Dr Charles Terence Russell | The late Dr. '''Charles Terence Russell''' ({{LifeData|birth=1938|death=2022-01-18|deathplace=Brisbane|deathcountry=[[Australia]]}}<ref>{{REFweb | ||
| quote= | |url=https://www.deathsandfunerals.com.au/notice/charles-terrence-russell/533484 | ||
| url=http://www.russellmedical.com.au/ | |title=RUSSELL, Dr Terry (Charles Terrence) | ||
| title=Brisbane Circumcision Practitioner | |website=mytributes | ||
| last= | |accessdate=2023-06-12 | ||
| first= | }}</ref>) was a {{GP}} from Macgregor, {{AUSC|QLD}},<ref name="Huggies">{{REFweb | ||
| publisher | |quote= | ||
|url=https://www.huggies.co.nz/forum/3-newborn/47-caring-for-your-newborn/2011429-circumscision | |||
| date= | |title=Circumcision | ||
| accessdate=2011-04-07 | |last= | ||
|first= | |||
|publisher=Huggies Forum | |||
|date=2008 | |||
|accessdate=2019-11-24 | |||
}}</ref> who had specialized in [[circumcision]] for boys since 1993.<ref name='russel'>{{REFweb | |||
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|url=http://www.russellmedical.com.au/ | |||
|title=Brisbane Circumcision Practitioner | |||
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}}</ref> Since then he has performed more circumcisions (20,000+) than anyone else in Australia.<ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref> Since then he has performed more circumcisions (20,000+) than anyone else in Australia.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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| url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/liambartlett/289096/secret-boys-business | |url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/liambartlett/289096/secret-boys-business | ||
| title=Secret boys business | |title=Secret boys business | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
== Professional misconduct == | == Professional misconduct == | ||
Dr Russell was fined and reprimanded for opportunistically diagnosing and performing hundreds of tongue-tie surgeries while performing circumcisions during 1999. The Review committee found there were no clinical indications for the services.<ref>{{REFcontribution | Dr. Russell was fined and reprimanded for opportunistically diagnosing and performing hundreds of tongue-tie surgeries while performing circumcisions during 1999. The Review committee found there were no clinical indications for the services.<!-- <ref>{{REFcontribution | ||
| contribution=Letter of Transmittal | |contribution=Letter of Transmittal | ||
| url=http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSRAR04.rtf | |url=http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSRAR04.rtf | ||
| title=Professional Services Review | |title=Professional Services Review | ||
| pages=17 | |pages=17 | ||
| date= | |date=2004-10-05 | ||
| accessdate=2011-04-07 | |accessdate=2011-04-07 | ||
}}</ref> This is not mentioned in the section of Dr Russell on the Queensland Medical Board website, which implies he has a clean record. | }}</ref>--> This is not mentioned in the section of Dr Russell on the Queensland Medical Board website, which implies he has a clean record. | ||
<ref>http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/About/State-and-Territory-Medical-Board-Members/The-Queensland-Board-of-the-Medical-Board-of-Australia.aspx</ref> | <ref>http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/About/State-and-Territory-Medical-Board-Members/The-Queensland-Board-of-the-Medical-Board-of-Australia.aspx</ref> | ||
== Order of Australia== | == Order of Australia == | ||
Dr Russell received an Order of Australia for breaking the world record by catching the largest black marlin.<ref>{{REFweb | Dr. Russell received an Order of Australia for breaking the world record by catching the largest black marlin.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
| quote=RUSSELL, Charles Terence George: Medal of the Order of Australia, 12 June 1989 | |quote=RUSSELL, Charles Terence George: Medal of the Order of Australia, 12 June 1989 | ||
| url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=887271&search_type=simple&showInd=true | |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=887271&search_type=simple&showInd=true | ||
| title=Search Australian Honours - Simple Search | |title=Search Australian Honours - Simple Search | ||
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | ||
| quote=M- 6kg (12lb) 166.92kg ( 368lb) World Sept 16, 1975 Terry Russell | |quote=M- 6kg (12lb) 166.92kg ( 368lb) World Sept 16, 1975 Terry Russell | ||
| url=http://www.lizardislandgfc.asn.au/records.php | |url=http://www.lizardislandgfc.asn.au/records.php | ||
| title=Lizard Island Game Fish Club Records | |title=Lizard Island Game Fish Club Records | ||
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| accessdate=2011-04-07 | }}</ref> It was stated on his website that he had received the Order of Australia, but not the reason. It is likely a reader could presume he received the order for research or even doing [[circumcision]], when in fact it was for fishing. | ||
}}</ref> It was stated on his website that he had received the Order of Australia, but not the reason. It is likely a reader could presume he received the order for research or even doing circumcision, when in fact it was for fishing. | |||
== Breach of EMLA guidelines== | == Breach of [[EMLA]] guidelines == | ||
Dr Russell experimented with the use of Eutectic mixture of Local Anesthetic (EMLA) cream on infants in 1993 onwards.<ref name='russel'/> | Dr. Russell experimented with the use of Eutectic mixture of Local Anesthetic ([[EMLA]]) cream on infants in 1993 onwards.<ref name='russel'/> | ||
This was at a time the manufacturers of EMLA advised against the use of EMLA on infants.<ref name=cirp-emla>{{REFweb | This was at a time the manufacturers of [[EMLA]] advised against the use of [[EMLA]] on infants.<ref name=cirp-emla>{{REFweb | ||
| quote= | |quote= | ||
| url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/EMLA/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/EMLA/ | ||
| title=EMLA topical anaesthetic for neonatal circumcision | |title=EMLA topical anaesthetic for neonatal circumcision | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Parents are instructed to apply a generous amount of EMLA cream prior to surgery on their boy.<ref>{{REFweb | Parents are instructed to apply a generous amount of [[EMLA]] cream prior to surgery on their boy.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
| quote= | |quote= | ||
| url=http://www.circumcision.com.au/Circumcision/Preparing.aspx | |url=http://www.circumcision.com.au/Circumcision/Preparing.aspx | ||
| title=Preparing for the Proceedure | |title=Preparing for the Proceedure | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Use of EMLA has a risk of | Use of [[EMLA]] has a risk of potentially very serious Methaemoglobinaemia.<ref name=cirp-emla/> | ||
EMLA is apparently the only | [[EMLA]] is apparently the only anaesthetic used by Dr. Russell as no others are mentioned on his website.<ref name=russel/> | ||
EMLA was found to be the least effective | [[EMLA]] was found to be the least effective anaesthesia during infant circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
| last= | |last= | ||
| first | |first= | ||
|date=1997-12-24 | |||
| date= | |title=Comparison of Ring Block, Dorsal Penile Nerve Block, and Topical Anesthesia for Neonatal Circumcision: A Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| title=Comparison of Ring Block, Dorsal Penile Nerve Block, and Topical Anesthesia for Neonatal Circumcision: A Randomized Controlled Trial | |journal=Journal of the American Medical Association | ||
| journal=Journal of the American Medical Association | |volume=278 | ||
| volume=278 | |issue=24 | ||
| issue=24 | |pages=2157-2162 | ||
| pages=2157-2162 | |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/278/24/2157.full.pdf+html | ||
| url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/278/24/2157.full.pdf+html | |quote= | ||
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| DOI= | |accessdate=2011-04-07 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
The [[pain]] caused by circumcision is extreme. | |||
== Breach of advertising regulations == | == Breach of advertising regulations == | ||
Advertising regulations prohibit claims that use of a therapeutic device (in this case the Plastibell device) can prevent cancer or HIV. | Advertising regulations prohibit claims that use of a therapeutic device (in this case the [[Plastibell]] device) can prevent cancer or [[HIV]]. | ||
His website formerly falsely claimed circumcision completely prevented cancer of the penis. | His website formerly falsely claimed circumcision completely prevented cancer of the penis. | ||
{{Citation | {{Citation | ||
| Title=Cancer | |Title=Cancer | ||
| Text=Neonatal circumcision prevents cancer of the penis, which only affects uncircumcised males. | |Text=Neonatal circumcision prevents cancer of the penis, which only affects [[uncircumcised]] males. | ||
| Author= | |Author= | ||
| Source=Australian Doctor, 1996 | |Source=Australian Doctor, 1996 | ||
}} | }} | ||
His website also claims that circumcision decreases the risk of HIV infection.<ref>{{REFjournal | His website also falsely claims that circumcision decreases the risk of [[HIV]] infection.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
| last= | |last= | ||
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|date=1996-09-20 | |||
| date=20 | |title=Non-Circumcision a Legal Risk | ||
| title=Non-Circumcision a Legal Risk | |journal=Australian Doctor | ||
| journal=Australian Doctor | |volume= | ||
| volume= | |issue= | ||
| issue= | |pages=57 | ||
| pages=57 | |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120317151507/http://www.russellmedical.com.au/Further_Information/newsid374/1/Non-Circumcision-a-Legal-Risk.aspx | ||
| url=http://www.russellmedical.com.au/Further_Information/newsid374/1/Non-Circumcision-a-Legal-Risk.aspx | |archived=yes | ||
| quote= | |quote= | ||
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| accessdate=2011-05-02 | |accessdate=2011-05-02 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
== Media presence == | == Media presence == | ||
Dr Russell has frequently promoted circumcision in the media: TV | Dr. Russell has frequently promoted circumcision in the media: TV<ref>{{REFweb | ||
| quote= | |quote= | ||
| url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2661013.htm | |url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2661013.htm | ||
| title=‘Willy-nilly' circumcision debate in Tasmania | |title=‘Willy-nilly' circumcision debate in Tasmania | ||
| last= | |last= | ||
| first= | |first= | ||
| publisher | |publisher= | ||
|date= | |||
| date= | |accessdate=2011-05-02 | ||
| accessdate=2011-05-02 | }}</ref>, radio<ref>{{REFweb | ||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | |quote= | ||
| quote= | |url=http://motherandbaby.ninemsn.com.au/baby/babyhealth/1071749/snip-decisions | ||
| url=http://motherandbaby.ninemsn.com.au/baby/babyhealth/1071749/snip-decisions | |title=Snip decisions | ||
| title=Snip decisions | |last= | ||
| last= | |first= | ||
| first= | |init=R | ||
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| | |date=2009-07-13 | ||
| date= | |accessdate=2011-05-02 | ||
| accessdate=2011-05-02 | }}</ref>, newspapers<ref>{{REFnews | ||
}}</ref><ref>{{ | |last=TheAustralian | ||
| last= | |first= | ||
| first | |date=2008-08-16 | ||
|title=Not such an unkind cut, after all | |||
| date= | |journal=The Australian | ||
| title=Not such an unkind cut, after all | |volume= | ||
| journal=The Australian | |issue= | ||
| volume= | |pages= | ||
| issue= | |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/not-such-an-unkind-cut-after-all/news-story/750e1847a1b202d098e05e97151f2557 | ||
| pages= | |quote=Evidence that circumcision helps fight disease is behind a re-evaluation of its benefits. | ||
| url= | |pubmedID= | ||
| quote=Evidence that circumcision helps fight disease is behind a re-evaluation of its benefits. | |pubmedCID= | ||
| pubmedID= | |DOI= | ||
| pubmedCID= | |accessdate=2011-05-02 | ||
| DOI= | }}</ref> etc. | ||
| accessdate=2011-05-02 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
After interviewing Dr Russell journalists typically describe his Plastibell method as being completely painless, bloodless and not involving any cutting.<ref name="health-fear">{{REFjournal | After interviewing Dr. Russell journalists typically describe his [[Plastibell]] method as being completely painless, bloodless, and not involving any cutting.<ref name="health-fear">{{REFjournal | ||
| last= | |last=Switzer | ||
| first= | |first=Renee | ||
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| date= | |date=2007-05-13 | ||
| title=Health fear drives circumcision comeback | |title=Health fear drives circumcision comeback | ||
| journal=The Age | |journal=The Age | ||
| volume= | |volume= | ||
| issue= | |issue= | ||
| pages= | |pages= | ||
| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/health-fear-drives-circumcision-comeback/2007/05/12/1178899169215.html | |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/health-fear-drives-circumcision-comeback/2007/05/12/1178899169215.html | ||
| quote= | |quote= | ||
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| accessdate=2011-05-02 | |accessdate=2011-05-02 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
He has been reported as performing 5 circumcisions before 10am.<ref name="health-fear"/> | He has been reported as performing 5 circumcisions before 10am.<ref name="health-fear"/> | ||
He typically charges from $400 to $700 per circumcision for a young baby (2009 figure).<ref | He typically charges from AU$400 to $700 per circumcision for a young baby (2009 figure).<ref name="Huggies"/> | ||
== Business arrangements == | == Business arrangements == | ||
ZAMBURY PTY. LTD., registered with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) in 1988<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/9/9e/ZAMBURY.pdf</ref>, owns the business names FREEWAY MEDICENTER, CIRCUMCISION INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE (C.I.R.C.), DOCTORS GRAND PLAZA and CIRCUMCISION AUSTRALIA.<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/a/a5/Business_Names_owned_by_ZAMBURY.pdf</ref> The registered business address for ZAMBURY PTY. LTD. is in Holland Park West, | ZAMBURY PTY. LTD., registered with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) in 1988<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/9/9e/ZAMBURY.pdf</ref>, owns the business names FREEWAY MEDICENTER, CIRCUMCISION INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE (C.I.R.C.), DOCTORS GRAND PLAZA and CIRCUMCISION AUSTRALIA.<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/a/a5/Business_Names_owned_by_ZAMBURY.pdf</ref> The registered business address for ZAMBURY PTY. LTD. is in Holland Park West, {{AUSC|QLD}} 4121.<ref>http://www.localbuzz.com.au/business/zambury-pty-ltd/241126</ref> | ||
RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTRE PTY. LTD. has been registered with the ASIC since 1993<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/d/d6/RUSSELL_MEDICAL_CENTRE.pdf</ref>, and is located at MacGregor | RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTRE PTY. LTD. has been registered with the ASIC since 1993<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/d/d6/RUSSELL_MEDICAL_CENTRE.pdf</ref>, and is located at MacGregor, {{AUSC|QLD}} 4109.<ref>http://www.circumcision.com.au/Contact_Us/Brisbane.aspx</ref> | ||
The "Contact Us - Melbourne" page of Russell Medical Centre includes the details "Circumwise Pty Ltd" and "Dr Sugantha Jagadeesan" with a Vermont South Victoria 3133 address and link to "circumwise.com.au".<ref>http://www.circumcision.com.au/Contact_Us/Melbourne.aspx</ref> | The "Contact Us - Melbourne" page of Russell Medical Centre includes the details "Circumwise Pty Ltd" and "Dr Sugantha Jagadeesan" with a Vermont, South Victoria 3133 address and link to "circumwise.com.au".<ref>http://www.circumcision.com.au/Contact_Us/Melbourne.aspx</ref> | ||
CIRCUMWISE was registered as a business name with the ASIC on 17 Aug 2004 and cancelled on 17 Aug 2007.<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/b/b9/CIRCUMWISE_Business_Name.pdf</ref> CIRCUMWISE PTY LTD has been registered with the ASIC since 18 November 2004.<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/d/d0/CIRCUMWISE.pdf</ref> | CIRCUMWISE was registered as a business name with the ASIC on 17 Aug 2004 and cancelled on 17 Aug 2007.<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/b/b9/CIRCUMWISE_Business_Name.pdf</ref> CIRCUMWISE PTY LTD has been registered with the ASIC since 18 November 2004.<ref>http://www.circleaks.org/images/d/d0/CIRCUMWISE.pdf</ref> | ||
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"Circumcision Australia" and "Circumcision Information & Research Centre" are, of course, business names owned by ZAMBURY PTY. LTD. | "Circumcision Australia" and "Circumcision Information & Research Centre" are, of course, business names owned by ZAMBURY PTY. LTD. | ||
== | == Research about Russell == | ||
The [[Intactivists of Australia and New Zealand|Intactivists of Australasia]] have collected more information about Russell as quoted below: | |||
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Russell is the President of the CAA [true in 2012 until 2017; IntactiWiki comment]. He is also the principal operator of ‘Circumcision Australia’, a small group of Doctors based in Brisbane and Melbourne who proudly claim that they have performed ‘over 30,500 circumcisions’ in the last 20 years. Russell himself has been performing [[circumcision]]s for more than 35 years. As such, Russell clearly has a significant financial vested interest in the promotion of [[circumcision]]. | |||
In 2004, Russell was reprimanded, ordered to repay $4,488.88 and to undergo counseling by the [http://www.docstoc.com/docs/45535375/PSR-Annual-Report-04--Professional-Services-Reviewrtf Professional Services Review] (PSR), an independent Commonwealth body established to ‘protect the integrity of the Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits schemes’. The PSR found that Russell ‘opportunistically diagnosed tongue-tie’ in patients referred to him for [[circumcision]]s. It found that 90% of such procedures performed by him (for which a Medicare rebate was claimed) were ‘inappropriate’ on the grounds that there were ‘no clinical indications for the services’ rendered. | |||
Given all of the above, it appears valid to ask the following question: Is Russell’s stance on circumcision based on ‘public health advocacy’, or is it based on something else?<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactivistsofaustralasia.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/meet-the-circumcision-foundation-of-australia/ | |||
|title=Meet the <q>Circumcision Academy of Australia</q> | |||
|date=2012-08-23 | |||
|accessdate=2022-07-07 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
== [[Circumfetish]] == | |||
Russell was a member of the alleged medical organisation [[Circumcision Academy of Australia]], driven by [[circumfetishist]] [[Brian J. Morris]]. He is currently listed as "immediate past President 2010–2017". | |||
== Insight == | |||
Dr. Russell participated in the Australian TV debate show "Insight: The First Cut". His statements pro [[circumcision]] can easily be read in the transcript right here. | |||
* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sites/sbs.com.au.news/files/transcripts/363597_insight_thefirstcut_transcript.html | |||
|title=Insight, The First Cut - Transcript | |||
|website=SBS One | |||
|date=2016-10-29 | |||
|accessdate=2021-11-08 | |||
}} | |||
== Personal life == | |||
Dr. Russell is reported to have retired from the practice of medicine after more than 50 years of destroying boys' [[foreskin]]s. He passed away in 2022. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Australia]] | |||
* [[Bias]] | |||
* [[Circumcised doctors]] | |||
* Non-Circumcision a Legal Risk | {{LINKS}} | ||
* {{REFjournal | |||
|title=Non-Circumcision a Legal Risk | |||
|date=1996-09-20 | |||
|journal=Australian Doctor | |||
|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120317151507/http://www.russellmedical.com.au/Further_Information/newsid374/1/Non-Circumcision-a-Legal-Risk.aspx | |||
|archived=yes | |||
|page=57 | |||
}} | |||
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{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Terry}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Terry}} | ||
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[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||
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