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The '''Circumcision Academy of Australia''' (former name: ''Circumcision Foundation of Australia'') is an alleged medical | The '''Circumcision Academy of Australia''' (former name: ''Circumcision Foundation of Australia'') is an alleged medical organisation which "aims to promote reliable medical research information on [[circumcision]] as a public health issue and facilitate education on good clinical practice." The Circumcision Academy of Australia is closely associated with [[Brian J. Morris]]. In addition it supports parental and individual choice in obtaining medical or religious circumcision in the Australian community. It is not aligned with any medical body nor with any particular religious faith".<ref name=CAA>{{REFweb | ||
|publisher=Circumcision Academy of Australia | |publisher=Circumcision Academy of Australia | ||
|website=Australia | |website=Australia | ||
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}}</ref> They state to be aligned with the [[Circumcision Academy of America]] which confirms that they don't see themselves as a medical body. | }}</ref> They state to be aligned with the [[Circumcision Academy of America]] which confirms that they don't see themselves as a medical body. | ||
The Circumcision Academy of Australia has been a near total failure at its apparent goal of advancing the practice of male circumcision in Australia, because the incidence of [[circumcision]] is reported to be near its all time low of about four percent. | |||
== Self-understanding == | |||
In their "List of Possible Circumcisers", they describe themselves as | |||
{{Citation | |||
|Text=Provides the latest, scientifically accurate information on benefits and risks of circumcision, as well as lists of doctors who perform infant, child and adult circumcisions. The Academy is a medical body only and does not provide medical procedures. | |||
|Author=[[Brian J. Morris]] (assumed) | |||
|Source=List of Possible Circumcisers - Circumcision Foundation of Australia 2020-03-02 | |||
|ref=<ref>[[File:List of Possible Circumcisers - Circumcision Foundation of Australia 2020-03-02.pdf]]</ref> | |||
}} | |||
== [[Circumfetish]] == | == [[Circumfetish]] == | ||
In fact, they also openly advertise at the same time to be "the only Australian medical organisation devoted to male circumcision".<ref name=CAA/> All their statements and even their "meta-studies" state that they are rather "the only Australian medical organization obsessed with male circumcision". The website references the circumcision fetish site [[circinfo.net]] and quotes many papers by [[Brian J. Morris]] which (of course) reference papers of himself over and over again, too. It is obvious that his circular conclusions are driven by his obsession for [[circumcision]] and require little further attention. | In fact, they also openly advertise at the same time to be "the only Australian medical organisation devoted to male circumcision".<ref name=CAA/> All their statements and even their "meta-studies" state that they are rather "the only Australian medical organization obsessed with male circumcision". The website references the circumcision fetish site [[circinfo.net]] and quotes many papers by [[Brian J. Morris]] which (of course) reference papers of himself over and over again, too. It is obvious that his circular conclusions are driven by his obsession for [[circumcision]] and require little further attention. | ||
The Circumcision Academy of Australia seems to have been a failure in promoting circumcision in Australia, as the incidence of non-therapeutic infant circumcision has declined rapidly to only four percent of newborn boys. | The Circumcision Academy of Australia seems to have been a near total failure in promoting [[circumcision]] in [[Australia]], as the incidence of non-therapeutic infant circumcision has declined rapidly to only four percent of newborn boys. | ||
They transparently and proudly list their "board" and members, many of whom are either themselves identified as [[circumfetishist]]s or have a clear financial interest in [[circumcision]], particularly as physicians specialized in [[circumcision]]. Morris repeatedly recruits alleged co-authors for his pseudo-scientific elaborations from this very dubious "pool of experts". | They transparently and proudly list their "board" and members, many of whom are either themselves identified as [[circumfetishist]]s or have a clear financial interest in [[circumcision]], particularly as physicians specialized in [[circumcision]]. Morris repeatedly recruits alleged co-authors for his pseudo-scientific elaborations from this very dubious "pool of experts". | ||
== Perpetuating myths == | == Perpetuating myths == | ||
What is shocking is that this organization still claims that neonatal circumcision does not require general | What is shocking is that this organization still claims that neonatal circumcision does not require general anaesthesia<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://circumcisionaustralia.org/about/ | |url=https://circumcisionaustralia.org/about/ | ||
|title=About us | |title=About us | ||
|accessdate=2022-07-07 | |accessdate=2022-07-07 | ||
|note=You may have to zoom into that page on your browser to see the text of this web page. | |note=You may have to zoom into that page on your browser to see the text of this web page. | ||
}}</ref>, instead of correctly stating that neonatal circumcision is neither medically indicated nor can it be performed under general | }}</ref>, instead of correctly stating that neonatal circumcision is neither medically indicated nor can it be performed under general anaesthesia without endangering the life of the child. Thus, the CAA perpetuates the myth that newborns do not feel [[pain]]. | ||
== Board and members == | == Board and members == | ||
IntactiWiki lists all known members of this Brian Morris "enterprise" because chances are that many of them are only paper tigers or non-specialist supporters and pure [[circumfetishist|circumcision fetishists]] like Morris himself. As the [[Intactivists of Australia and New Zealand]] already found out in 2012, the website is or at least was hosted on web servers of the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}, his former employer, while he was asked by them to remove his stuff from their servers in 2011 already. It seems to be obvious that Morris still is the motor and head of the CAA, too, and just hides from the frontline by declaring to be only their "Secretary". Effectively, he seems to maintain the website, gives his contact address, and designs all "studies" which he writes himself and collects "co-authors" for from his organization. | IntactiWiki lists all known members<ref name="CAAMembers">{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://circumcisionaustralia.org/members-of-the-academy/ | |||
|title=Members of the Academy | |||
|accessdate=2022-07-07 | |||
}}</ref> of this Brian Morris "enterprise" because chances are that many of them are only paper tigers or non-specialist supporters and pure [[circumfetishist|circumcision fetishists]] like Morris himself. As the [[Intactivists of Australia and New Zealand]] already found out in 2012, the website is or at least was hosted on web servers of the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}, his former employer, while he was asked by them to remove his stuff from their servers in 2011 already. It seems to be obvious that Morris still is the motor and head of the CAA, too, and just hides from the frontline by declaring to be only their "Secretary". Effectively, he seems to maintain the website, gives his contact address, and designs all "studies" which he writes himself and collects "co-authors" for from his organization. | |||
They have published a ''List of Possible Circumcisers'' which promotes most of their members as circumcisers "for medical and cultural reasons". The document is stored in the IntactiWiki pool at [[File:List of Possible Circumcisers - Circumcision Foundation of Australia.pdf]]. | They have published a ''List of Possible Circumcisers'' which promotes most of their members as circumcisers "for medical and cultural reasons". The document is stored in the IntactiWiki pool at [[File:List of Possible Circumcisers - Circumcision Foundation of Australia.pdf]]. | ||
=== Board | === Board === | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Name !! Function || Profession !! Interest in [[circumcision]] !! Remark | ! Name !! Function || Profession !! Interest in [[circumcision]] !! Remark | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Katelaris" | [[Phillip M. Katelaris]] || data-sort-value="1" |(current alleged) President || urologist || income through | | data-sort-value="Katelaris" | [[Phillip M. Katelaris]] || data-sort-value="1" |(current alleged) President || urologist || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Morris" | [[Brian J. Morris]] || data-sort-value="2" |Secretary || retired professor of molecular medical sciences || | | data-sort-value="Morris" | [[Brian J. Morris]] || data-sort-value="2" |Secretary || retired professor of molecular medical sciences || [[circumfetish]] proven || seems to be the motor of it all | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Blumenthal" | [[Norman J. Blumenthal]] || data-sort-value="3" |Treasurer || obstetrician and gynaecologist || income through | | data-sort-value="Blumenthal" | [[Norman J. Blumenthal]] || data-sort-value="3" |Treasurer || obstetrician and gynaecologist || income through [[circumcision]]s || only babies up to 4 weeks | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Hajoona" | [[Mohamed Hajoona]] || data-sort-value="4" |Surgical Training Co-ordinator || general practitioner || income through | | data-sort-value="Hajoona" | [[Mohamed Hajoona]] || data-sort-value="4" |Surgical Training Co-ordinator || general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Wodak" | [[Alex D. Wodak]] || data-sort-value="5" |Public Health Advisor || physician|| | | data-sort-value="Wodak" | [[Alex D. Wodak]] || data-sort-value="5" |Public Health Advisor || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s, [[circumfetish]] proven || | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Other current members | === Other current members === | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Name !! Profession !! Interest in [[circumcision]] !! Remark | ! Name !! Profession !! Interest in [[circumcision]] !! Remark | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Alex-Ohunyon, Ono" | [[Ono Alex-Ohunyon]] || physician || income through | | data-sort-value="Alex-Ohunyon, Ono" | [[Ono Alex-Ohunyon]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s and frenulectomies || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Athari, Mojtaba" | [[Mojtaba Athari]] || cosmetic physician || income through | | data-sort-value="Athari, Mojtaba" | [[Mojtaba Athari]] || cosmetic physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || his practices are entitled "Melbourne Vasectomy & Circumcision" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Bookallil, Luke" | [[Luke Bookallil]] || general practitioner || income through | | data-sort-value="Bookallil, Luke" | [[Luke Bookallil]] || general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Gordon R." | [[Gordon R. Campbell]] || general practitioner || | | data-sort-value="Campbell, Gordon R." | [[Gordon R. Campbell]] || general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || complex medical patients and chronic disease management | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Cowie, Stephen Paul" | [[Stephen Paul Cowie]] || male general practitioner || | | data-sort-value="Cowie, Stephen Paul" | [[Stephen Paul Cowie]] || male general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Cox, Guy" | [[Guy Cox]] || botanist || proven | | data-sort-value="Cox, Guy" | [[Guy Cox]] || botanist || [[circumfetish]] proven || former University colleague of [[Brian J. Morris]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Duggan, Karen A." | [[Karen A. Duggan]] || nephrologist (renal specialist) || | | data-sort-value="Duggan, Karen A." | [[Karen A. Duggan]] || nephrologist (renal specialist) || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Fabian, Roger" | [[Roger Fabian]] || male GP || income through | | data-sort-value="Fabian, Roger" | [[Roger Fabian]] || male GP || income through [[circumcision]]s || probably supports "cultural" circumcisions | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Garvey, John F.W." | [[John F.W. Garvey]] || general and diagnostic surgeon || income through | | data-sort-value="Garvey, John F.W." | [[John F.W. Garvey]] || general and diagnostic surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Gera, Parshotam" | [[Parshotam Gera]] || neonatal and paediatric surgeon || income through | | data-sort-value="Gera, Parshotam" | [[Parshotam Gera]] || neonatal and paediatric surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || openly promotes cultural [[circumcision]]s | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Golovsky, David" | [[David Golovsky]] || urological surgeon || income through | | data-sort-value="Golovsky, David" | [[David Golovsky]] || urological surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Katelaris, Athos" | [[Athos Katelaris]] || urologist || income through | | data-sort-value="Katelaris, Athos" | [[Athos Katelaris]] || urologist || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Kahil, Tamer" | [[Tamer Kahil]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Kahil, Tamer" | [[Tamer Kahil]] || surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || all ages (!) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Khatree, Mahomed" | [[Mahomed Khatree]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Khatree, Mahomed" | [[Mahomed Khatree]] || obstetrician & gynaecologist || income through [[circumcision]]s || has done over 5,000 [[circumcision]]s on baby boys | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Kirkman, David A." | [[David A. Kirkman]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Kirkman, David A." | [[David A. Kirkman]] || general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s || over 35 years performing [[circumcision]]s (neo-natal incl.) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Kennedy, Sean E." | [[Sean E. Kennedy]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Kennedy, Sean E." | [[Sean E. Kennedy]] || senior lecturer in paediatric nephrology || [[circumfetish]] assumed || former University colleague of and co-author for [[Brian J. Morris]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Leeder, Stephen R." | [[Stephen R. Leeder]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Leeder, Stephen R." | [[Stephen R. Leeder]] || emeritus professor of public health and community medicine || [[circumfetish]] assumed || former University colleague of and co-author for [[Brian J. Morris]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Li, Andrew" | [[Andrew Li]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Li, Andrew" | [[Andrew Li]] || surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || all males as of 5 years of age | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Lim, Peter" | [[Peter Lim]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Lim, Peter" | [[Peter Lim]] || general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Lowy, Michael" | [[Michael Lowy]] || | | data-sort-value="Lowy, Michael" | [[Michael Lowy]] || "sexual health physician" || [[circumfetish]] assumed || board member of ‘Impotence Australia’ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Lumbers, Eugenie R." | [[Eugenie R. Lumbers]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Lumbers, Eugenie R." | [[Eugenie R. Lumbers]] || emeritus professor of physiology || [[circumfetish]] assumed || former University colleague of and co-author for [[Brian J. Morris]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Mindel, Adrian" | [[Adrian Mindel]] || | | data-sort-value="Mindel, Adrian" | [[Adrian Mindel]] || Professor of Sexual Health Medicine || [[circumfetish]] assumed || former University colleague of [[Brian J. Morris]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Moore, Colin" | [[Colin Moore]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Moore, Colin" | [[Colin Moore]] || surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || all males as of 6 months of age | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Morris, Stephen" | [[Stephen Morris]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Morris, Stephen" | [[Stephen Morris]] || NN || [[circumfetish]] assumed || the most obscure person on that list for now | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Jacques, Mohammad" | [[Mohammad Jacques]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Jacques, Mohammad" | [[Mohammad Jacques]] || retired intensive care nurse || [[circumfetish]] assumed || already retired in 2014 at the latest | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Obatayo, Adeolu O." | [[Adeolu O. Obatayo]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Patel, Dinesh" | [[Dinesh Patel]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Patel, Dinesh" | [[Dinesh Patel]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || babies only between 3 and 7 weeks; other males as of 16 years | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Qidwai, Khalid Aziz" | [[Khalid Aziz Qidwai]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Qidwai, Khalid Aziz" | [[Khalid Aziz Qidwai]] || surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Raftery, Samuel" | [[Samuel Raftery]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Raftery, Samuel" | [[Samuel Raftery]] || anaesthetist || [[circumfetish]] assumed || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Read, Michael" | [[Michael Read]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Read, Michael" | [[Michael Read]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Robinson, David" | [[David Robinson]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Robinson, David" | [[David Robinson]] || ophthalmic surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Russell, Terry" | [[Terry Russell]] || physician || | | data-sort-value="Russell, Terry" | [[Terry Russell]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s ||specialized in [[circumcision]] for boys since 1993; immediate past President 2010–2017; has performed more [[circumcision]]s than anyone else in [[Australia]]. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Saddik, Ashraf" | [[Ashraf Saddik]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Saddik, Ashraf" | [[Ashraf Saddik]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Sales, Milton" | [[Milton Sales]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || only babies between 3 and 7 weeks | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Schrieber, Leslie" | [[Leslie Schrieber]] || Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health || [[circumfetish]] assumed || former University colleague of and co-author for [[Brian J. Morris]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Sharier, Mohammad Salahuddin" | [[Mohammad Salahuddin Sharier]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Sharma, Shyam" | [[Shyam Sharma]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Shahin, Wasfy" | [[Wasfy Shahin]] || general practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value=" | | data-sort-value="Sheen, Adrian C." | [[Adrian C. Sheen]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Tarr, E. Jeff" | [[E. Jeff Tarr]] || physician || income through | | data-sort-value="Tarr, E. Jeff" | [[E. Jeff Tarr]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Tipnis, Rahul S." | [[Rahul S. Tipnis]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Tipnis, Rahul S." | [[Rahul S. Tipnis]] || male practitioner || income through [[circumcision]]s || performs [[circumcision]] for all age groups | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Walkom, David Phillip" | [[David Phillip Walkom]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Walkom, David Phillip" | [[David Phillip Walkom]] || gynaecologist || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Waterfield, Roger" | [[Roger Waterfield]] || physician || income through | | data-sort-value="Waterfield, Roger" | [[Roger Waterfield]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Webb, David" | [[David Webb]] || physician || income through | | data-sort-value="Webb, David" | [[David Webb]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Wein, Peter" | [[Peter Wein]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Wein, Peter" | [[Peter Wein]] || gynaecologist || income through [[circumcision]]s || names himself "circumcision specialist doctor" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Wheatley, Jennifer M." | [[Jennifer M. Wheatley]] || || || | | data-sort-value="Wheatley, Jennifer M." | [[Jennifer M. Wheatley]] || paediatric surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Wilson, Frederick Ross" | [[Frederick Ross Wilson]] || physician || income through | | data-sort-value="Wilson, Frederick Ross" | [[Frederick Ross Wilson]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Young, Amanda B." | [[Amanda B. Young]] || general surgeon || income through | | data-sort-value="Young, Amanda B." | [[Amanda B. Young]] || general surgeon || income through [[circumcision]]s || openly promotes religious circumcisions | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Previous members (or no longer mentioned officially) === | === Previous members (or no longer mentioned officially) === | ||
The following persons were formerly listed as members and had been checked by the [[Intactivists of Australia and New Zealand]]:<ref name=MeetCAA>{{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> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Name !! profession !! Interest in [[circumcision]] !! Remark | |||
|- | |||
| [[Anthony Dilley]] || physician || income through [[circumcision]]s || performs up to 40 circumcisions a week<ref name=MeetCAA/> | |||
|- | |||
| [[Robin J. Willcourt]] || gynecologist and obstetrician || income through [[circumcision]]s || found guilty of disorderly conduct<ref name=MeetCAA/> | |||
|} | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Australia]] | * [[Australia]] | ||
* [[Circumcision Academy of America]] | |||
* [[Journal of Men's Health]] | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||
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[[Category:Organization]] | [[Category:Organization]] | ||
[[Category:Bias]] | |||
[[Category:Circumfetish]] | [[Category:Circumfetish]] | ||
[[Category:Financial gain]] | [[Category:Financial gain]] | ||