Norman J. Blumenthal
Dr. Norman J. Blumenthal from South Africa is a retired obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Sydney Adventist Hospital in Australia.[1] He was a colleague of Phillip M. Katelaris.
Profile
Dr Blumenthal was a Senior Registrar at 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 Notre Dame University and an O&G examiner for the Royal Australasian College.[1]
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 circumcisions, for which he cites reasons that have long since been scientifically refuted. He also completely trivializes the risks of circumcision while overstating the alleged but unproved benefits.[2]
Dr. Blumenthal's medical specialty (OB/GYN[a 1]) 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:
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.
See also
External links
Official Website
(archive URL). Retrieved 12 June 2023.- Official website. Retrieved 12 June 2023 (Clinic closed since about 2023.)
Abbreviations
- ↑
Obstetrics and gynaecology
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 October 2024. Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynaecology (covering the health of the female reproductive system – vagina, uterus, ovaries, and breasts). The specialization is an important part of care for women's health.
Note: "OB-GYN" (or "OB/GYN") is most commonly treated as an initialism and pronounced as five individual letters, even though it only represents two different words.
References
- ↑ a b
Dr Norman Blumenthal
. Retrieved 8 July 2022. - ↑
Circumcision
. Retrieved 13 July 2022. - ↑
Circumcision of Infant Males 
, Royal Australasian College of Physicians. (1 September 2010). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ↑
Wondracz, Aidan (9 December 2021)."Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out", Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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