Circumcision Academy of Australia
The Circumcision Academy of Australia is an alleged medical organization which "aims to promote reliable medical research information on circumcision as a public health issue and facilitate education on good clinical practice. 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".[1] They state to be aligned with the Circumcision Academy of America which confirms that they don't see themselves as a medical body.
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In fact, they also openly advertise at the same time to be "the only Australian medical organisation devoted to male circumcision".[1] 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.
They transparently and proudly list their "board" and members, many of whom are either themselves identified as circumfetishists 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
What is shocking is that this organization still claims that neonatal circumcision does not require general anesthesia[2], instead of correctly stating that neonatal circumcision is neither medically indicated nor can it be performed under general anesthesia without endangering the life of the child. Thus, the CAA perpetuates the myth that newborns do not feel pain.
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 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 University of Sydney, 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.
Board[3]
- Phillip M. Katelaris, (current alleged) President
- Brian J. Morris, Secretary
- Norman J. Blumenthal, Treasurer
- Mohamed Hajoona, Surgical Training Co-ordinator
- Alex D. Wodak, Public Health Advisor
Other current members[3]
| Name | Profession | Interest in circumcision | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ono Alex-Ohunyon | physician | income through circumcisions and frenulectomies | |
| Mojtaba Athari | cosmetic physician | income through circumcisions | his practices are entitled "Melbourne Vasectomy & Circumcision" |
| Luke Bookallil | general practitioner | income through circumcisions | |
| Gordon R. Campbell | general practitioner | obscure | complex medical patients and chronic disease management |
| Stephen Paul Cowie | male general practitioner | obscure | |
| Guy Cox | botanist | proven circumcision fetish | former University colleague of Brian J. Morris |
| Karen A. Duggan | nephrologist (renal specialist) | obscure | |
| Roger Fabian | male GP | income through circumcisions | probably supports "cultural" circumcisions |
| John F.W. Garvey | general and diagnostic surgeon | income through circumcisions | |
| Parshotam Gera | neonatal and paediatric surgeon | income through circumcisions | openly promotes cultural circumcisions |
| David Golovsky | urological surgeon | income through circumcisions assumed | |
| Athos Katelaris | urologist | income through circumcisions assumed | |
| Tamer Kahil | |||
| Mahomed Khatree | |||
| David A. Kirkman | |||
| Sean E. Kennedy | |||
| Stephen R. Leeder | |||
| Andrew Li | |||
| Peter Lim | |||
| Michael Lowy | NN | NN | |
| Eugenie R. Lumbers | |||
| Adrian Mindel | NN | NN | |
| Colin C.M. Moore | |||
| Stephen Morris | |||
| Mohammad Jacques | |||
| Adeolu O. Obatayo | |||
| Dinish Patel | |||
| Khalid Aziz Qidwai | |||
| Samuel Raftery | |||
| Michael Read | |||
| David I.M. Robinson | |||
| Terry Russell | physician | specialized in circumcision for boys since 1993 | immediate past President 2010–2017 has performed more circumcisions than anyone else in Australia. |
| Ashraf Saddik | |||
| Mohammad Salahuddin Sharier | |||
| Milton Sales | |||
| Shyam Sharma | |||
| Wasfy Shahin | |||
| Adrian C. Sheen | |||
| Leslie Schrieber | |||
| E. Jeff Tarr | |||
| Rahul S. Tipnis | |||
| David Phillip Walkom | |||
| Roger Waterfield | |||
| David Webb | |||
| Peter Wein | |||
| Jennifer M. Wheatley | |||
| Frederick Ross Wilson | |||
| Amanda B. Young |
Previous members (or no longer mentioned officially)
See also
External links
(23 August 2012). Intactivists of Australia: Meet the
. Retrieved 7 July 2022.Circumcision Foundation of Australia
References
- ↑ a b
Circumcision Academy of Australia
, Australia, Circumcision Academy of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2022. - ↑
About us
. Retrieved 7 July 2022. - ↑ a b
Members of the Academy
. Retrieved 7 July 2022.