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Quebec-based doctor '''Raymond Rezaie''' is accused of performing more than 30 circumcisions that required further surgery to fix.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-doctor-accused-of-botching-circumcisions-1.2459876 | title=Quebec doctor accused of botching circumcisions | last= | first= | publisher=CBC News Montreal | work= | date=2013-12-11 | accessdate=2014-01-22}}</ref> Through the proceedings, the number of botched circumcisions was raised to 87, many of them suffering long-term complications that required surgical corrections under general anesthesiaanaesthesia. Some boys found it difficult to urinate as a result of a medical complication known as “hidden penis.”<ref name="barred">{{REFweb | quote= | url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Doctor+barred+from+performing+circumcisions+after+dozens+botched+procedures/9323461/story.html | title=Doctor barred from performing circumcisions after dozens of botched procedures | last= | first= | publisher=Montreal Gazette | work= | date= 2013-12-25 | accessdate=2014-01-22
}}</ref>.
Rezaie, 51 in 2014, is a family doctor who began practicing in Montreal, Quebec in 2006. He obtained his medical degree in the Dominican Republic in 1992.<ref name="stillbooking">{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Doctor+barred+from+performing+circumcisions+still+booking+appointments/9355827/story.html | title=Doctor barred from performing circumcisions still booking appointments | last= | first= | publisher=Montreal Gazette | work= | date=2014-01-06 | accessdate=2014-01-22
}}</ref>
On his [http://www.drraymondrezaie.com/ website], Rezaie says he traveled across [[Canada ]] researching the best infant-[[circumcision ]] techniques by experienced doctors. The dates of the cases under investigation range from July 2010 to October 2013. The [http://www.drraymondrezaie.com/faq.html FAQ section] on his website indicates that "to date, there have never been any serious complications among our patients".
The [[Canadian Urological Association]] (2018) says "neonatal circumcision cannot be justified based on the current evidence available."<ref name="cua2018">{{REFjournal |last=Dave |first=Sumit |init=S |author-link= |last2=Afshar |first2=Kourash |init2=K |author2-link= |last3=Braga |first3=Luis |init3=L |author3-link= |last4=Anderson |first4=Peter |init4=P |author4-link= |etal=no |title=Canadian Urological Association guideline on the care of the normal foreskin and neonatal circumcision in Canadian infants (full version) |journal=Can Urol Assoc J |location= |date=2018-02 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=E76-99 |url=http://www.cua.org/themes/web/assets/files/5033_foreskin_guideline_longversion.pdf |pubmedID=29381458 |pubmedCID=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc5937400/ |DOI=/10.5489/cuaj.5033 |accessdate=2020-08-07}}</ref> ==Disciplinary action== According to the Disciplinary Board of the College of Physicians of QuebecCollège des médecins du Québec's decision dated December 23rd of 2013, Rezaie obtained permission to perform [[Circumcision| circumcisions ]] in 2009; he has a 40 hour class certificate from [[Neil Pollock]] and has performed approximately 6,000 circumcisions since 2010. His website lists a cash fee of $150 per procedure. The FAQ section of his website makes reference to the [[Mogen]] clamp, a circumcision tool which is favored in religious circumcisions and by [[Neil Pollock]] and his students, but which also has a high potential for [[Mogen | catastrophic injuries]].<ref name="kaweblum1984">{{REFjournal |last=Kaweblum |first=Yosef |init=Y |author-link= |last2=Press |first2=Shirley |init2=S |author2-link= |last3=Kogan |first3=Leib |init3=L |author3-link= |title=Circumcision using the mogen clamp |journal=Clin Pediatr |location=PA |date=1984-12 |volume=23 |issue= |pages=679-82 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/mogen/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=6499347 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1177/000992288402301204 |accessdate=2020-08-06}}</ref>
Through his lawyer, Rezaie unsuccessfully argued that he has performed thousands of circumcisions and that problems are within the accepted complication rate.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/12/20131229-080712.html | title=Montreal doc sanctioned after botching 80 circumcisions | last= | first= | publisher=Sun News | work= | date=2013-12-29 | accessdate=2014-01-22
}}</ref>
On December 23rd of 2013, the [http://www.cmq.org/home.aspx Quebec College of Physicians ] barred Dr. Rezaie from performing circumcisions.<ref name="barred"/>
In spite of the restriction on his license, the ''Montreal Gazette '' reported on January 6th that Dr. Rezaie's office was still booking appointments on the phone, explaining that he was booked for several weeks but not disclosing the status of his license.<ref name="stillbooking"/>
On April 16th of 2015, the Quebec Court rejected Rezaie's appeal and upheld the right of the [http://www.cmq.org/home.aspx College des médecins ] to stop provisionally Dr. Raymond Rezaie from performing circumcisions.<ref>{{REFweb | quote= | url=http://www.canlii.org/fr/qc/qctp/doc/2015/2015qctp39/2015qctp39.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQANY2lyY29uY2lzaW9uIAAAAAAB&resultIndex=1 | title=Rezaie c. Médecins (Ordre professionnel des), 2015 QCTP 39 (CanLII) | last= | first= | publisher= | work= | date=2015-04-15 | accessdate=2015-05-22
}}</ref>
==Lack of third-party payment==
[[Third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is not available in [[Canada]].
==Present situation==
Dr. Raymond Rezaie is now a practitioner of family medicine in Montreal.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://drraymondrezaie.net/
|title=Montreal doctor Dr. Raymond Rezaie
|last=Rezaie
|first=Raymond
|date=2021-09-23
|accessdate=2022-07-13
}}</ref>
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* [[Canada]]
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