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| align="right" | [[Image:Neil pollock.PNG|190px|Neil Pollock displaying a Mogen clamp]]
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| align="center" | '''Colleagues & Benefactors:'''
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| align="center" | <br>[[Murray Katz]]<br>[[Pierre Crouse]]<br>[[Edgar J. Schoen]]<br>[[Barbara Kay]]<br>David Patrick
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| align="center" | '''Funding & Associations:'''
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'''Neil Pollock ''' is a surgeon and certified mohel<ref name='National Post, The 2001-01-22'>{{REFweb | quote=Dr. Neil Pollock, a Vancouver-area physician who is also a trained mohel designated to perform ritual Jewish circumcisions... | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/npost.htm | title=Like father, like son | last=Owens | first=Anne Marie | publisher= | website=The National Post | date=2001-01-22 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref><ref name='MohelTraining 2011-04-08'>{{REFweb
| quote=Dr. Pollock has been certified by the Conservative and Reform Rabbinet of British Columbia to serve the community as a mohel. | url=http://www.moheltraining.com/about_drpollock.html | title=About Dr. Neil Pollock | last= | first= | publisher= | website=MohelTraining.com | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> from Vancouver, Canada, whose sole livelihood comes from performing infant circumcision and vasectomy.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=Dr. Pollock limits his practice to only two surgical procedures. Infant circumcision is one of these procedures. (No-Scalpel No-Needle Vasectomy is the other). | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-drpollock.html | title=About Dr. Pollock | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> He is a prolific circumciser of infants, and according to his website, he has performed over 30,000 infant circumcisions,<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=As of January 2011, Dr. Pollock has safely performed well over 30,000 infant circumcisions. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-drpollock.html | title=About Dr. Pollock | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=
}}</ref> he performs 2,500 annually,<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=Currently he performs approximately 2500 annually at his two private offices. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-drpollock.html | title=About Dr. Pollock | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> and he is personally responsible for 2/3rds of all circumcisions in the entire Vancouver Lower Mainland.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=He personally performs over 2/3rds of all circumcisions in the entire Vancouver Lower Mainland. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-index.html | title=Pollock Clinics Infant Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref>
On his website, he references [[Edgar Schoen]], another avid circumcision advocate.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=For detailed information about the medical benefits and risks of circumcision, please go to http://www.medicirc.org a website written by world renowned pediatrician- Dr.Edgar Schoen of San Francisco California, USA. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision- | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref>
Neil Pollock charges $455.00 Canadian for circumcising children under 2 months of age.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=The fee for babies younger than two months of age is $445.00 including all the aftercare supplies and taxes. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-arrange.html | title=Arranging a Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> If his website is correct, he performs 2,500 annually,<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=Currently he performs approximately 2500 annually at his two private offices. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-drpollock.html | title=About Dr. Pollock | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> which means he grosses $1,137,500 Canadian on infant circumcision alone.
== Misleading information ==
On his website, Pollock sells circumcision as "virtually bloodless, virtually painless" and "taking only thirty seconds",<refname="30 second">{{REFweb | quote=30 second, virtually bloodless, virtually painless procedure | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-index.html | title=Pollock Clinics Infant Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> and he claims to be using a unique "new approach" that was developed by himself,<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=A new approach has recently been developed that allows for a virtually painless and bloodless procedure to be safely performed in under 30 seconds. This technique was developed by Dr. Pollock and is used by few in the medical profession because it is relatively new and more difficult to learn. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> but this information is misleading, it conflicts with information provided on his own website, or it is simply not true.
=== "Virtually Bloodlessbloodless" ===
While his homepage promises a circumcision that is "virtually bloodless","<ref>{{REFweb | quotename="30 second, virtually bloodless, virtually painless procedure | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-index.html | title=Pollock Clinics Infant Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08}}<"/ref> the FAQ page admits that "a small amount of bleeding is normal,"<ref>{{REFweb | quote= | url= | title= | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=}}{{REFweb | quote=A small amount of bleeding is normal. Take some gauze with Vaseline on it and squeeze the bleeding area of the penis with your fingers for two minutes. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision- | title=Frequently Asked Questions | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> and it gives advice on how to stop it.
=== "Virtually Painlesspainless" ===
Pollock promises a "virtually painless" circumcision,<ref>{{REFweb | quotename="30 second, virtually bloodless, virtually painless procedure | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-index.html | title=Pollock Clinics Infant Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08}}<"/ref> but this claim depends on a dubious premise; that the methods he boasts in using are actually effective. On his website, it says that the pain control methods used are Tylenol, sugar,<ref>{{REFweb | quote=To calm the baby during the procedure, a sugar filled gauze pacifier soaked with sweet juice is used, and soothing music is played in the room. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
| quote=During the circumcision, your son will receive sugar pacifiers to suck on which reduce his pain perceptions. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html | title=Before the Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> a topical cream,<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=Then in our office, he will have topical anesthetic applied to his penis. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html | title=Before the Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> and a local anaesthetic injection called a dorsal penile ring block.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=We use extensive pain control methods including Tylenol, a sugar solution (to reduce pain perceptions), a topical freezing cream, and a local anesthetic injection. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> The topical anaesthetic only serves to numb the area to lessen the pain of the injection, but studies have shown that a dorsal penile ring block is not always effective in stopping the pain of circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taeusch
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> During the circumcision, the child is given sugar pacifiers to "reduce his pain perceptions",<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=During the circumcision, your son will receive sugar pacifiers to suck on which reduce his pain perceptions. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html | title=Before the CircumcisionBefore the Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> but in at least one study, data shows that giving sugar to a child doesn't help to reduce the perception of pain in the child.<ref name='Lancet, The 2010-10-09'>{{REFjournal
|last=Slater
=== "30 Second Procedure" ===
Pollock promises a "30 second procedure,"<ref>{{REFweb | quotename="30 second, virtually bloodless, virtually painless procedure | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-index.html | title=Pollock Clinics Infant Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08}}<"/ref><ref>{{REFweb | quote=Our procedure takes under 30 seconds (10 times quicker than most hospital circumcisons). | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> but this doesn't take into account the fact that the child must first have topical anaesthetic applied, and then be given the dorsal penile ring block for which there is a 10 minute waiting period for the injection to take effect.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=After 10 minutes, the penis is “frozen”, and the circumcision can be done. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html | title=Before the Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> In the FAQ page, it is admitted that "although the circumcision takes under 30 seconds, we require you to be in our office for one hour and fifteen minutes in total so that we can carefully review with you all post procedure care and answer any of your questions."<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html | title=Before the Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref>
On his website, Pollock sells his circumcision technique as "a new approach" that "has recently been developed."<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=A new approach has recently been developed that allows for a virtually painless and bloodless procedure to be safely performed in under 30 seconds. This technique was developed by Dr. Pollock and is used by few in the medical profession because it is relatively new and more difficult to learn. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> Pollock claims to have created this "new method" with another serial circumciser, [[Murray Katz]]. <ref>{{REFnews
|last=Owens
|accessdate=2012-10-07
}}</ref> Pollock's website uses language that suggests that he uses state-of-the-art techniques and equipment that no other surgeon possesses, by warning against others who try to "emulate" him.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=You may notice other local websites, desperately attempting to emulate Dr.Pollock both in name of website and content. Please be clear when researching your son's circumcision, that the methods and techniques for providing this surgery are only as meaningful as the operating physician's experience, without which, any method or technique is potentially dangerous. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-index.html | title=Pollock Clinics Infant Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref>
Closer inspection reveals that Pollock isn't doing anything "new"; his website reveals that he uses the Mogen technique, which involves the [[Mogen]] clamp.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=The technique used by Dr. Pollock is called the Mogen technique. | url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html | title=Parents' Guide to Circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=
}}</ref> The Mogen clamp was invented in 1954,<ref name='Reynolds 1996'>{{REFweb
| quote=The Mogen clamp was invented in 1954 by Rabbi Harry Bronstein, a Brooklyn mohel. | url=http://www.circumcisionquotes.com/rdr5.html | title=Use of the Mogen clamp for neonatal circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website= | date= | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> but it is actually one of many successors to the much older, traditional barzel device.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=The barzel (Hebrew for iron) also known as a mogen (Hebrew for shield) is a slotted shield to... | url=http://www.circumstitions.com/methods.html#barzel | title=Methods of circumcision | last= | first= | publisher= | website=circumstitions.com | date=2011-04-08 | accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref>