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Dr. Anthony C Pickett, MD is a male with 17 years of medical experience and practices in Obstetrics & Gynecology in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Anthony_Pickett.html | title=Dr. Anthony Pickett | last= | first= | publisher=Vitals.com | workwebsite= | date=2011-11-09 | accessdate=2012-11-132012-11-13
}}</ref>. In 2003 Pickett performed a circumcision of a newborn that amputated 85% of his glans.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/07/18/boys-family-to-receive-4-6m-for-botched-circumcision/ | title=Dr. Anthony Pickett | last= | first= | publisher=CBS Local | workwebsite= | date=2011-07-18 | accessdate=2012-11-13
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On August 27th of 2012 the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) presented a new Policy Statement on Circumcision and Technical Report stating that "the benefits outweigh the risks", yet when it comes a complications like this one, the technical report states that "Financial costs of care, emotional tolls, or the need for future corrective surgery (with the attendant anesthetic risks, family stress, and expense) are unknown".<ref>{{REFjournal
| last= | first= | coauthors= | date=August 27th, 2012 | title=Male Circumcision - Technical Report | journal=Pediatrics | volume=130 | issue=3 | pages=e775 | url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/e756.full | quote=Financial costs of care, emotional tolls, or the need for future corrective surgery (with the attendant anesthetic risks, family stress, and expense) are unknown. | accessdate=2012-11-12
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Pickett was not insured and was dismissed from the lawsuit. The lawsuit against Miltex Inc. and its parent company, Integra Life Sciences Holding Corp., for the case filed by Melanie Hall in February 2007, resulted in $4.6 million awarded to the family.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/07/18/boys-family-to-receive-4-6m-for-botched-circumcision/ | title=Dr. Anthony Pickett | last= | first= | publisher=CBS Local | workwebsite= | date=2011-07-18 | accessdate=2012-11-13
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