doctors who circumcise in western sydney

hi, im new to this so hopefully im not breaking any rules. but im looking for doctirs in western sydney that do circumcisions. i was told when my son was a new born that they wouldnt do it until he was over 12 months old and now he is my GP is reluctant to refer me to someone who will perform it. my partner and i want to find someone who can do it and who will answer all of our questions before we go ahead with it.
so if anyone knows of any doctors around who do it, could you please let me know. i live around the penrith area.
Thanks.

Hi Chez,
I do know of one but he only does babies up to six weeks old...

thank you.
im really disappointed that my gp didnt refer me to someone who would have done it when he was first born. i guess i'll just keep looking.
thanks anyway.

Hey Chez,

I might be able to get the number of a Dr in Wallacia (I think that's where he is!) who does it off a friend - not sure if he will do a baby over 12 months but I'm sure he'd at least meet with you and discuss your options. They were very happy with the experience they had with him.

May take me a few days to get back to you but will let you know.

Thank you, that would be great.

I think there is a dr out of westmead hospital who does them too... But I am not 100% sure... Dr Joseph Macdessi. He also has rooms in Burwood. He is a great pead. But as I say I am not sure he does the circs, but would be worth a call...

my son just got done by dr Anthony dilley
he is based at st george private. he is great

oh and forgot to mention we had to get our referal form a peadiatrician not our GP
so we had to see GP get ref for Pead then see pead then ref for surgeon. was the easiest way.

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my son just got done by dr Anthony dilley
he is based at st george private. he is great

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Well there you go, he did my ds too, but I thought he only did it up to six weeks (although we went to his surgery, not the hospital). I agree, he is fantastic and I'd highly recommend him :)

cody was 9
he will do older boys eh ahs a 2 yo and a 4 yo in teh day surgery teh day we went..

he is such a nice dr great bedside manner and actually takes his time never felt rushed or fobbed off.

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he is such a nice dr great bedside manner and actually takes his time never felt rushed or fobbed off.

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Agreed... and forgive me for being a bit childish, but I find it funny that he is a circ dr and his name is Dr Dilley :rofl: Like I said, childish :D

lol i found it funny aswell lol
it made cody laugh lol and relax a bit so yeh

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my son just got done by dr Anthony dilley
he is based at st george private. he is great

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my sister had her son done by him & highly recomends him

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my son just got done by dr Anthony dilley

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Chez - sounds like this may be the dr to call, but let me know if you still want the number of the dr in Wallacia (I think he is just a GP if that has any sway on your decision)

Thank you all very much.
I will give the doc's a call and find out about it all. Thank you again. Glad someone can actually help me.

Hi,
I hope you have already found a dr but if you haven't there is an excellent dr in Punchbowl. He performed the procedure on my son at 7 weeks old. he is higly recommended and is always booked out. Alot of people travel to see him.
Dr Selim. If you want the information let me know..
Good luck

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I think there is a dr out of westmead hospital who does them too... But I am not 100% sure... Dr Joseph Macdessi. He also has rooms in Burwood. He is a great pead. But as I say I am not sure he does the circs, but would be worth a call...

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Hi everyone,

This information is not correct. This doctor does NOT preform circumcision, you would need a surgeon, not a paediatrician!

Dr anthony dilley did my son as well. He had his op at 6 months old but that is because of a conditioon that was also treated by Dr Dilley. He was great. He is at Gymea. And st george hospital, Kogarah

Can anyone advise how much Dr Dilley charges for the procedure?

many thanks!

Hi Loretta, Welcome to BB :hello:

From memory it was around $650, but $450 of that was claimable on medicare (for those who will argue a circ is no longer claimable on medicar, note the loophole- it was the consultation and local anesthetic that was claimable, not the op itself ;)). That was for when ds was 3 weeks old, i'm not sure about older babies.

HTH :)

Hi Lolli

Thanks for the welcome!

And, can I ask, at what stage do you book in if you want it done within the first few weeks? Do you make a tentative booking whilst pregnant or wait until bubs is born?

Thanks!

Hi Loretta,
We booked ds in when he was 10 days old. They are very good at getting you in before the six week mark, so you don't need to make a booking before bubs is born. It's a very quick procedure- you're only ther for about 2 hours maximum, and most of that is spent sitting in the waiting room. They give bubs a dose of Panadol when you get there, and you can stay with them the whole time. the nurses and Dr Dilley are lovely :)

Let me know if there ia ny other info you need. I'm guessing you're pg? Congratulations!

I am indeed - 24 weeks, so starting to consider this stuff now.

thanks for your kind thoughts!

And I just read your birth story - wow, that is one incredible story!!

Awww, thankyou :redface:

Hi All

I have spoken this morning with Dr Dilley's rooms and they have advised that the operation is $710 and you get $245 back on medicare, so a total of $465. Dr Dilley is a Paediatric Trauma Surgeon so I figure the higher price is worth it.

He also uses a local anasthetic to ensure that everything is numb and there is no pain during surgery.

He will only operate on babies up to 6 weeks (8 at an absolute push),.

All up, you spend about 1 1/2 hrs in his rooms.