For neonates, most obstetricians will perform a circumcision as part of the overall service to their patient, the mother. Failing that, there are many pediatric surgeons who do circumcisions. There are also clinics where circumcision is one of the major, if not the exclusive, activity.
Many other doctors, including general practitioners will do it. So will nurses [424]. However, level of expertise and practice (frequency of carrying out the procedure) should be an important consideration by parents in seeking someone good. Circumcision is very simple technically, but despite this has to be done by someone who knows what they are doing.
In the USA, 54% of doctors involved in the delivery or care of infants perform circumcisions [542]. The breakdown is: obstetricians 46%, family practitioners 29% and pediatricians 25%.
A department of obstetrics in Michigan off-loaded circumcisions to the department of pediatrics in the same hospital; this had some advantages, where, of course, the mother is the obstetrician’s patient, not the baby, and would thus allow follow-up by the specialty most suited [274].
For adults a urological surgeon will often be the person to consult with, or a general surgeon. You will need a referral from any local doctor. Again, being so simple, there may be other doctors who are not surgeons who can do it.
So to find someone, think about who you might ask first from your own knowledge and contacts. It could be your local doctor. There are also men's health centres/clinics that specialize in such male-specific matters, and are used to handling enormous numbers of enquiries from men who want to get circumcised. So if you are an uncircumcised male and think this is what you want, don't be shy! ... Ask!
It is easy to find someone to do it in the USA and many other countries. If you need help see http://www.circinfo.com/circumcisers_index.html
This gives you contacts in, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth (Australia), London, Reading, Kingston-upon-Thames (United Kingdom), Dublin (Ireland), Atlanta, New York, Texas (USA), Toronto, Vancouver (Canada), Stockholm (Sweden), Rotterdam, Rozendaal (Netherlands), Genk (Belgium), Furth, Koln (Germany), Budapest (Hungary), Istanbul, Ankara (Turkey), Dubai (United Arab Emerites), Santiago (Chile), Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Aukland, Dunedin (New Zealand), Johannesburg (South Africa).
This list is always growing. For a more extensive list of doctors in Australia and New Zealand who will assist see http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/LOC-ANZ0801-2.pdf
