Hi all, I heard the Dr. Kimmel is going to retire soon. Does anyone know any young, up and comers, preferably a urologist in his/her 50's, willing to carry the torch?

We should ask him to find a replacement, and preferably two or three around the country.

Marco Polo (imported) wrote: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:54 pm Hi all, I heard the Dr. Kimmel is going to retire soon. Does anyone know any young, up and comers, preferably a urologist in his/her 50's, willing to carry the torch?

And your source is?

Marco Polo (imported) wrote: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:54 pm Hi all, I heard the Dr. Kimmel is going to retire soon. Does anyone know any young, up and comers, preferably a urologist in his/her 50's, willing to carry the torch?

When I talked with Dr. Kimmel yesterday, he made no mention of any plans to retire. Who/what is your source of information? Let's not spread rumors here.

I have not heard any hint that Dr. Kimmel is going to retire soon. Information such as that usually gets to me quickly. I think that we are all concerned that there will be no replacement for him when he does decide to stop practicing so we are a little jumpy at the idea of him retiring without a clear choice of a successor. --FLO--

Uncle Flo (imported) wrote: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:27 am I have not heard any hint that Dr. Kimmel is going to retire soon. Information such as that usually gets to me quickly. I think that we are all concerned that there will be no replacement for him when he does decide to stop practicing so we are a little jumpy at the idea of him retiring without a clear choice of a successor. --FLO--

Dr. Kimmel got a bit defensive when I raised this very topic with him. From what I understand, he has no plans to retire except by the same method as Dr. Spector - i.e. natural death. Not sure what his problem is - I also wish that he would pick a sucessor.

Dr. K. does have two sons who are doctors (don't know what kind), and another son who is a veterinarian [giggle], so I have a feeling that there might be a dynasty in the making here.

When I asked Dr. Kimmel about a successor a while back, he stated that few urologists would consider succeeding him due to all of the problems that they would face, problems with the medical community and being ostracized by them. Also said something about legal problems and mounting costs.

Let's be proactive because we know Kimmel will retire in the near future. I have sent this email out to Dr. McGinn, if it can be improved upon, please feel free to suggest any alterations. My goal, our goal, is to find another doctor somewhere in America who will consider taking over for Dr. K when he finally retires. Maybe we can find someone sooner, who will help us if prompted. Of course we want someone who will not ask many questions or demand a psychological evaluation either. Here's what I wrote, be it right or wrong. You can copy it and change it if you want, but send it out to other urologists/plastic surgeons/sex change physicians:

Dear Dr. McGinn (she's transgendered like MarciBowers, here is her website http://drchristinemcginn.com/)

There is a large community of men in America who struggle with a persistent desire to be castrated, but who cannot find qualified physicians to perform the surgery. I realize that castration is frowned upon by most plastic surgeons & urologists, which leaves our community with only one Philadelphia Urologist who will perform castrations with few questions. His name is Dr. Kimmel - http://etransgender.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32 but he is aging and will retire soon. With his retirement, many men who desire castration will look for back alley cutters to perform their castrations. We are afraid of the tragic consequences and need to locate a doctor who we can suggest as a safe alternative. Our eunuch community is composed of eunuchs like myself and many wannabees who need help - http://www.eunuch.org/ - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/jour ... 1&SRETRY=0

Several men have attempted self castration, some have even died trying. If you care about transgendered people, please consider helping our community. Let me know if you can help us, thank you. The following is an excerpt of an important article about eunuchs.

Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 5, October 2004, pp. 433–442 ( C_ 2004) New Age Eunuchs: Motivation and Rationale for Voluntary Castration Richard J. Wassersug, Ph.D.,1,4 Sari A. Zelenietz, B.S.,2 and G. Farrell Squire, B.S.3 Received July 22, 2003; revision received November 11, 2003; accepted November 11, 2003

We used a survey posted on the Internet to explore the motivation of men who are interested in being castrated. Out of 134 respondents, 23 (17%) reported already having been castrated. The 104 (78%) individuals who said they had not been castrated were asked why they wanted to be castrated and why they had not actualized that desire. They were given multiple-choice answers to select from. The major reason (selected by 40% of respondents) for desiring castration was to

achieve a “eunuch calm” and freedom from sexual urges; however, a large proportion (∼30%) of respondents found fantasies about being castrated sexually exciting and a similar percentage desired

castration for the “cosmetic” appearance it achieved (which we interpret to mean scrotal removal along with an orchiectomy). This high interest in castration as either a sexual stimulus (a fetish) or

a cosmetic enhancement was unexpected and contrasted with the more classically stated motivation for voluntary castration in the psychiatric literature, i.e., libido control and transsexualism. Internet discussion groups that serve these men may encourage them to act out their castration fantasies. Alternately, Internet discussions may give them a displacement outlet for their fantasies and decrease

the risk of castration by nonmedically qualified “street-cutters” or by self-mutilation. Forty percent of our respondents claimed that they would have an orchiectomy, if it were cheap, safe, and simple.

A quarter wanted to try chemical castration first, but 40% were embarrassed to talk to their doctors about their interest in castration. Information now available on the Internet provides these men with increasingly easy access to street-cutters and directions on howto perform surgical castrations, putting them at risk of permanent injury and disability. Physicians need to be aware of these risks.

KEYWORDS: castration; Internet; orchiectomy; eunuch; fetish.

INTRODUCTION Eunuchs are castrated men whose testicles are surgically removed or otherwise made nonfunctional by crushing or drug treatment. Next to tooth extraction and circumcision, castration has arguably been the most commonly practiced surgical ablation on the Asian continent since before Christ. It produced the hundreds of thousands

1Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dalhousie University,

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Hash (imported) wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:05 am There is a large community of men in America

And across the world.

Hash (imported) wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:05 am who struggle with a persistent desire to be castrated, but who cannot find qualified physicians to perform the surgery. I realize that

Elective

castration is frowned upon by most plastic surgeons & urologists, which leaves our community with only one Philadelphia Urologist...

I'd be diffident about naming Dr K so directly. He cannot be unknown in his own professional circles, never the less it might be wise not to invite what could be unwelcome scrutiny.

The ideal replacement, in my mind, would be a retired military surgeon. He would have the security of a military officer's retirement pay which might insulate him from some of the stress of criticism. --FLO--