I received this in an email today, and find it very disturbing.

If anyone has any idea what's going on, please let us know!

Some editing has been done for anonymity purposes:

"Just a brief message and question here. Been here in New Jersey on a visit, and drove to Philadelphia. Naturally, we had to pass (Kimmel's office) but were shocked to see no external evidence that he is still in residence! His name is gone from the door and all legends, marks, signs, etc. have been removed from the building. Also, a silvered film has been applied to the door and window glass that blocks any possibility of seeing into the interior.

We're a bit surprised because Kimmel has never seemed to be much worried about publicity, but perhaps that has changed. Do any of you know what has happened? I visited the EA and searched the message boards, but I could find no evidence of a thread mentioning either his retirement or going "underground". If any of you have any information, please share it."

Just an add-on here.

I just called the office, and granted it's Saturday, so I got the answering machine. That's still there and turned on, it would seem.

Perhaps he moved down the street?

I intend to call Monday and try and find something out about this, before panic sets in in the streets!

If anyone knows, please let us know.

Thank you.

Not to alarm folks here on the EA, but my partner and I were sightseeing in Philadelphia last Thursday (23 February), and we took an obligatory turn past Dr Kimmel's office. We were very surprised to see no external evidence that the doctor was still in residence. His name, all signs, plaques & information had been removed from the building and doors. In addition, the window and door glass had been covered with silvered film which prevented one from seeing into the interior. We were not able to stop as we were on our way back to New Jersey. I checked the Message Boards but could find no other posts addressing the topic.

Dr Kimmel has never seemed too disturbed by either "bad press" or public opinion, but this sudden cloaking of his office in anonymity may signal a change.

Has anyone here had any recent communication with his office? Is he still practicing? I would hate to see probably the only urological surgeon performing voluntary castrations withdraw his services from our community.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Greg

I went ahead and merged these threads.

There is this thread (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8440) that mentions having a scheduled appointment with Dr. Kimmel on March 28, so he is doing surgery. However it does not mention the location. Someone who's never been there before would not know if he has moved.

I can only hazard a guess, but my guess would be

(A) he has removed his name for anomaly,

(B) he has moved to a new location,

(C) he is preparing for retirement, and/or,

(D) he is turning the practice over to someone else.

Either way he still has contracted to do a surgery at the end of March. It would be sad if he were to close his doors, although you can't blame him if he wants to retire. He has helped many folks over the years.

I hope to god he hasn't, I'm leaving tommoro for Philadelphia.... don't scare me like this.

I'm definitely glad I was done when I was Even if nothing is up this time, he can't be that far from retirement.

I think Kimmel is very secretive about what he does and apparently doesn't want anyone to know. At least that was the case with me. He wouldn't call my doctor for follow up treatment or for treatment of the infection I developed after he promised he would. I assume he simply didn't want her to know he was the one who did it.

Just to let others know, I still plan on calling his office tomorrow on my lunch break and finding out the scoop. If nothing else, it will let him know that SOMEONE noticed.

Thanks Paolo! Please let us know how it goes! As Plix said, I'm feeling glad I had this done when I did too.

And this made me realize how serious I was about the whole thing. I try to imagine what it would feel like to be told I couldn't be done by a 'professional'. If this were the case, then I'm sure - eventually - would have ended up putting my life in the hands of an underground cutter.

It's important for the rest of the world to know this. If anything has happened - for whatever reason - it will put a large number of people in danger.

I just got off the phone with Kimmell's office and the building is being remodeled / repaired. That's all. They have no plans on shutting down. Just a bit of modernization and clean up. No need to panic.

May I 'axe', does Dr. Kimmel have a information / website like Felix Spector did?