Surgeons in the USA:
Dr.
Murray H. Kimmel, M.D.
Urology
2301 Pennsylvania Avenue
(Parkway at 23rd Street)
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Office 215-563-0847
Fax 215-563-4881
Dr. Kimmel does castration surgeries at The Kimmel Urology Center. The
cost is $2000, but the doctor may charge less if you are low income. He
will also remove the scrotum for an additional charge. Dr. Kimmel does
not do penectomies, nullification, or SRS.
No therapist letters are necessary, and you are not required to be on HRT
either. Dr. Kimmel will also castrate non-transgendered men for reasons
such as high libido, health (treatment of prostate cancer for example), and
religious beliefs. The doctor will give you a brief consultation before
the surgery.
Transsexuals may be able to obtain estrogen treatments, but non-transgendered
men will not be able to obtain testosterone treatment. If you plan on
testosterone replacement, you will need to arrange this with a doctor close to
your home.
Marci
Bowers, M.D.
Orchiectomy page http://marcibowers.com/grs/orchiectomy.html
Website http://marcibowers.com/
Phone 719-846-6300
328 Bonaventure Street, Suite #2
Trinidad, CO 81082
Dr. Bowers performs orchiectomies for
transitioning women who already meet the full SOC requirements for SRS,
including RLE, two therapist letters, and a history of feminizing HRT.
Robert Barham, MD
Portland OR
Dr. Harold M. Reed, M.D., F.I.C.S.
Miami,
FL
Website: http://www.srsmiami.com/index.htm
Phone: 1-305-865-2000
1111 Kane Concourse
Bay Harbor, FL 33154
Dr. Reed is another SRS surgeon who would perform orchiectomies for pre-op
transsexuals. The cost is $2000, and a therapist letter plus some lab
work is required for this surgery.
Dr.
Tuan A. Nguyen, M.D.
Lake
Oswego, OR
Website: http://www.mdtnguyen.com/orchiectomy.htm
Dr. Nguyen is another SRS surgeon who offers orchiectomy for pre-op
transsexuals. You will need to contact the office to get his price or ask
other questions.
Some
of the other SRS surgeons might also be willing to perform orchiectomies for
transsexuals who are transitioning and taking HRT. You will need to
contact these surgeons to find out if they would be willing, and what their
cost and other prerequisites would be.
Those who are able to obtain a
therapist referral for orchiectomy might be able to find a willing surgeon in
their home town. Sometimes the
therapist themselves might be able to refer you to a specific surgeon. Some courageous persons have called up every
physician in their local phone book until they found a surgeon who would
perform their procedure. If a surgeon
is not listed on this site, they are either unwilling to perform the procedure
or do not wish to be listed on the Internet as a surgeon willing to perform
orchiectomy.
Surgeons in Thailand:
Some of the surgeons who do SRS in Thailand will also perform castration.
If you live in North America, it will probably be less expensive to be
castrated in the USA, but the Thai surgeons are additional options, especially
if you seek more than just castration. These are excellent options for
persons seeking castration in Australia or Asia to consider. Thailand
also offers a number of inexpensive options for transsexuals seeking complete
SRS. I think air travel should cost around $1000 from the USA.
NOTE: Some persons
have stated in newsgroups and mailing lists that SRS and other procedures could
be obtained in Thailand without SOC qualifications (such as therapist letters,
HRT, and living full time as the target gender for which the surgery is
intended). But I have not yet heard of anybody getting SRS there without being
full time, without HRT, and without therapist letters, and I remain skeptical
about claims of being able to get SRS from most Thailand surgeons without these
qualifications, especially since the websites of these doctors and clinics do
state their criteria for surgery and adherence to the SOC.
As of 2005, I still
don’t know of anyone who was able to just travel to Thailand, give their money
to the surgeon, and get on the table without any transition progress or
RLE. I do know of a few women who were
able to obtain SRS without SOC letters from their therapists, but all of these
women had already been on HRT and in RLE for some time. Reputable Thai surgeons expect that their patients
have transitioned and are able to live in their target gender. Thai surgeons are sometimes more flexible,
for example someone who has done HRT and RLE (especially multi-year RLE) might
get surgery with only one, or occasionally even no therapist letter, or they
might not care whether the primary letter is from an MD or PHD. But I doubt you will be able to obtain SRS
from a reputable surgeon without a successful social transition.
Thailand is a long
way to travel (unless you happen to live there), so check with the surgeon of
your choice, make sure that they know of your status and what you desire, and make absolutely certain
that you meet their criteria for surgery before you travel out there.
Otherwise, you might travel all the way out there and miss weeks of work and
income, only to find out that the doctor won't do your surgery.
Prerequisites for surgeries other than SRS (such as penectomy or orchiectomy)
may vary from those for SRS, and also vary from surgeon to surgeon, so you need
to work this out with the surgeon of your choice.
Dr.
Suporn
Website
http://srs-thailand.com/
Chonburi, Thailand.
Dr.
Suporn no longer lists orchiectomy on his website. Adults may be able to
obtain SRS without therapist letters if they're already transitioned and on
HRT, but SRS by this surgeon has become terribly expensive when compared to
other Thailand surgeons. The cost of obtaining SOC therapist letters will
probably be less than the price difference between other Thai surgeons versus
Dr. Suporn. I should note that Dr.
Suporn charges more for SRS and cites a longer operation time if you've already
had prior orchiectomy.
The
Samui Clinic
Website
http://www.srsthailand.com/framestart.html
Island of Koh Samui, Thailand
UPDATE: Please read this advisory on
the Samui Clinic at:
Dr.
Chettawut
Website:
http://www.chet-plasticsurgery.com/
Bangkok, Thailand
Orchiectomy
cost is $1500.
Dr.
Pichet
Website:
http://www.bangkokplasticsurgery.com/main.html
Bangkok, Thailand
Orchiectomy
cost is $1000
Dr.
Preecha
Orchiectomy
page: http://www.pai.co.th/services/services.asp?services_id=45
Orchiectomy FAQ page:
http://www.pai.co.th/faqs/faqs.asp?services_id=45
Dr. Preecha’s home page: http://www.pai.co.th/index.asp
Orchiectomy cost is $2100. You will need to have been on HRT for 12
months and have 12 months of RLE. You
will be given general anesthesia, spend one night in the hospital, and you will
need to spend almost a week in Thailand for recovery.
Dr. Kamol
Website: http://mtfsurgery.com/
Orchiectomy cost is $2000
Yanhee General Hospital
Website: http://www.yanhee.net/main.asp
Orchiectomy cost is $1300
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