Newborn Circumcision

Our new office address as of October 1, 2023:

666 Wonderland Rd North

(Located within the PHARMASAVE OAKRIDGE/Oakridge Medical Centre)

Dr. Kirk Hamilton is a palliative medicine FRCPC specialist that has had years of experience performing newborn circumcisions. Dr. Hamilton is a skilled, experienced physician providing this procedure and has personally performed over 7,000 newborn circumcisions. He was initially trained as a family physician and for over 25 years delivered babies and provided newborn care before becoming a palliative medicine FRCPC specialist.

Dr. Kirk Hamilton is also one of the London Health Sciences Centre/LHSC Circumcision newborn circumcision consultants that provides this newborn procedure for those babies born at this tertiary care hospital in London, Ontario, Canada.

Although, this London Circumcision Clinic (The London Newborn Circumcision Clinic) is located in London, Ontario, Canada, we welcome infants with a valid health card from Southwestern Ontario to have this procedure performed at our clinic (this would include St. Thomas, Stratford and Chatham for example). The London Newborn Circumcision Clinic (LNC) is a dedicated circumcision clinic and tongue tie release clinic for infants. Newborn circumcisions and tongue tie patient assessments are the only patients Doctor Hamilton assesses at this office location.

We offer free parking and a private room for you to wait prior to, during and after the procedure. You will be able to feed your infant following the procedure prior to our team performing the post circumcision assessment to ensure there is no abnormal bleeding prior to you leaving our office.

No referral from a health care provider is required to request an appointment for this newborn circumcision procedure with Dr. Kirk Hamilton.

Booking a Newborn Circumcision Appointment with Dr. Kirk Hamilton

Dr. Kirk Hamilton will perform your son’s newborn circumcision if all of the following conditions are present:

1. My son is less than 6 weeks old and weighs between 2.5Kg (5.5 lbs) and 5.9kg (13lbs). Ideally, Dr. Hamilton prefers to perform this procedure within the first 2 weeks of life (unless he is born prematurely- see point 3)

2. My son is a resident of Canada along with a valid Canadian health card and lives in Southwestern Ontario.

3. If my son was born prematurely, Dr. Hamilton prefers to perform this procedure within 3 weeks of his original due date at the time of his circumcision procedure.

4. My son does not have a medical condition for which my primary care provider has advised me that he should not have this procedure performed.

5. I am the legal guardian of this infant male and permitted to give consent for this procedure.

6. I am willing to have the procedure done at the earliest available appointment. Appointments generally are early morning between the hours of 7:00 am – 8:45 am

7. I have read and understand how to prepare my son for the procedure (See below under the Frequently asked questions (FAQ) section

8. I understand and consent to emailing personal information to Doctor Kirk Hamilton’s office at the email address below. It is impossible to guarantee total security when sharing information via email.

9. The price for this procedure in this office is $300.00 cash and this payment is due prior to the circumcision being performed. I understand that there will be a rebooking fee of an additional $50.00 if we do not inform the office of a cancellation within 24 hours of our scheduled appointment. Our office is not equipped for debit, credit card payments or email transfers of funds. A receipt will be issued once the payment is received. </spanIn order to maintain a clean and safe environment and to decrease the spread of other diseases such as COVID and influenza, ONLY Dr. Hamilton’s trained staff and himself will be present in the procedure room. Parents and Caregivers will have a room to wait during the procedure and are NOT permitted in the procedure room.

10. If you or your infant have active COVID, flu symptoms or other symptoms of an infection, please follow current public health guidelines regarding going to public places prior to booking or presenting to our office for this procedure.

If, after confirming that all of the above conditions are met (points 1-10), I have reviewed the frequently asked questions and now wish to book an appointment, please follow the next instructions:

By emailing Dr. Kirk Hamilton’s office at the following email address drhamiltoncircumcision@gmail.com with the below information; you confirm all the conditions (bullet points # 1-10) exist. You will then have a return email sent to you (usually within a few days) with an appointment time and date.

Please include the following information in your email:

Your son’s date of birth

Your son’s name

Parent’s name (for your receipt)

Your contact number

Upon our office receiving this information by email to drhamiltoncircumcision@gmail.com, Dr. Hamilton’s office will contact you (usually within a few days) by email with your appointment date and time. Please confirm this appointment quickly as our available slots fill up quickly. Thank you for choosing Dr. Kirk Hamilton to perform your infant’s newborn/infant circumcision. 

Frequently asked questions (FAQ):

Please do not feed your baby for 1.5 hours prior to the procedure. You will be provided with your own private room so that you will be able to feed your baby after the procedure.

If you are not breast-feeding, please bring a prepared bottle to the appointment so that you will be able to feed your baby following the circumcision.

You and your baby will remain in the office for approximately 30 – 45 minutes after the procedure and the circumcision site will be checked to assure there is no significant bleeding and that it is safe to go home with your baby. Immediately after the procedure, you will be able to feed your infant in a private room.

To decrease the discomfort of the circumcision Dr. Hamilton will administer a local anesthetic prior to the procedure and will offer a glucose solution to your infant during the procedure.

The price for this procedure in this office is $300.00 cash and this payment is due prior to the circumcision being performed. I understand that there will be a rebooking fee of an additional $50.00 if we do not inform the office of a cancellation within 24 hours of our scheduled appointment. Our office is not equipped for debit, credit card payments or email transfers of funds. A receipt will be issued once the payment is received.

Absolutely not, newborn circumcision is a personal decision.

If you decide to request Dr. Hamilton to perform this procedure after reviewing all the information within this section, please contact our office by email for an appointment.

No, Dr. Kirk Hamilton is NOT part of the Hamilton Gentle Procedures Clinic located in Hamilton, London and Kitchener Ontario and is NOT affiliated with the gentleprocedureshamilton.ca website

Dr. Kirk Hamilton’s office is located at Unit 3 – 666 Wonderland Rd N (Located within the OAKRIDGE PHARMASAVE) in London, Ontario and is the lead physician for the London Newborn Circumcision (LNC) Clinic.