About Us
Our team will help your child receive the best circumcision. Reach out to us today to discuss our newborn circumcision options. Read below to read our mission statement and learn more about Michigan Circumcision in Bingham Farms, MI.
Mission Statement
Newborn circumcision is typically performed by an obstetrician or pediatrician in the postpartum unit of a hospital prior to discharge. Once a baby is discharged from the hospital, he may not be readmitted to the newborn unit. Therefore, if the circumcision was–for some reason–postponed, it must be performed in an outpatient setting.
In addition, women increasingly are delivering in a birthing center or home. These babies are denied the privilege of being admitted to the newborn unit of a hospital for circumcision. Moreover, premature babies are being discharged from the hospital weighing as little as four pounds. Circumcision in these babies is often technically difficult, and may need to be delayed until after hospital discharge.
Few, if any, obstetricians or pediatricians, however, are equipped to perform circumcisions in the office. Most pediatric urologists are happy to perform circumcisions, but only after the baby is six months of age and with a general anesthetic. From a medical standpoint, it is a safer and more cost effective to perform circumcision with a local anesthetic while the baby is under 30 days of age. Moreover, most parents do not want to wait until their baby is six months old, and are fearful of general anesthesia. Unfortunately, parents of these newborn babies are confronted with limited options.
Dr. Craig Singer is one of a select number of physicians in the Detroit Metropolitan Area capable of performing newborn circumcision in an office setting. He is honored to offer his expertise to families in need of his service.
About Dr. Singer
In the fall of 2001, Dr. Singer traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, to train with Dr. Neil Pollock, one of the world’s leading circumcision practitioners and researchers in the Morgen Clamp. After returning to Detroit, Dr. Singer refined his surgical skills to create the optimal circumcision procedure. Soon thereafter, he became certified as a mohel (ritual circumciser) through the Berit Milah Board of Reform Judaism, and is regarded as one of the top Mohalim of the Detroit Jewish community. Dr. Singer is the founder of DetroitBris.
Over the past several years, Dr. Singer has developed a pain control protocol that includes a unique anesthetic solution and a special sugar solution that provides maximal comfort to the baby. With a wealth of experience, Dr. Singer’s circumcision technique provides outstanding cosmetic results with minimal discomfort.
Dr. Craig Singer was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an Ivy League graduate, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He obtained his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, in 1995. Dr. Singer trained in pediatrics at the Mount Sinai Medical Center from 1995 until 1998, and practiced general pediatrics for seven years in Metro Detroit.
He then completed a three-year dermatology residency, in conjunction with Northwest Dermatology Group, PC, in Southfield, Michigan. His dermatological training included didactic sessions at Wayne State Department of Dermatology and the department of dermatopathology at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Dr. Singer maintains active board certification in dermatology through the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), and is the Vice-President of the dermatology board of the ABPS. He practiced general, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology at Northwest Dermatology Group from 2006 through 20017.
In June of 2017, Dr. Singer founded his current practice, Craig Singer MD Dermatology, in Bingham Farms, Michigan. He sees patients of all ages with skin disorders. Dr. Craig Singer has been selected as “Top Doc” in Dermatology in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 by his physician peers in Detroit’s Hour Magazine.