Former NSW doctor Graeme Reeves has been released from Long Bay jail after he successfully appealed an 18-month increase to his sentence for mutilating a woman's genitals.
Dubbed the "butcher of Bega", Reeves was found guilty in 2011 of removing Carolyn DeWaegeneire's clitoris and genitals.
Medical Error Action Group spokeswoman Lorraine Long said she was shocked at news of his release and said she would meet with women who had contacted her to decide the next step.
"I think the first step is to organise a meeting and (the women) can reveal (their cases)," she said.
On December 18 the High Court ruled Reeves had the right to appeal against an 18-month increase to his sentence, but not his conviction.
A spokesman for NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith said a number of charges were withdrawn by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in mid-November after it found there was insufficient evidence to ensure a reasonable prospect of conviction.
Reeves was released to court-based parole on December 20.
"The Corrective Services NSW Community Corrections Division has placed strict parole conditions on Reeves, including that he not contact his victims," a spokesman for the attorney-general said on Saturday.
"The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal will re-sentence Mr Reeves in light of the High Court decision.
"It is possible he will serve an additional period of imprisonment."
Ms Long said she was unaware the charges against Reeves were dropped in mid-November.
She said she has 832 complaints against Reeves and planned to make them public in the coming year.
"They did that in November and never had the decency to contact the women," she said.
"Why do it right now, so we won't notice?"
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