Edgar Schoen
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'''Dr. Edgar J. Schoen''' (born [[1925]] in [[New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[physician]], who works as a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and held the position of Chair of the 1989 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Task Force on Circumcision.
== Experience in hospitals ==
Dr. Schoen holds positions at Children's Hospital of the East Bay in Oakland, CA, and the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, CA and is Board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, and has practiced Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology in Oakland, CA for 46 years. Dr. Schoen was Chief of Pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] for 24 years.
== Advocacy ==
Dr. Schoen currently maintains [http://www.medicirc.org/ Medicirc.org], an online resource which focuses on benefits of circumcision. Interviewed in the Eastbay Express (2000), he states, "Circumcision is one of the best health insurance policies you can give a son. A circumcised boy has a lifetime advantage over an uncircumcised one."[http://www.circumcisioninfo.com/slack_eastbayexpr.htm]
== Publications ==
His most recent book ''Edgar Schoen, MD on Circumcision'' is described by its publisher as a medically authoritative book on circumcision. Dr. Schoen has also written verses about circumcision in the American Journal of Diseases in Children (1987)[http://www.circumstitions.com/Schoens.html]
== Personal views ==
In a Boston Globe article, Dr. Schoen says, concerning the AAP's decision to not advocate circumcision, "It’s highly biased".[http://infocirc.org/bg072599.htm]. His 1989 report explains that circumcision reduced the risks of urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
Dr. Schoen has been critical of [[genital integrity]] organizations, saying that they have been a misguided influence on parents.[http://www.medicirc.org/meditopics/medicirc_topics.html#Anticircumcision]
Dr Schoen's peer-reviewed articles have also received some criticism.[http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/90/8/772][http://www.cirp.org/library/general/hitchcock/]
==External links==
*[http://www.circumcisioninfo.com/reuters1.html Doctor Calls for Universal Circumcision] Reuters, 1997
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