AAP Circumcision Task Force 2012
Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.[1]
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Task Force on Circumcision 2012
Susan Blank, MD, MPH, Chairperson
Michael Brady, MD, Representing the Committee on Pediatric AIDS
Ellen Buerk, MD, Representing the AAP Board of Directors
Waldemar Carlo, MD, Representing the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn
Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics
Andrew Freedman, MD, Representing the AAP Section on Urology
Lynne Maxwell, MD, Representing the AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Steven Wegner, MD, JD, Representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing
Liaisons
Charles LeBaron, MD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lesley Atwood, MD – American Academy of Family Physicians
Sabrina Craigo, MD – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Consultants
Susan K. Flinn, MA – Medical Writer
Esther C. Janowsky, MD, PhD
Staff
Edward P. Zimmerman, MS
Task Force on Circumcision 1999
Members of the Task Force on circumcision 1998-1999[2]
Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of newborn male circumcision; however, these data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. In the case of circumcision, in which there are potential benefits and risks, yet the procedure is not essential to the child’s current well-being, parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child. To make an informed choice, parents of all male infants should be given accurate and unbiased information and be provided the opportunity to discuss this decision. It is legitimate for parents to take into account cultural, religious, and ethnic traditions, in addition to the medical factors, when making this decision. Analgesia is safe and effective in reducing the procedural pain associated with circumcision; therefore, if a decision for circumcision is made, procedural analgesia should be provided. If circumcision is performed in the newborn period, it should only be done on infants who are stable and healthy.
Carole M. Lannon, MD, MPH, Chairperson
Ann Geryl Doll Bailey, MD
Alan R. Fleischman, MD
George W. Kaplan, MD
Craig T. Shoemaker, MD
Jack T. Swanson, MD
Donald Coustan, MD
References
- ↑ "Circumcision Policy Statement". United States of America. American Academy of Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/08/22/peds.2012-1989.abstract. Retrieved 2012-08-27. "Task Force on Circumcision"
- ↑ "Circumcision Policy Statement 1999". United States of America. American Academy of Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/103/3/686.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 2012-09-26. "Task Force on Circumcision 1999"