Paper published in the American Journal of Perinatology, 01 February 2011, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pp. 125-28 (2011). doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1263294. The author, Dr. James F. Smith, is chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) at the Creighton University School of Medicine, a maternal/fetal medicine specialist with Creighton Medical Associates, and a professor of OB/GYN with Creighton University School of Medicine. Dr. Smith calls on obstetricians and gynecologists to stop performing male circumcisions because the male genital surgery is outside the area of expertise of obstetricians and gynecologists.

Popular in the United States, it [male infant circumcision] has persisted in the scope of practice of obstetrics and gynecology, a field specializing in the opposite gender. To excel in women's reproductive health, we should no longer passively accept or actively maintain this procedure in our specialty. Steps are suggested to remove the residual and improper inclusion of circumcision from the scope of practice of obstetrics and gynecology.

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