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Obstetrics & Gynecology 2007;109:750-752
© 2007 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Why and How a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Stopped Doing Routine Newborn Male Circumcision

Timothy R. B. Johnson, MD1, Kenneth Pituch, MD2, Erin L. Brackbill, MD2, Julian Wan, MD3, Cosmas van de Ven, MD1 and Mark D. Pearlman, MD1

From the 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2Hospitalist Service, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, and 3Division of Pediatric Urology, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In 2004, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan decided to stop offering routine circumcision for specialty and disciplinary, logistic, and educational reasons. The Pediatric Hospitalist Service assumed responsibility for the procedures and the educational process with resultant patient and staff satisfaction, educational, logistical and economic benefits.






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