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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', MD, is an Oregon-based pediatric physician.
==Early life and education==
Dr. Stoeber was reared in the Midwestern state of Iowa. Unnecessary, harmful, infant [[circumcision]] has long been extremely popular in the Midwest section of the [[United States]]. There is about an 89 percent chance that he was [[circumcised]] as an infant.<ref>{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/USA/
 |title=U.S. Circumcision Statistics
 |last=
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}}</ref> If that is the case, then he would qualify for the [[circumcised doctors]] list.

Dr. Stoeber completed his undergraduate degree in biology at [https://www.creighton.edu/ Creighton University] in Omaha, Nebraska. He remained at Creighton for [https://www.creighton.edu/medicine medical school] before receiving specialty training in pediatrics at the [https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine.html University of Kansas School of Medicine — Wichita].

==Personal life==
Dr. Stoeber has lived in Oregon for more than two decades. Dr. Stoeber and his wife, Robin, have 7 children between them.  In his free time, he enjoys exercising, traveling, reading, and volunteering in community activities.

==Parental education==
Dr. Stoeber has kindly provided an informative video about [[circumcision of the newborn]] for parents, however there are some issues:
* Dr. Stoeber refers to the AAP Circumcision Policy Statement that was published in 2012. That statement was heavily criticized by many commentors. It was an embarrassment to the [[AAP]], so it was allowed to expire, which occurred in 2017. It does not represent the present position of the AAP, which now has no official policy on [[circumcision]].
* Dr. Stoeber calls the [[foreskin]] "normal skin", but he fails to mention the intensive innervation of the [[ridged band]], that makes it [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous tissue]].
* Dr. Stoeber discusses the requirement to restrain the baby boy during the circumcision [[amputation]], but fails to mention that the device used is the [[circumstraint]].
* Dr. Stoeber asserts that parents have a right to grant consent for [[circumcision of the newborn| circumcision of a newborn boy]]. This is apparently based on a claim made by the Ad Hoc Task Force of the AAP in 1975.<ref name="aap1975">{{REFjournal
 |last=Thompson
 |first=
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 |etal=no
 |title=Report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Circumcision
 |journal=Pediatrics
 |date=1975-10
 |volume=56
 |issue=4
 |pages=610-1
 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1975
 |archived=
 |quote=
 |pubmedID=1174384
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}}</ref> The [[AAP]] is a [[medical trade association]] and does not have authority to make law. A medically-unnecessary [[amputation]] of a functional [[foreskin]] without consent of the victim is disturbingly similar to aggravated battery.<ref>{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/criminal-defense/aggravated-battery/
 |title=Aggravated Battery
 |last=Tuthill
 |first=Samantha-Rae
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 |publisher=Criminal Defense Law
 |date=2023-12-21
 |accessdate=2026-02-10
}}</ref>
* Dr. Stoeber makes no mention of the multiple [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions_of_the_foreskin|  physiological functions of the foreskin]], so one wonders if he is truly informed. This information is relevant and deserves mention.
* The first principal of bioethics is "First, do no harm",<ref>{{REFweb
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 |title=Hippocratic Oath
 |last=Hippocrates
 |first=
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 |publisher=Wikipedia
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 |accessdate=2926-02-11
}}</ref> now more commonly expressed as <i>non-maleficence</i>, however Dr. Stoeber is aware of the harm inherent in [[circumcision]], yet continues to do them.

Dr. Stoeber has announced a book about the harm of [[child circumcision]], but it has not yet been published, so it cannot be evaluated. 

Dr. Stoeber's name does not appear on the list of intact friendly doctors in Oregon sponsored by [[Your Whole Baby]].<ref>{{REFweb
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}}</ref>
{{PUB}}
* {{REFbook
 |last=Stoeber
 |first=Troy
 |init=
 |year=2026
 |title=The Deepest Hell: How Circumcision harms Kids
 |url=
 |scope=
 |location=
 |publisher= In Press
 |ISBN=
 |accessdate=2026-02-10
 }}

==Video==
===Circumcision Basics===
<youtube>v=VcOVJXVpY1o</youtube>

Dr. Stoeber has other videos on YouTube.

{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Child circumcision]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Informed consent]]
* [[Intactivism]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[USA]]

{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
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{{REF}}
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