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'''Thomas E. Wiswell''' was a doctor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.<ref>{{REFjournal
'''Thomas E. Wiswell''', {{MD}}, was a doctor at [https://tricare.mil/mtf/Walterreed Walter Reed Army Medical Center].<ref name=WiswellEtAl1993>{{REFjournal
  |last=Wiswell
  |last=Wiswell
  |first=Thomas E.
  |first=Thomas E.
|init=TE
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
|last2=Hachey
  |first2=Wayne
  |first2=Wayne
  |last2=Hachey
  |init2=W
|date=March 1993
  |title=Urinary Tract Infections and the Uncircumcised State: An Update
  |title=Urinary Tract Infections and the Uncircumcised State: An Update
  |journal=Clinical Pediatrics
  |journal=Clinical Pediatrics
  |volume=32
  |volume=32
  |issue=3
  |issue=3
  |pages=130-4
  |pages=130-134
  |url=
  |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/000992289303200301
  |quote=
  |quote=
  |pubmedID=8453827
  |pubmedID=8453827
  |DOI=10.1177/000992289303200301
  |DOI=10.1177/000992289303200301
  |accessdate=2011-04-28
|date=1993-03
}}</ref> Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]).
|accessdate=2020-04-23
}}</ref> He practices as neonatologist (Pediatrician who cares for and treats newborns in particular) among others in Honolulu, {{USSC|HI}},<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/thomas-wiswell-404405
|title=Dr. Thomas E. Wiswell,MD
|website=US News
|accessdate=2020-04-23
}}</ref> and Orlando, {{USSC|FL}},<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctor.com/Dr-Thomas-Wiswell
|title=Dr. Thomas E Wiswell,MD
|website=doctor.com
  |accessdate=2020-04-23
}}</ref> USA. Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]). Wiswell is generally believed to be a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]].  


Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that claimed circumcision reduced the incidence of urinary tract infections.<ref>{{REFjournal
Wiswell now practices medicine in Honolulu, Hawaii, [[USA]]. He is regarded as a promoter of unnecessary, harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] infant [[circumcision]].
 
==Myth-maker==
Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that falsely claimed [[circumcision]] reduced the incidence of [[urinary tract infection]]s.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Wiswell
  |last=Wiswell
  |first=T.E.
  |init=TE
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |last2=Smith
  |last2=Smith
  |first2=F.R.
  |init2=FR
  |last3=Bass
  |last3=Bass
  |first3=J.W.
  |init3=JW
  |title=Decreased incidence of urinary tract infections in circumcised male infants.
  |title=Decreased incidence of urinary tract infections in circumcised male infants.
  |journal=Pediatrics
  |journal=Pediatrics
  |date=May 1983
  |date=1983-05
  |volume=75
  |volume=75
  |issue=5
  |issue=5
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Wiswell
  |last=Wiswell
  |first=T.E.
  |init=TE
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |title=Circumcision and urinary tract infections
  |title=Circumcision and urinary tract infections
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Wiswell
  |last=Wiswell
  |first=T.E.
  |init=TE
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |last2=Roscelli
  |last2=Roscelli
  |first2=J.D.
  |init2=JD
  |title=Corroborative evidence for the decreased incidence of urinary tract infection in circumcised male infants
  |title=Corroborative evidence for the decreased incidence of urinary tract infection in circumcised male infants
  |journal=Pediatrics
  |journal=Pediatrics
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Wiswell
  |last=Wiswell
  |first=T.E.
  |init=TE
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |last2=Enzenauer
  |last2=Enzenauer
  |first2=R.W.
  |init2=RW
  |last3=Holton
  |last3=Holton
  |first3=M.E.
  |init3=ME
  |last4=Cornish
  |last4=Cornish
  |first4=J.D.
  |init4=JD
  |last5=Hankins
  |last5=Hankins
  |first5=C.T.
  |init5=CT
  |title=Declining frequency of circumcision: implications for changes in the absolute incidence and male to female sex ratio of urinary tract infections in early infancy
  |title=Declining frequency of circumcision: implications for changes in the absolute incidence and male to female sex ratio of urinary tract infections in early infancy
  |journal=Pediatrics
  |journal=Pediatrics
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  |volume=79
  |volume=79
  |pages=338-342
  |pages=338-342
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref><ref name=WiswellEtAl1993/> All have long since been thoroughly discredited.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Wiswell
|first=T.E.
|author-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
|last2=Hachey
|first2=W.E.
|title=Urinary tract infections and the uncircumcised state: an update
|journal=Clin Pediatr
|location=Phila
|date=1993
|volume=32
|pages=130-134
}}</ref> All have long since been thoroughly discredited.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=AAP Task Force on Circumcision
  |last=AAP Task Force on Circumcision
  |title=Circumcision Policy Statement
  |title=Circumcision Policy Statement
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Van Howe
  |last=Van Howe
  |first=R.S.
  |init=RS
  |author-link=Robert Van Howe
  |author-link=Robert Van Howe
  |title=Effect of confounding in the association between circumcision status and urinary tract infection
  |title=Effect of confounding in the association between circumcision status and urinary tract infection
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  |issue=1
  |issue=1
  |pages=59-68
  |pages=59-68
}}</ref> Wiswell associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFbook
}}</ref> Wiswell's retroactive "studies" had serious methodological flaws, however circumcision promoter [[Edgar J. Schoen]] chose to cite these studies in the [https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1989 1989 AAP Circumcision Policy statement]. This started the myth that infant [[circumcision]] can prevent [[urinary tract infection]]. UTI after circumcision is an issue in [[Israel]].
 
Wiswell associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFbook
  |last=Morris
  |last=Morris
  |first=Brian
  |first=Brian J.
|init=BJ
  |author-link=Brian J. Morris
  |author-link=Brian J. Morris
  |year=2007
  |year=2007
  |title=Sex and circumcision: What every woman needs to know
  |title=Sex and circumcision: What every woman needs to know
  |url=http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/GFW-EN%200712-1.pdf
  |url=http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/GFW-EN%200712-1.pdf
  |editor=Vernon Quaintance
  |editor=[[Vernon G. Quaintance]]
|edition=
|volume=
|chapter=
|pages=
  |location=London, England
  |location=London, England
  |publisher=Gilgal Society
  |publisher=[[Gilgal Society]]
|isbn=
|note=
|accessdate=
}}</ref> a [[circumfetish]] group.<ref>{{REFbook
}}</ref> a [[circumfetish]] group.<ref>{{REFbook
  | last=Thomas
  |last=Thomas
  | first=A.
  |first=A.
  | year=2005
|init=A
  | title=Circumcision: An Ethomedical Study
  |year=2005
  | url=http://www.circleaks.org/images/d/d6/Gilgal_porn.pdf
  |title=Circumcision: An Ethomedical Study
  | editor=Vernon Quaintance
  |url=http://www.circleaks.org/images/d/d6/Gilgal_porn.pdf
| edition=
  |editor=[[Vernon G. Quaintance]]
  | volume=4
  |volume=4
  | chapter=Case histories and experiences of circumcision
  |chapter=Case histories and experiences of circumcision
  | pages=191
  |page=191
  | location=London, England
  |location=London, England
  | publisher=The Gilgal Society
  |publisher=[[Gilgal Society]]
| isbn=
  |ID=EMS-EN 0304-2
| note=
| accessdate=
  | ID = EMS-EN 0304-2
}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook
}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook
|last=Price
  |first=Christopher P.
  |first=Christopher P.
  |last=Price
  |init=CP
|author-link=Christopher P. Price
  |chapter=Male Non-therapeutic circumcision: The Legal and Ethical Issues
  |chapter=Male Non-therapeutic circumcision: The Legal and Ethical Issues
  |title=Male and Female Circumcision, Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice
  |title=Male and Female Circumcision, Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice
  |editor=Denniston G.C., Hodges F.M. and Milos M.F.
  |editors=[[George C. Denniston|Denniston GC]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Hodges FM]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos|Milos MF]]
  |location=New York
  |location=New York
  |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
  |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
  |date=1999
  |date=1999
  |pages=425-454
  |pages=425-54
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/price2/
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/price2/
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


Wiswell has allied himself with Brian Morris and other circumcision advocates since 2009. He co-authors articles with Brian Morris and others.<ref>{{REFjournal
Wiswell has allied himself with [[Brian J. Morris]] and other circumcision advocates since 2009. He co-authors articles with Morris and others.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Morris
  |last=Morris
  |first=BJ
  |init=BJ
  |author-link=Brian Morris
  |author-link=Brian J. Morris
  |last2=Bailis
  |last2=Bailis
  |first2=SA
  |init2=SA
  |author2-link=
  |author2-link=Stefan A. Bailis
  |last3=Waskett
  |last3=Waskett
  |first3=JH
  |init3=JH
  |author3-link=
  |author3-link=Jake H. Waskett
  |last4=Wiswell
  |last4=Wiswell
  |first4=TE
  |init4=TE
  |author4-link=
  |author4-link=Thomas E. Wiswell
  |last5=Halperin
  |last5=Halperin
  |first5=DT
  |init5=DT
  |author5-link=
  |author5-link=Daniel T. Halperin
  |etal=no
  |etal=no
  |title=Medicaid coverage of newborn circumcision: a health parity right of the poor
  |title=Medicaid coverage of newborn circumcision: a health parity right of the poor
|trans-title=
|language=
  |journal=Am J Public Health
  |journal=Am J Public Health
|location=
  |date=2009-06
  |date=2009-06
  |volume=99
  |volume=99
  |issue=6
  |issue=6
  |pages=969-71
  |pages=969-971
|url=
|quote=
  |pubmedID=19372502  
  |pubmedID=19372502  
|pubmedCID=
  |DOI=10.2105/AJPH.2009.161281
  |DOI=10.2105/AJPH.2009.161281
  |accessdate=2019-10-22}}</ref>
  |accessdate=2019-10-22
}}</ref>


== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
{{Citation
{{Citation
  |Title=Easy Money
  |Title=Easy Money
  |Text=I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military, and they look at a foreskin and almost see a $125 price tag on it. Each one is that much money. Heck, if you do 10 a week, that's over $1,000 a week, and they don't take that much time.
  |Text=I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military, and they look at a [[foreskin]] and almost see a $125 price tag on it. Each one is that much money. Heck, if you do 10 a week, that's over $1,000 a week, and they don't take that much time.
  |Author=Wiswell (1987-6-22)
  |Author=Wiswell (1987-6-22)
  |Source=The age-old question of circumcision. Boston Globe, p.43
  |Source=The age-old question of circumcision. Boston Globe, p. 43
}}
}}


{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]
* [[Gilgal Society]] -- Wiswell associates with Gilgal.
* [[Gilgal Society]] -- Wiswell associates with Gilgal.
* [[Edgar J. Schoen]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Brian J. Morris]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Brian J. Morris]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Daniel T. Halperin]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Daniel T. Halperin]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Edgar J. Schoen]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Jake H. Waskett]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.
* [[Jake H. Waskett]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell.


* [[United States of America]]
* [[Urinary tract infection]]
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