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David R. Tomlinson '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the inventor of the improved [[Gomco]], the improved [[Plastibell]] <ref name="Reducing">[{{REFweb |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201225754/http://www.kentecmedical.com/media/document/AccuCircWorkshopBrochure.pdf |archived=yes |title=Reducing the risks of Neonatal Circumcision] |publisher=Clinical Inventions |format=PDF |date=2010 |accessdate=2020-04-10}}</ref>and the [[AccuCirc]] devices.<refname="TodaysHospitalist2008">{{REFnews
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|last=Katz
|first=Paula S.
|date=2008-09
|publisher=Today's Hospitalist
|quote=...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent [[HIV ]] that has recently been cleared by the FDA. |accessdate=20112020-0904-2610}}</ref> He developed the [[AccuCirc]] after performing more than 200 circumcisions on infants.<ref>[{{REFweb |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405202324/http://www.devicepedia.com:80/science/nearly-foolproof-circumcision-tool.html |archived=yes |title=(Nearly) Foolproof Circumcision Tool] |last=Ion |first=Alex |publisher=devicepedia |date=2008-04-01 |accessdate=2020-04-10}}</ref> The AccuCirc was developed in 2008 and released in 2009.
He also ''just so happens to be'' the "chief expert on circumcision" at the [[WHO|World Health Organization]].<refname="LATimes2011">{{REFnews
|last=Hennessy-Fiske
|first=Molly
|date=2011-09-26
|publisher=Los Angeles Times
|quote=Dr. David Tomlinson, who teaches family medicine at {{UNI|Brown University |Brown}} in Providence, R.I.{{USSC|RI}}, and serves as the World Health Organization's chief expert on circumcision. |accessdate=20112020-0904-2510
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He has led a team of researchers from the [[United States of America| USA ]] and Nigeria.<ref name="Reducing"/>In 2008 he presented an abstract promoting the AccuCirc device at the InternationalAids [[AIDS]] conference in Mexico City.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001224750/http://www.aids2008.org/Pag/Abstracts.aspx?AID=4631 |title=A new technology for the prevention of complications of male circumcision and HIV risk through contaminated parts in African children |last=Tomlinson |first=David R. |author-link=David R. Tomlinson |archived=yes |date=2008-08 |accessdate=2020-04-10}}</ref>He wrote a manual for the [[WHO ]] on neonatal male [[circumcision]].<ref name="Reducing"/>
He develops, implements and evaluates male circumcision training programs in Africa.<ref name="Reducing"/>
He is a physician who teaches family medicine at {{UNI|Brown University |Brown}} in Providence, R.I{{USSC|RI}}.<ref>[http:/name="LATimes2011"/www.latimes.com/health/la-he-circumcision-20110926,0,4367816.story Injuries linked to circumcision clamps</ref>
== Quote ==
{{Citation
|Title=From the Horse's Mouth
|Text=I’ve always been a mad scientist type... type… [t]he autonomy is outstanding.
|Author=Tomlinson, D. R.
|Source=Today's Hospitalist
|ref=<ref>[http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cntname=647 Tomlinson, D. R. (2008, September) Night work without burnout. ''Today's Hospitalist'']<"TodaysHospitalist2008/ref>
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* [[AccuCirc]] -- — Tomlinson is the inventor.* [[Bias]]* [[HIV]]* [[United States of America]]* [[WHO|World Health Organization]] -- — Tomlinson is the "chief expert on circumcision" at the W.H.O.
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