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David R. Tomlinson '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the inventor of the improved [[Gomco]], the improved [[Plastibell]]<ref name="Reducing">{{REFweb
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|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201225754/http://www.kentecmedical.com/media/document/AccuCircWorkshopBrochure.pdf
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|title=Reducing the risks of Neonatal Circumcision
|publisher=Clinical Inventions
|format=PDF
|date=2010
|accessdate=2020-04-10
|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=2020-04-10}}</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> He developed the [[AccuCirc]] after performing more than 200 circumcisions on infants.<ref>[http://www.devicepedia.com/science/nearly-foolproof-circumcision-tool.html (Nearly) Foolproof Circumcision Tool]</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]].<ref name="LATimes2011">{{REFnews
|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=2020-04-10
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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
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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 name="LATimes2011"/>
== 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
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[AccuCirc]] -- — Tomlinson is the inventor.* [[WHO|World Health Organization]] -- Tomlinson is the "chief expert on circumcision" at the W.H.O.
* [[Bias]]
* [[WHO|World Health Organization]] — Tomlinson is the "chief expert on circumcision" at the W.H.O.
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