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In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the American Association of Pediatrics,<ref>American Journal of Diseases in Children, Vol 141: page 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for routine infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="CaseForCirc"/>
Schoen has been noted sending emails to and from the [[Circlist]] email list.<ref>Schoen, E. (2006, April 22). ''My recent circ pubs'' [Online Forum Comment]. Retrieved from http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MCIRC/message/16 Archive: http://circleaks.org/images/1/1f/MCIRC_-_Msg_16.pdf</ref> Schoen is also listed as approving content for a [[Gilgal Society]] brochure.<ref>{{REFbook