Robert Van Howe

Robert Storms Van Howe is an American pediatrician and circumcision researcher from Marquette, Michigan. He was a professor of pediatrics at Central Michigan University College of Medicine at its founding, where he was the Chief of Pediatrics until 2017.[1][2][3] He holds a master's degree in biostatistics,[4] and previously taught pediatrics at Michigan State University.[5]

Research

Van Howe's research includes a study published in 2007 in BJU International. The study reported that the five most sensitive points on the human penis were all in areas of it that are removed by circumcision[6] and that uncircumcised men's penises were four times more sensitive, on average, than were those of circumcised men. Critics of this study have noted that it was funded by the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), an anti-circumcision activist group. Van Howe maintains that this funding did not bias his study, telling ABC News, "The study was based on an objective finding" and "There's no way you can change what a person felt or didn't feel."[7]

Van Howe authored a study which stated that meatal stenosis is much more common in circumcised boys than in uncircumcised ones. In the abstract of this study, Van Howe even states that "Meatal stenosis may be the most common complication following neonatal circumcision."[8]

Views on circumcision

Van Howe has said that "Circumcision is as harmful as it is unnecessary".[9]

References

  1. ^ "Faculty Mentor Bank". Central Michigan University. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Zavala-Offman, Alysa (November 11, 2014). "Circumcision prevention seminar comes to U of M campus". Detroit Metro Times. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Peres, Judy (June 14, 2006). "Court fight on circumcision". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Howe, Robert Van (June 1, 2013). "Infant male circumcision in the public square: applying the public reason of John Rawls". Global Discourse. 3 (2): 214–229. doi:10.1080/23269995.2013.805515. ISSN 2326-9995.
  5. ^ Rabin, Roni Caryn (August 23, 2011). "Circumcise Or Don't? Quandary For Parents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  6. ^ "Does circumcision harm your sex life?". New Scientist. April 25, 2007. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  7. ^ News, ABC (August 2, 2007). "Study: Circumcision Doesn't Reduce Sexual Sensation". Retrieved September 12, 2017. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ Van Howe, Robert (October 14, 2006). "Incidence of Meatal Stenosis following Neonatal Circumcision in a Primary Care Setting". Clinical Pediatrics. 45 (1): 49–54. doi:10.1177/000992280604500108. PMID 16429216.
  9. ^ Borka, Aftab (September 9, 2015). "March against circumcision planned in front of Beaumont Hospital on Sept. 12". Oakland Press News. Retrieved September 12, 2017.


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