What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Circumcision: Untold Facts on America's Most Widely Perfomed-and Most Unnecessary-Surgery

Paul M. Fleiss was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 8, 1933. He trained as a pharmacist and osteopath. He moved to Los Angeles after a law was passed in California in the early 1960s allowing an osteopath to convert to an M.D. degree. He took his residency in pediatrics at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. He pleaded guilty in 1995 to conspiring to hide profits made by his daughter, convicted "Hollywood madam" Heidi Fleiss. He was sentenced to three years' probation, 625 hours of community service and a fine of $50,000. He was the author or co-author of several books including Sweet Dreams, Your Premature Baby Comes Home with Juliette M. Alsobrooks, and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Circumcision with Frederick M. Hodges. He was still practicing medicine when he died on July 19, 2014 at the age of 80.