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In reply to the discussion: Dr. Oz Just Got "Fired" By Biden. He's Not Taking It Well. [View all]hlthe2b
(102,681 posts)50. Not in this instance. His colleagues tried to get him out. Read about it:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/04/17/dr-oz-should-be-booted-from-columbia-over-quack-treatments-say-stanford-doctor-and-colleagues/
NEW YORK (AP) Columbia University has not removed TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position as a group of top doctors has demanded, citing his egregious lack of integrity for promoting what they call quack treatments.
Dr. Oz has repeatedly shown disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine, said a letter the 10 physicians sent to a Columbia dean earlier this week. They say hes pushing miracle weight-loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work.
The New York Ivy League school responded Thursday, issuing a statement to The Associated Press saying only that the school is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion.
Oz first came to public attention as a frequent television guest of Oprah Winfrey. For the past five years, hes been the host of The Dr. Oz Show.
Oz was not reachable Thursday night at his Columbia office number, which played a recorded message explaining how callers could get tickets to his TV show.
Led by Dr. Henry Miller of Californias Stanford University, the doctors sent the letter to Lee Goldman, dean of Columbias Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine. The nine other doctors from across the country included Dr. Joel Tepper, a cancer researcher from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and Dr. Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health in New York City.
The doctors wrote that Oz, for years a world-class Columbia cardiothoracic surgeon, has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain. They said he has misled and endangered the public.
Last year, Oz appeared before a U.S. Senate panel that accused him of endorsing products that were medically unsound. At the time, Oz acknowledged that some of the products he advised his viewers to use dont have the scientific muster to present as fact.
A show representative did not immediately return a call Thursday from the AP seeking comment.
As vice chairman of Columbias surgery department, Oz still occasionally teaches, said Douglas Levy, spokesman for the Columbia University Medical Center.
NEW YORK (AP) Columbia University has not removed TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position as a group of top doctors has demanded, citing his egregious lack of integrity for promoting what they call quack treatments.
Dr. Oz has repeatedly shown disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine, said a letter the 10 physicians sent to a Columbia dean earlier this week. They say hes pushing miracle weight-loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work.
The New York Ivy League school responded Thursday, issuing a statement to The Associated Press saying only that the school is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion.
Oz first came to public attention as a frequent television guest of Oprah Winfrey. For the past five years, hes been the host of The Dr. Oz Show.
Oz was not reachable Thursday night at his Columbia office number, which played a recorded message explaining how callers could get tickets to his TV show.
Led by Dr. Henry Miller of Californias Stanford University, the doctors sent the letter to Lee Goldman, dean of Columbias Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine. The nine other doctors from across the country included Dr. Joel Tepper, a cancer researcher from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and Dr. Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health in New York City.
The doctors wrote that Oz, for years a world-class Columbia cardiothoracic surgeon, has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain. They said he has misled and endangered the public.
Last year, Oz appeared before a U.S. Senate panel that accused him of endorsing products that were medically unsound. At the time, Oz acknowledged that some of the products he advised his viewers to use dont have the scientific muster to present as fact.
A show representative did not immediately return a call Thursday from the AP seeking comment.
As vice chairman of Columbias surgery department, Oz still occasionally teaches, said Douglas Levy, spokesman for the Columbia University Medical Center.
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:) He'll get to run on being fired from a presidential council, not being on one.
Hortensis
Mar 2022
#84
So why isn't President Biden entitled to name his own people to boards and panels like this?
calimary
Mar 2022
#37
His (current?) former colleagues at Columbia Univ. wanted him fired six years ago for his quackery..
hlthe2b
Mar 2022
#6
Doctors cover their own... A doctor could kill a bunch of people, be a horrible addict and only
mitch96
Mar 2022
#41
"unless he doesn't understand what that means. " I told a doc one time I did not like his work
mitch96
Mar 2022
#43
I thought Kellyanne left at the end of the Trump era. Because she was upsetting her family too much
Maraya1969
Mar 2022
#30
Dr. Oz, you are a politician now. Suck it up. Can't handle it? Get a job in an ER.
NCjack
Mar 2022
#39
Video Oooh look what I found -- the worst of Donald Trump and Dr. Oz reality TV
riversedge
Mar 2022
#67
Oz doubles down and attacks Fauci but Dr Eric Ding responds with this...........
riversedge
Mar 2022
#71
Good. Another cult of the MAGAT King sycophant kicked to the curb. nt
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Mar 2022
#77