Once upon a time, I did a bunch of reporting on why Dr. Oz was employed by @ColumbiaMed as Vice Chair of the Dept. of Surgery. It never really turned into a story, but here's some fun details from my reporting. (1/x) https://twitter.com/DrOz/status/1004437945896534016 …
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I spoke to multiple medical professionals, including chairs of other departments at Columbia's Med Center about their thoughts on Oz. Essentially none of them would speak off the record for fear of reprisal, and some felt they had already been punished.
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Despite doing little to nothing at Columbia, Oz maintains his position (and the prestige that comes with it) while tarring the university's reputation with pseudoscience and medical advice that's more like grift.
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I didn't come to a conclusive answer during my reporting, but it seems like a combination of in-department friends as well as tacit approval from the dean, Lee Goldman, have kept Oz in his job.
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Oz isn't the first of last medical professional to abuse his position and the vaunted protections of academic freedom, nor is he the worst to do so. UC Berkeley still employs Peter Duesberg, for example.pic.twitter.com/I3HncbVImX
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But it's hard to imagine that Oz's own promotion of snake oil hasn't been enabled by his position at Columbia. Anyways, for the definitive profile, check out
@specterm's article from 2013. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/04/the-operator …Show this thread
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