Oz Once Banned By Medical Journal For Quackery

The Washington Post reports:

In May 2003, Mehmet Oz was the senior author on a study that explored a hot topic at the time: Whether heart bypass surgery conducted with the aid of a heart-lung machine impaired a patient’s cognitive function more than surgery conducted without the machine.

But Oz was forced to withdraw his work and was banned from presenting research to the organization for the next two years, according to seven people familiar with the events, whose account of his ban was confirmed by the Oz campaign.

At issue were questions about the strength of the data used by Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, to reach an important medical conclusion, according to several of those who recalled the events. The penalty he experienced in 2003 was a significant one, according to Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch.

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QUACK: “DOC” OZ WAS BANNED FROM MEDICAL JOURNAL

Mehmet Oz’s medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban https://t.co/lddDyfZ91y

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