Dr Oz defends medical advice amid calls for firing

Columbia University vice-chair of the department of surgery, Mehmet Oz, or ‘Dr Oz’ as he is better known, defended himself recently against criticism from other medical professionals, who say that some of the TV host's advice and product endorsements lack scientific backing, writes Jim Lenahan for USA Today.

A group of doctors has sent a letter to Columbia University asking for Oz's dismissal from the medical school's faculty. In the letter one doctor calls Oz “a fake and a charlatan”, the New York Daily News reported. Henry Miller of Stanford University went on to say that Columbia University must be “starstruck and like having on their faculty the best-known doctor in the country”.

“I bring the public information that will help them on their path to be their best selves,” Oz said in a statement released through a representative of “The Dr Oz Show”. “We provide multiple points of view, including mine, which is offered without conflict of interest. That doesn't sit well with certain agendas which distort the facts.”
Full report on the USA Today site