Dr. Mehmet Oz will use his daytime medical talk show to address critics who tried to get him fired from his faculty position at Columbia University,
The New York Times reports.
Thursday's edition of "Dr. Oz" will lead off with Oz responding to a group of fellow faculty members who accused him of making medical claims on his TV show that had no basis in science.
Ten physicians sent an email to the vice chairman of Columbia’s surgery department accusing Oz of "an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain." They singled out what they called Oz's "baseless and relentless opposition to the genetic engineering of food crops."
In his response, Oz will point out that several of the letter's authors have ties to the American Council on Science and Health, which supports genetically modified foods.
The segment will be recorded in advance.
The letter is not the only criticism Oz has received. He was questioned by a Senate panel in June over his advocacy of weight loss products such as green coffee bean extract, and the British medical journal BJM reported in December that half of Oz's claims made on his show are not supported by scientific evidence.
Still, his job at Columbia appears to be safe, the Times reported.
"The university is committed to the principle of academic freedom, which means our faculty are encouraged to participate in public discussion," Doug Levy, the chief communications officer at Columbia Medical Center, told the newspaper.
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