David Gorski
Also known as Orac
Surgical oncologist and critic of alternative medicine; edits Science-Based Medicine.
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- David Gorski is an American surgical oncologist and professor of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
- He specialises in breast cancer surgery at the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
- He criticises alternative medicine and the anti-vaccine movement.
- He blogs as Orac at Respectful Insolence and under his own name at Science-Based Medicine, where he is managing editor.
Key facts
- Position
- Professor of surgery and oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Karmanos Cancer Institute (from 2008)1
- Education
- MD, University of Michigan (1988); PhD in cellular physiology, Case Western Reserve (1994)1
- Blogs
- Respectful Insolence, as Orac (from 2004); Science-Based Medicine, as managing editor (from 2008)1
- Fellow
- Committee for Skeptical Inquiry1
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