Independent Health Experts

Many health experts who appear in the media and play a role in policymaking at federal health agencies have problematic conflicts of interest that are never disclosed to the public. They and their work are funded by giant corporations and Big Money with vested financial interests in spreading their beliefs and views.

This page hosts a list of public health and health policy experts in a variety of domains who have no such conflicts and are available to speak with reporters. Their views do not necessarily align with those held by Public Citizen and our allies. These independent health experts are listed here because their views are unconflicted. If you are a member of the press and interested in connecting with one or more of them, please reach out to David Rosen at [email protected].

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	DEGREES	TITLE	AFFILIATION	PRIMARY SPECIALTY	SECONDARY SPECIALTY	ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE	COUNTRY	CITY	AVAILABILITY
Abi-Jaoude	Elia	MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Toronto	Psychiatry, Tourette syndrome	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest	Tourette syndrome, pharmaceutical industry bias and medicalization in psychiatriy	Canada	Toronto, Ontario	Any media
Abramson	John	MD	Lecturer (adjunct), Department of Health Care Policy	Harvard Medical School	Family Medicine		Critical appraisal of the quality of scientific evidence available to practicing physicians and other heatlhcare professionals	United States	Boston, MA	Any media
Andrew	Louise B	MD, JD	Former Assistant Professor	Johns Hopkins	Emergency Medicine	Internal Medicine	Mental Health and Disability Law and Medical regulation, and malpractice litigation	United States, Canada	Victoria BC and Port Angeles WA	Any media
Antonuccio	David	PhD	Professor Emeritus	Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Clinical Psychology	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism	United States	Reno	Any media
Baral	Stefan	MD, MPH	Associate Professor	Johns Hopkins University	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine	Infectious Diseases, HIV, Epidemiology		Baltimore	National and international media only
Baretich	Matt	PhD, PE		Baretich Engineering, Inc.	Clinical engineering		Medical devices	United States	Fort Collins, CO	Any media
Barrett	Bruce	MD, PhD	Professor	University of Wisconsin Schoool of Medicine and Public Health	Family Medicine	Preventive medicine and Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine	United States	Madison	National and international media only
Barry	Michael	MD	Professor	Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School	Internal Medicine	Prostate diseases	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, patient outcomes research, shared decison making	United States	Boston	Any media
Basu	Arindam	MD, PhD, MPH	Senior Lecturer Above the Bar	University of Canterbury School of Health Sciences	General Surgery	Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose, throat)	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Preventive medicine, environment		Canterbury	Any media
Batt	Sharon	PhD	Adjunct	Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University	Hematology/Oncology		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism, Patient organizations	Canada	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Any media
Bero	Lisa	PhD	Professor (University of Colorado) Affiliated Professor (University of Sydney)	The University of Colorado, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Bioethics and Humanities; Affiliated Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia.	Public health	Preventive medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States & Australia	Denver, CO	Any media
Bewley	Susan	MD, MA (law & ethics), FRCOG	Professor (emeritus) of Obstetrics and Women's Health		Obstetrics-Gynecology		Ethics and conflicts of interest		London	Any media
Bezruchka	Stephen	MD, MPH	Associate Teaching Professor	University of Washington	Public health	Preventive medicine and Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine, Health Olympics	United States	Seattle	Any media
Bijl	Dick	MD, PhD		International Society of Drug Bulletins, Institute for Scientific Freedom	Family Medicine	Surgery	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Medical devices, Medical investigative journalism, Regulatory Affairs	Nederland	Utrecht	Any media
Biollaz	Jerome	MD	Emeritus professor		Internal Medicine	Pharmacology	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest	Switzerland	Chamoson	Regional or local media only
Biswas	Rakesh	MD	Professor	Kamineni Institute of Medical sciences	Internal Medicine		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Medical investigative journalism	India	Hyderabad	Any media
Boussageon	Rémy	MD, PhD	Professor	Collège Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1	Family Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Evidence based medicine, placebo effect, critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest	France	Lyon	Any media
Braillon	Alain	MD, PhD	Senior consultant	University Hospital, France	Pharmacology, Public Health, Hepatology, Alcohol, Tobacco, Screening, Shared Decision Making	Hepatology (liver and gall bladder)	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Alcohol, tobacco, Quality of care, EBM	France	Amiens	Any media
Breggin	Peter	MD	Director, Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy	Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism, Regulatory Affairs, Politics of Psychiatry	United States	New York State	Any media
Brewer	Phillip	MD	Adjunct Professor and University Medical Director		Emergency Medicine	Internal medicine	Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Cheshire	Any media
Brezis	Mayer	MD, MPH	Professor of Medicine	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Internal Medicine	Preventive medicine and Public Health	Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	Israel	Jerusalem	Any media
Brito de Sá	Armando	MD, PhD		Ministry of Health, Portugal	Family Medicine	Preventive medicine and Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	Portugal	Setúbal	Any media
Brophy	James	MD, PhD	Professor	McGill University	Cardiology		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval	Canada	Montreal QC	Any media
Brown	David	MD	Professor	Washington University in St. Louis	Cardiology		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical devices	United States	St. Louis	Any media
Brown	Michael	MD	Professor	Michigan State University	Emergency Medicine			United States	Grand Rapids	Any media
Carragee	Eugene	MD, Editor in Chief, The Spine Journal	Professor, Standford University School of Medicine	Stanford University	Orthopedic Surgery			United States	Stanford, California	Any media
Cassels	Alan	MPA	Adjunct professor	Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Health policy	Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism	Canada	British Columbia	Any media
Chatterjee	Pranab	MD	Professor of International Health	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Infectious diseases	Health disparities, Social medicine	India	Kolkata, West Bengal	Any media
Cifu	Adam	MD	Professor of Medicine	University of Chicago	Internal Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology	United States	Chicago	Any media
Cook-Deegan	Robert	MD	Professor	Arizona State University	Public policy	Genomics	Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Accokeek, MD	Any media
Cosgrove	Lisa	PhD	Professor	University of Massachusetts-Boston	Psychiatry			United States	Boston	Any media
Cristea	Ioana	PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Pavia	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest		Pavia	Any media
Dachs	Robert	MD	Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Albany Medical College		Emergency Medicine	Family medicine			Schenectady, NY	Any media
Davis	John	MD	Professor		Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology	United States	Chicago	Any media
De Fiore	Luca	PhD		Associazione Alessandro Liberati Network italiano Cochrane	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	Italy	Rome	Any media
Del Mar	Chris	MD	Professor	Bond University			Critical appraisal, research methodology	Australia	Queensland	Any media
Delgado Figueroa	Netzahualpilli	MD, MS in Innovation & Management	Professor	Universidad de Guadalajara	Emergency Medicine	Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism, Regulatory Affairs, Humanitarian Health & Migration	Mexico	Guadalajara	Any media
Deyo	Richard	MD, MPH	Professor	Oregon Health & Science University	Internal Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology	United States	Portland, OR	Any media
Dhruva	Sanket	MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine		Cardiology	Internal medicine	Drug and device approval, Medical devices, Regulatory Affairs		San Francisco	Any media
Diller	Lawrence	MD	Assistant Clinical Professor	University of California, San Francisco	Psychiatry	Pediatrics	Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Walnut Creek, California	Any media
DuBroff	Robert	MD	Clinical Professor of Medicine	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Cardiology		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Albuquerque	Any media
Elliott	Carl	MD, PhD	Professor, Center for Bioethics	University of Minnesota	Bioethics		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism	United States	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Any media
Elpern	David	MD			Dermatology			United States	Williamstown	Any media
Ewen	Margaret	PhD		Health Action International	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		Medicine prices. insulin	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Any media
Fabbri	Alice	MD, PhD	Research Fellow	Tobacco Control Research Group, Department for Health, University of Bath, UK			Ethics and conflicts of interest	United Kingdom	Bath	Any media
Fatovich	Daniel	MD, PhD	Professor	University of Western Australia	Emergency Medicine			Australia	Perth	National and international media only
Fierlbeck	Katherine	PhD	Professor	Dalhousie University	Preventive Medicine	Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	Canada	halifax	Any media
Fingerman	Eileen	MD	Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at University of New England ; Clinical Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth		Family Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	nutrition	United States	sidney	Any media
Ford	Anne Rochon	Ms.	N/A	York University	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Environmental health	Health disparities, Social medicine	Canada	Ontario	Any media
Gagnon	Marc-Andre	PhD	Associate Professor	School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University	Health policy		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Regulatory Affairs	Canada	Quebec	Any media
Gavilán	Enrique	MD	Doctor in Medicine.	Research coordinator, Laboratory of Polypharmacy	Family Medicine		Polypharmacy, deprescribing	Spain	Plasencia	National and international media only
Gervas	Juan	MD, PhD	Professor	National School of Public Health	Family Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine, Preventive activities	Spain	Madrid	Any media
Gillibert	André	MD, MPH	Doctor	CHU de Rouen (Rouen University Hospital)	Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Statistics & Methodology in clinical research and epidemiology	Statistics & Methodology in clinical research and epidemiology	Critical appraisal, research methodology	France	Rouen	Any media
Gomes	Luís Filipe	MD	Professor Auxiliar Convidado (AP)	EURACT (European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine	Family Medicine		Patient Centredness	Portugal	Portimao	Any media
Goozner	Merrill	MS		Modern Healthcare			Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism, Regulatory Affairs	United States	Chicago	Any media
Gøtzsche	Peter C	MD	Professor	Nordic Cochrane Centre	Internal Medicine	Psychiatry	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest	Denmark	Copenhagen	Any media
Green	Jonas	MD, MPH, MSHS		Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation	Internal Medicine		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Los Angeles	Any media
Green	Lydia	RPh		RxBalance	Pharmaceutical advertising		Drug Marketing: How life science companies use advertising, CME, thought leaders etc to communicate science, expand demand for their products and increase market share.	United States	Redwood City	Any media
Grundy	Quinn	PhD, RN	Assistant Professor	University of Toronto	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		Ethics and conflicts of interest	Canada	Ontario	Any media
Gyawali	Bishal	MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	Queen's University, Kingston	Hematology/Oncology		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Regulatory Affairs	Canada	Kingston, Ontario	Any media
Heath	Iona	MD			Family Medicine		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine	United Kingdom	London	National and international media only
Heneghan	Carl	DPhil	Professor	Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford	Family Medicine	Evidence-based medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Medical devices, Medical investigative journalism	United Kingdom	Oxford	Any media
Hengartner	Michael	PhD	Senior Lecturer	Zurich University of Applied Sciences	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest	Switzerland	Zurich	Any media
Henry	David	MD	Professor Emeritus	University of Toronto	Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval	Australia, Canada	Toronto	National and international media only
Herder	Matthew	JSM, LLM	Associate Professor	Dalhousie University	Health Law		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Intellectual Property Law	Canada	Nova Scotia	Any media
Himmelstein	David	MD	Distinguished Professor (CUNY) Lecturer (Harvard Medical School)	City University of New York at Hunter College and Harvard Medical School	Internal Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	New York	Any media
Hoffman	Jerome	MD	Professor Emeritus of Medicine / Emergency Medicine	UCLA School of Medicine	Emergency Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Santa Barbara	Any media
Hoffman	Geoffrey	PhD	Post-doctoral fellow (will convert to assistant professor Fall 2017)	University of Michigan School of Nursing	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Gerontology		United States	Ann Arbor	Any media
Hoffmann	Tammy	PhD	Professor	Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University	Shared decision making	Evidence-based medicine	reporting of research studies	Australia	Queensland	Any media
Hohl	Corinne	MD	Associate Professor	University of British Columbia	Emergency Medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology	patient safety	Canada	Vancouver	National and international media only
Holland	Earle	Bachelor's degree	Asst Vice President, Research Communications (ret.)	Ohio State University	Health Communication		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism	United States	Westerville, OH	Any media
Ioannidis	John	MD, DSc	professor	Stanford University	Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism	United States	Stanford, CA	National and international media only
James	John	PhD	Founder and CEO	Patient Safety America	Cardiology		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical errors	United States	Houston, TX	Any media
Jarvinen	Teppo	MD, PhD	Professor	University of Helsinki	Orthopedic Surgery		Ethics and conflicts of interest	Finland	Helsinki	Any media
Jureidini	Jon	MD, PhD	Professor	Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest	Australia	Adelaide	Any media
Kanter	Genevieve	PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Pennsylvania	Health Economics and Health Policy		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical devices, Regulatory Affairs, medical technologies		Philadelphia	Any media
Kellermann	Arthur	MD, MPH	Professor and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University and CEO, VCU Health	Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System	Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine & Public Health, health policy; violence and injury prevention	Preventive Medicine & Public Health, health policy; violence and injury prevention	Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Cost of health care, inefficiencies in US approach	United States	Richmond, VA	Any media
Kim	Scott	MD, PhD	Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry	University of Michigan	Psychiatry		Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Maryland	Any media
Knopf	Kevin	MD	Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology	Alameda Health Systems	Hematology/Oncology		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Oakland	Any media
Kostic	Milutin	MD, PhD	Teaching assistant	Institute of Mental Health	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Health disparities, Social medicine	Serbia	Belgrade	Any media
Kramer	Barrett	MD, MPH	Contractor, NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.	National Cancer Institute	Hematology/Oncology	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology	United States	Rockville	National and international media only
Kramer	Peter	MD	Emeritus Clinical Professor	Brown University Medical School	Psychiatry			United States	Providence	Any media
Krimsky	Sheldon	PhD	Professor	Tufts University	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Regulatory Affairs	United States	Medford	Any media
Labos	Christopher	MD			Cardiology	Statistics	Critical appraisal, research methodology	Canada	Toronto and Montreal	Any media
Lacasse	Jeffrey	PhD	Assistant Professor	Florida State University	Family Medicine	Psychiatry	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism	United States	Tallahassee, FL	Any media
Lederer	Philip	MD	Instructor	Harvard Medical School	Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism	United States	Boston	National and international media only
Lemmens	Trudo	DCL (doctorate in law McGill)	Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy	Faculty of Law and Dalla Lana School of Public Health	Health Law & Policy	Regulation	Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Regulatory Affairs, Data transparency; research integrity; publication ethics	Canada	Ontario	Any media
Leo	Jonathan	PhD	Professor of Neuroscience	Lincoln Memorial Univeristy	Psychiatry			United States	Harrogate	National and international media only
Lexchin	Joel	MD	Professor Emeritus	York University and University Health Network	Emergency Medicine		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Regulatory Affairs	Canada	Toronto, Ontario	Any media
Light	Donald	PhD	Professor		Psychiatry		Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Princeton	National and international media only
Lin	Kenneth	MD, MPH	Associate Professor of Family Medicine		Family Medicine	Internal Medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Washington, DC	Any media
Lindberg	Mats Jacob Hermansson	MD, MHA		Læger uden Sponsor (=Doctors without Sponsor), DENMARK	Emergency Medicine	Internal Medicine	Ethics and conflicts of interest		Aabenraa	Any media
Lopert	Ruth	MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	Department of Health Policy & Management, George Washington University	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		pharmaceutical policy and pricing; HTA; drug regulation; IP, trade, globalisation and access to medicines	Netherlands, France	The Hague	Any media
Lundberg	George	MD, MS, ScD (hon)	Editor in Chief	Cancer Commons	Hematology/Oncology	Pathology	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism, Medical Journalism	United States	Los Gatos, CA	Any media
Lundh	Andreas	MD, PhD, MSc	Senior researcher	Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine Odense, Cochrane Denmark and Department of Infectious Diseases at Hvidovre Hospital	Infectious Diseases		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Research on conflicts of interest	Denmark	Odense and Hvidovre	Any media
Macklin	Ruth	PhD	Distinguished University Professor Emerita	Dept. of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bioethics		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, ethics in research; public health ethics	United States	Bronx, New York	Any media
Maher	Christopher	PhD	Professor	The University of Sydney	Physiotherapy (back pain)	Clinical trials, systematic reviews		Australia	Sydney	Any media
Mansfield	Peter	OAM BMBS	Dr	University of Adelaide	Family Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, misleading persuasion e.g. pharmaceutical promotion, marketing, careful decision making	Australia	SA	Any media
Mayer	Dan	MD	Professor of Emergency Medicine (Retired)		Emergency Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Medical devices	United States	Albany, NY	Any media
Meier	Diane	MD	Professor	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Palliative Medicine			United States	New York	Any media
Michal-Teitelbaum	Claudina	MD		MedCritic	Pediatrics	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	France	Lyon	Any media
Musini	Vijaya	MD	Assistant Professor	The University Of British Columbia	Evidence Based Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology	Canada	Vancouver, BC	Regional or local media only
Naudet	Florian	MD, PhD	Professor	Rennes 1 University	Therapeautics	Psychiatry	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval	France	Rennes	Any media
Nunan	David	PhD	Senior Research Fellow	Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford			Critical appraisal, research methodology		Oxford	Any media
O'Keeffe	Mary	PhD	Senior Research Fellow	National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland). University of Sydney (Australia).	Physical Medicine	Rehabilitation, Back pain, chronic pain	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Medical investigative journalism	Ireland	Limerick	Any media
Olivieri	Nancy	MD	Professor, Pediatrics, Medicine, Public Health Sciences	University of Toronto, Canada	Hematology/Oncology		Ethics and conflicts of interest	Canada	Toronto	Any media
Otte	Jessica	MD	Clinical Instructor	University of British Columbia	Family Medicine	Geriatrics	Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	Canada	Nanaimo, BC	Any media
Persaud	Nav	MD	Canada Research Chair in Health Justice	University of Toronto and St Michael's Hospital	Family Medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical investigative journalism	Medicine selection, Essential medicines, Medicine access, Health equity	Canada	Toronto, Ontario	Any media
Pizzanelli	Miguel	MD, MSc	Assistant Professor Family and Community Medicine Department. UdelaR.		Family Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Quaternary Prevention	Uruguay	Florida	National and international media only
Pollock	Allyson	MD, MPH	Professor	Newcastle University	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Regulatory Affairs	United Kingdom	London Newcastle and Edinburgh	National and international media only
Ponte	Jose	MD, PhD, FRCA	Emeritus Professor	Retired from University of Algarve, Portugal (2006-13) and from King's College London (1982-2005)fro	Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Medical devices	Cuba, United Kingdom, Portugal	London	Any media
Poses	Roy	MD	Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine	Alpert Medical School, Brown University	Internal Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Rhode Island	Any media
Price	Amy	DPhil	Senior Research Scientist and BMJ Research eeditor	University of Oxford	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Evidence Based Medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Mental illness, Brain injury	United States	Delray Beach	Any media
Radecki	Ryan	MD	Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine	The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Kaiser Permanente NW	Emergency Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology	United States	Portland, OR	Any media
Ramachandran	Reshma	MD, MPP	Physician Fellow	Yale National Clinician Scholars Program	Family Medicine		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	New Haven	Any media
Redberg	Rita	MD	Professor of Medicine	University of California San Francisco	Cardiology			United States	San Francisco	Any media
Rickert	James	MD		The Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics	Orthopedic Surgery		Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Bloomington, IN	National and international media only
Roberts	Richard	MD, JD	Professor Emeritus	University of Wisconsin	Family Medicine		Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare		Madison, WI	Any media
Rubin	Robert T	MD, PhD	Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology	United States	Oxnard, CA	Any media
Rutanen	Jarno	MD, PhD		Tampere University Hospital, Tampere	Rheumatology		Drug and device approval		Tampere	Any media
Salomon	Jean-Claude	MD			Internal Medicine		Drug and device approval, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	France	Paris	Any media
Sasich	Larry	PharmD			Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Pharmaceuticals	Drug and device approval, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Pharmacy Compounding	Canada	Burlington, Ontario	Any media
schriger	david	MD, MPH		Professor	Emergency Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Health disparities, Social medicine	United States	Los Angeles	Any media
Shah	Jignesh	MD, MS	Previously Assistant Prof. at Univ of Kentucky and Program director for Cardiac EP fellowship program		Cardiology		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Louisville	Any media
Sharav	Vera	Mrs.		Alliance for Human Research Protection	Family Medicine		Medical investigative journalism	United States	New York City	Any media
Shaughnessy	Allen	PharmD, MMedEd	Professor	Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University	Family Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Boston	Any media
Shnier	Adrienne	PhD, JD Candidate			Health policy	Pharmaceuticals	Ethics and conflicts of interest	Canada	Ontario	Any media
Shorter	Edward	PhD, I have also gone to medical school for two years but no MD degree	Professor	Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, where I have the academic rank of Professor of Psychiatry	Psychiatry		psychopharmacology: critical appraisal	Canada	Toronto	Any media
Sinha	Michael	MD, MPH, JD	Assistant Professor of Law	Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law	Preventive Medicine & Public Health		Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Medical devices, Regulatory Affairs	United States	Saint Louis, MO	Any media
Sismondo	Sergio	PhD	Professor	Queen's University	medical information		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism, Pharmaceutical industry marketing	Canada	Kingston, Ontario	Any media
Siwek	Jay	MD	Professor, Family Medicine	Georgetown University Medical Center	Family Medicine		Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Washington, DC	Any media
Slawson	David	MD	Professor of Family Medicine	University of Virginia Department of Family Medicine	Family Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Charlottesville	Any media
So	Anthony	MD, MPA	Professor of the Practice; Director, IDEA (Innovation + Design Enabling Access) Initiative; Director, Strategic Policy Program, ReAct--Action on Antibiotic Resistance	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Health policy	Antimicrobials	Pharmaceutical policy issues	United States	Baltimore, Maryland	Any media
Solomon	Robert	MD		UPMC	Emergency Medicine		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Pittsburgh	Any media
Spielmans	Glen	PhD	Professor of Psychology	Metropolitan State University	Psychiatry	Psychology	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval	United States	Saint Paul, MN	Any media
Spiesel	Sydney	MD, PhD	clinical professor	Yale University	Pediatrics		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Regulatory Affairs, medical information systems; immunology	United States	Woodbridge, CT	Any media
Sud	Abhimanyu	MD	Professor	University of Toronto	Family Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Pain Medicine, Opioid Use	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	Canada	Ontario	Any media
Susman	Jeff	MD	Emeritus Dean and Vice President of Health Affairs	Northeast Ohio Medical University	Family Medicine	Psychiatry	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Cincinnati	Any media
Terrell	Jeffrey	MD	Professor of Otolaryngology	University of michigan (Michigan Medicine)	Otolaryngology			United States	Ann Arbor, MI	Any media
Tiefer	Leonore	PhD			Sexology		Ethics and conflicts of interest, Marketing	United States	NY	Any media
Tikkinen	Kari	MD, PhD	Professor of Urology	Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital	Urology	Clinical epidemiology	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest	Finland	Helsinki	Any media
Tsai	Alexander	MD, PhD	Associate Professor of Psychiatry	Harvard Medical School	Psychiatry	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine	United States	Boston	Any media
Turner	Erick	MD	Associate Professor	Oregon Health & Science University	Psychiatry		Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Regulatory Affairs, publication bias	United States	Portland	Any media
Urato	Adam	MD	Associate Professor	Tufts University School of Medicine	Obstetrics-Gynecology		Ethics and conflicts of interest	United States	Boston	Any media
Valtonen	Jussi	PhD	Visiting professor	University of the Arts Helsinki	Psychiatry	Psychology			Helsinki	Any media
Ward	Ed	MD			Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine	United States	Minnesota	Any media
Watson	Gretchen LeFever	PhD	Adjunct Professor, Old Dominion University	www.drgretchenwatson.com	Pediatrics	Psychiatry	Ethics and conflicts of interest, patient safety, hospital safety, child development	United States	Norfolk, VA	Any media
Weed	Harrison	MD	Professor of Internal Medicine	The Ohio State University College of Medicine	Internal Medicine			United States	Columbus	Any media
Whitehouse	Peter	MD, PhD	Professor	Case Western Reserve University	Neurology	Psychiatry	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United Kingdom, United States	Shaker Heights	National and international media only
Wilkes	Michael	MD, PhD, MPH	Professor of Medicine and Global Health	University of California	Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, medical and health provider education	United States	Sacramento	Any media
Wolfe	Sidney	MD	Adjunct Professor of Medicine , Case School of Medicine	Senior advisor and Founder, Public Citizen's Health Research Group	Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Regulatory Affairs	United States	Washongton, DC	Any media
Woolhandler	Steffie	MD	Distinguished Professor	City University of New York at Hunter College (also a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School)	Internal Medicine	Preventive Medicine & Public Health	Health disparities, Social medicine, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	New York and Cambridge MA	National and international media only
Wright	James	MD, PhD	Professor	University of BC	Cardiology	Family medicine	Critical appraisal, research methodology, Drug and device approval, Ethics and conflicts of interest, Medical investigative journalism	Canada	Vancouver, BC	Any media
Yeung	Kai	PharmD, PharmD, PhD	Assistant Professor	Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine	Prescription drug prices		Drug and device approval, Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare	United States	Seattle	National and international media only
Young	Richard	MD	Professor of Family Medicine	JPS Health Network Family Medicine Residency Program	Family Medicine	Health services research	Health systems, insurance, politics of healthcare, Cost effectiveness, healthcare costs	United States	Fort Worth	Any media