--- title: Dr Oz: Group of Doctors Tells Columbia University to Fire TV Doctor description: Ten doctors wrote a letter urging Columbia University to fire Dr. Mehmet Oz saying he "endangers" the public canonical: https://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-17T11:39:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:15.581Z article:section: Health og:title: Group of Doctors Tells Columbia University to Fire Dr. Oz og:description: Ten doctors wrote a letter urging Columbia University to fire Dr. Mehmet Oz saying he "endangers" the public og:url: https://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2f0ed4016d1c6db/6987eb9acd6848b85f09d926/dr-oz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1706 og:image:height: 960 og:image:alt: Dr. Mehmet Oz attends the Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12, 2014 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Group of Doctors Tells Columbia University to Fire Dr. Oz twitter:description: Ten doctors wrote a letter urging Columbia University to fire Dr. Mehmet Oz saying he "endangers" the public twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2f0ed4016d1c6db/6987eb9acd6848b85f09d926/dr-oz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Group of Doctors Tells Columbia University to Fire Dr. Oz > Sponsored content. 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Dr. Mehmet Oz will now take your questions_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 17, 2015 11:39 AM UTC  Dr. Mehmet Oz attends the Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12, 2014 in New York City. Dr. Mehmet Oz attends the Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12, 2014 in New York City. Taylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 17, 2015 11:39 AM UTC A group of doctors has written a letter urging Columbia University to fire Dr. Mehmet Oz from its faculty. “Dr. Oz has repeatedly shown disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine, as well as baseless and relentless opposition to the genetic engineering of food crops,” said the letter addressed to Columbia’s Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, [reports CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/group-of-doctors-call-for-dr-oz-to-be-ousted-from-columbia-university/). “Worst of all, he has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.” Oz is a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon and vice-chair of the department of surgery at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, but he’s also a television personality with _The Dr. Oz Show_. And according to medical experts, [only 46% of the recommendations on his show were supported by evidence](http://time.com/3642533/dr-oz-advice/). The letter, authored by a doctor at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and co-signed by nine other doctors, ends, “Whatever the nature of his pathology, members of the public are being misled and endangered, which makes Dr. Oz’s presence on the faculty of a prestigious medical institution unacceptable.” A university spokesman emailed the doctors in response, stating: “As I am sure you understand and appreciate, Columbia is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members’ freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion.” _Read next:_ [_Lawmakers Caution Dr. Oz on Weight-Loss Tips_](http://time.com/2891194/dr-oz-claire-mccaskill/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/"},"headline":"Group of Doctors Tells Columbia University to Fire Dr. Oz","datePublished":"2015-04-17T11:39:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:15.581Z","description":"Ten doctors wrote a letter urging Columbia University to fire Dr. Mehmet Oz saying he \"endangers\" the public","url":"https://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/","keywords":["celebrities","medicine","doctors","Columbia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2f0ed4016d1c6db/6987eb9acd6848b85f09d926/dr-oz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2f0ed4016d1c6db/6987eb9acd6848b85f09d926/dr-oz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dr. Mehmet Oz attends the Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12, 2014 in New York City.","caption":"Dr. Mehmet Oz attends the Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12, 2014 in New York City.","creditText":"Taylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/","name":"Group of Doctors Tells Columbia University to Fire Dr. Oz"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Dr. Mehmet Oz","description":"The Oprah heart surgeon kicks off his own daily TV show this fall. 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