--- title: David Lynch Tweets Support for Dr. Oz description: David Lynch says he supports Dr. Oz 100% canonical: https://time.com/3838833/david-lynch-dr-oz/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-28T19:51:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:45:18.873Z article:section: Health og:title: David Lynch Tweets Support for Dr. Oz og:description: Lynch says he supports embattled doctor 100% og:url: https://time.com/3838833/david-lynch-dr-oz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: David Lynch Tweets Support for Dr. Oz twitter:description: Lynch says he supports embattled doctor 100% twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Lynch Tweets Support for Dr. Oz  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 28, 2015 7:51 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 28, 2015 7:51 PM UTC Director David Lynch tweeted Tuesday that he supports Dr. Oz, who is defending himself against a group of doctors who want to see him ousted from Columbia University. > [](https://twitter.com/DAVID%5FLYNCH/status/593113091962851329) Dr. Mehmet Oz, a physician and TV personality, has been embroiled in conflict since a group of doctors asked [Columbia University](http://time.com/3826280/dr-oz-columbia/) to fire him earlier this month, saying he has an “egregious lack of integrity” and accusing him of promoting “quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.” He was also scolded by senators last year for promoting bogus diet products on his show. Dr. Oz wrote an op-ed for [TIME.com ](http://time.com/3831926/dr-oz-criticism-answers/)defending himself against the allegations. “My exploration of alternative medicine has never been intended to take the place of conventional medicine, but rather as additive,” he wrote. “Critics often imply that any exploration of alternative methods means abandoning conventional approaches. It does not.” Lynch is himself an advocate of alternative medicine, and his organization, the [David Lynch Foundation ](http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-us.html)for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, encourages transcendental meditation as treatment for stress-related disorders. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3838833/david-lynch-dr-oz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3838833/david-lynch-dr-oz/"},"headline":"David Lynch Tweets Support for Dr. Oz","datePublished":"2015-04-28T19:51:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:45:18.873Z","description":"Says he supports embattled doctor 100%","url":"https://time.com/3838833/david-lynch-dr-oz/","keywords":["celebrities","medicine","doctors","Columbia University","David Lynch"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"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/3838833/david-lynch-dr-oz/","name":"David Lynch Tweets Support for Dr. Oz"}}]}] ```