Industry-Independent Experts

Journalists Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer explain in the BMJ how journalists often forget that conflicts of interest may bias the opinions of their expert sources. So they compiled a list of more than 100 independent health care experts to whom reporters can turn. We host that list on our site. (They dusted off the issue again in 2011.)

Members of our list of independent experts state that they do not have financial ties to drug or medical device manufacturers. Interested journalists seeking access to the complete list with contact information, please submit a Request Form. Once approved, you will receive access to a spreadsheet with contact information for the individuals listed.

Last Name	First Name	Affiliation	Country
Abramson, MD	John	Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School website	U.S.
Angell, MD	Marcia	former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine	U.S.
Antonuccio, PhD	David	Professor, Dept.of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Nevada	U.S.
Barry, MD	Michael J.	Chief, General Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School	U.S.
Bassett, MD, PhD	Ken	Professor, Family Practice, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia	U.S.
Bero, PhD	Lisa	Professor, University of California, San Francisco	U.S.
Bezruchka	Stephen	Department of Health Services & Department of Global Health School of Public Health and Community Medicine Box 357660 University of Washington Seattle, Washington	U.S.
Bloomfield, MD, MPH	Hanna	Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota; Co-chief, General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis VA Medical Center; Director, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VAMC	U.S.
Boylan, MD	Laura	Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University	U.S.
Breggin, MD	Peter R.	psychiatrist, clinical psychopharmacologist, independent author and scientist; Founder and Director Emeritus, International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology	U.S.
Brewer, MD	Phil	University Medical Director, Quinnipiac University; Past Medical Safety Fellow, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).	U.S.
Brody, MD, PhD	Howard	Director, Institute for the Medical Humanities	U.S.
Brown, MD	Steven, R.	Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency, University of Arizona College of Medicine	U.S.
Carlat, MD	Daniel	Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Psychiatry Report	U.S.
Cassels	Alan	pharmaceutical policy researcher at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.	U.S.
Chalmers, DSc	Sir Iain	Editor, James Lind Library, The James Lind Initiative	U.S.
Cohen, Ph.D.	David	Professor of Social Work, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University	U.S.
Cook-Deegan, MD	Robert	Director, Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy	U.S.
Dahr, MD	Sam, S.	Retina Center of Oklahoma	U.S.
Davis, MD	John M.	Gilman Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ilinois at Chicago	U.S.
De Vries, PhD	Raymond	Professor, Bioethics Program, Univ. of Michigan Medical School	U.S.
Deyo, MD	Richard	Kaiser Permanente Professor of Evidence Based Family Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University	U.S.
Dickersin	Kay	Director, US Cochrane Center	U.S.
Diller, M.D.	Lawrence	Private Practice, Walnut Creek California; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco	U.S.
Ebell, MD	Mark	Deputy Editor, American Family Physican and Professor at University of Georgia	U.S.
Elliott, MD	Carl	University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics	U.S.
Elpern, M.D.	David J.		U.S.
Ewen	Margaret	Health Action International	Netherlands
Ford	Anne Rochon	Coordinator, Women and Health Protection	U.S.
Fugh-Berman, MD	Adriane	Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center; Director, PharmedOut.org	U.S.
Furberg, MD, PhD	Curt	Professor of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine	U.S.
Gotzsche, MD	Peter	Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre	Denmark
Glenmullen, MD	Joseph	Clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School	U.S.
Goodman, MD	Robert	Founder and director of No Free Lunch; General internist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx	U.S.
Goozner	Merrill	Director, Integrity in Science, Center for Science in the Public Interest	U.S.
Hegmann, M.D., M.P.H.	Kurt T.	Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah	U.S.
Helm, MD MBA	Mark E.	Medical Director, EBRx, Arkansas Evidence-Based Prescription Drug Program; Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy	U.S.
Himmelstein, MD	David	Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard	U.S.
Hoffman, MD	Jerome	Professor of Medicine / Emergency Medicine at UCLA	U.S.
Ioaniddis, MD	John P.A.	Professor and chairman of the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece, and Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Depart	Greece
James, Ph.D.	John T.	Chief toxicologist, space agency; Patient safety and rights advocate, Patient Safety America	U.S.
Juni, MD	Peter	Head of Division, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern; Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Bern University Hospital.	Switzerland
Jureidini, PhD MBBS FRANZCP	Jon	Head, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children’s Youth and Women’s Health Service, Adelaide, Associate Professor, Disciplines of Psychiatry and Head, Department of Psychological Medicine, Childr	U.S.
Kim, MD, PhD	Scott	Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan	U.S.
Kopes-Kerr, MD, JD, MPH	Colin P.	Program Director and CEO, Santa Rosa Family Residency Consortium	U.S.
Kramer, MD	Peter D.	Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University	U.S.
Kramer, MD, MPH	Barry	Associate Director for Disease Prevention at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)	U.S.
Krimsky, PhD	Sheldon	Tufts University & Council for Responsible Genetics	U.S.
Kruszewski, MD	Stefan	Stefan P. Kruszewski and Associates	U.S.
Kutner, MD	Jean S.	University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine	USA
Lacasse, Ph.D.	Jeffrey	Assistant Professor, Arizona State University	U.S.
Lange, MD	Richard A.	Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital	U.S.
Lederle, M.D.	Frank A.	Professor of Medicine, Minneapolis VA Hospital and University of Minnesota	U.S.
Lee, MD	Dara K.	Staff Cardiologist, Presbyterian Heart Group, Albuquerque, NM, Vice President, Medical Staff Affairs, Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, NM	U.S.
LeFever, PhD	Gretchen	Sentara Healthcare	U.S.
Lemmens, DCL (doctorate in law)	Trudo	Associate Professor	U.S.
Leo, PhD	Jonathan	Associate Professor of Neuroanatomy	U.S.
Lex, M.D.	Joe	emergency physician	U.S.
Lexchin, M.D.	Joel	Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University	U.S.
Light, Ph.D.	Donald W.	Professor of Psychiatry and Comparative Health Care, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey	U.S.
Lippman, PhD	Abby	Professor, McGill University	U.S.
Lurie, MD	Peter	Health Research Group at Public Citizen	U.S.
Mallon, MD FACEP FAAEM	William K.	Associate ProfessorofClinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California,Director: Division of International, LAC+USC Medical CenterMedicine	U.S.
Mansfield (physician); OAM BMBS;	Peter, R.	Director, Healthy Skepticism, Inc.	U.S.
Marsa	Linda	freelance journalist	U.S.
Massion, MD	Charlea	Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and Board of Directors, American College of Women’s Health Physicians	U.S.
Mayer, M.D.	Dan	Professor of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical College; Member of No Free Lunch and Healthy Skepticism	U.S.
Medawar	Charles	Social Audit, Ltd	U.S.
Miles, M.D.	Steven	Professor of Medicine, Center for Bioethics, U of Minn	U.S.
Mintzes, PhD	Barbara	Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia	U.S.
Morgan, PhD	Steven	Associate Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia	U.S.
Moynihan	Ray	Independent Journalist, Visiting Editor BMJ, Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle	U.S.
Musini, MD	Vijaya	Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia & Therapeutics Initiative	U.S.
Perry, MD, FRCPC	Thomas L.	Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia	U.S.
Pollock MB ChB, MSc, FFPHM	Allyson	Assistant Principal, International Health Director, Centre for International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh	U.S.
Psaty, MD, PhD	Bruce	Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology, University of Washington Cardiovascular Health Research Unit	U.S.
Raffle, B Sc (Hons) MB ChB FFPH	Angela E.		U.S.
Relman, MD	Arnold	former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine	U.S.
Rind, MD	David	Senior Deputy Editor, UpToDate; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School	U.S.
Rosen, MD	Charles	Clinical Professor of Surgery, Univ. of Calif, Irvine, School of Medicine; UC-Irvine, Spine Center; Founding Director, Association for Ethics in Spine Surgery	U.S.
Rubin, MD, PhD	Haya	Personal Medical Consultant; Director, Research and Evaluation, Palo Alto CA; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University	U.S.
Sasich, Pharm.D., MPH, FASHP	Larry	Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice	U.S.
Schumann, MD	John	Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, also MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics	U.S.
Schwartz, MD	Lisa	Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice	U.S.
Schwitzer	Gary	Director, health journalism M.A. program University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication	U.S.
Sharav	Vera Hassner	ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION	U.S.
Shaughnessy, PharmD	Allen	Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine	U.S.
Siwek	Jay	Professor & Chair Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center	U.S.
So, MD, MPA	Anthony	Program on Global Health and Technology Access, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University	U.S.
Solomon, MD, FACEP	Robert C.	American College of Emergency Physicians; medical editor-in-chief, ACEP News	U.S.
Spence	Des	general practitioner, Glasgow, and UK spokesman of No Free Lunch	U.S.
Spiesel, PhD MD	Sydney Z.	Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine; regular commentator for Slate and NPR	U.S.
Tiefer	Leonore	New View Campaign; New York University School of Medicine	U.S.
Tsai, M.D., PhD	Alexander	Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco	U.S.
Urato, M.D.	Adam C.	Assistant Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center	U.S.
Washburn	Jennifer	journalist	U.S.
Welch, MD, MPH	H. Gilbert	Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice	U.S.
Wilkes, MD	Michael	Professor of Medicine, Director of Global Health, University of California, Former Vice Dean of Education, former Editor in Chief Western Journal of Medicine, Davis	U.S.
Wilt, MD, MPH	Timothy J.	Minneapolis VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research	U.S.
Wolfe, MD	Sidney	Director, Health Research Group of Public Citizen	U.S.
Woloshin, MD	Steven	VA Outcomes Group; Associate Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine	U.S.
Woolhandler, MD, MPH	Steffie	Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard	U.S.
Wright, MD, PhD	James	Managing Director, Therapeutics Initiative	U.S.
Yamey, MD	Gavin	Editor, PLoS Medicine	U.S.

Experts with Disclosed Conflicts

This list includes experts with a variety of potential conflicts. Some of these experts have ended their industry ties – but only within the past five years. Others may have current financial conflicts of interest. These experts, despite their commercial ties, are included in the list because they have provided important insights into the inner workings of industry – effectively biting the hand that fed them in some instances –and/or because their conflicts did not limit their ability to comment in areas unrelated to the conflicts.

Last Name	First Name	Affiliation	Country
Barrett, MD, PhD	Bruce	Associate Professor, Dept Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	U.S.
Brown, MD	David L.	SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine; Co-Director Stony Brook Heart Center; Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine S	U.S.
Burstein, MD, PhD	Harold J.	Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA	U.S.
Gross, MD	Cary	Yale School of Medicine	U.S.
Healy, MD	David	Professor of Psychiatry, Cardiff University	U.K.
Melnick, MD, MPH	Douglas	Board certified Preventive Medicine Physician	U.S.
Patz, Jr., D	Edward F.	James and Alice Chen Professor of Radiology, Professor in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center	U.S.
Poses, MD	Roy	President, Foundation for Integrity and Responsibility in Medicine; Chief Blogger, Health Care Renewal blog, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brow	U.S.
Rubin, MD, PhD	Robert	Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, UCLA	U.S.
Schriger, MD	David	UCLA	U.S.
Shamoo, PhD*	Adil	Citizens For Responsible Care and Research (CIRCARE)	U.S.
Susman, MD	Jeffrey	Editor-in-chief, Journal of Family Practice and physician editor, UptoDate Family Practice	U.S.
Turner, MD	Erick		U.S.
Weed, MD	Harrison G.	Professor of Internal Medicine	U.S.
Weiss, MD DrPH	Noel S.	Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington	U.S.
Whitehouse MD-PhD	Peter J.	Professor, Case Western Reserve	U.S.
Whittle, MD, MPHJ	Jeffrey	Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin; Deputy Editor Journal of General Internal Medicine	U.S.
Wood, M.B., Ch.B.,	Alastair		U.S.

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