Public physician Jen Gunter's important work taking down Goop is covered in today's New York Times, A Doctor Gives Gweneth Paltrow's Goop a Pelvic Exam. While controversial to some, Jen Gunter epitomizes what it is to be a public physician. In her self-styled form of public advocacy she has used her personally built site to help the consuming public separate hype ... Continue Reading about Jen Gunter | Small Potato with a Big Voice
Disclosure, Doctors and Social Media
As doctors and health professionals take to public spaces like Twitter and Facebook to curate and create we face new challenges. One of the challenges is how to disclose our relationship to the organizations and products. How do we disclose conflict of interest in so many different kinds of venues? This is an issue for doctors who have growing platforms that ... Continue Reading about Disclosure, Doctors and Social Media
Conflict of Interest and Medical Microcelebrities
Should individuals with access to health consumers be obligated to disclose conflict of interest? Yes. But it’s far from the standard of care. It used to be that the only people with influence were doctors. As a consequence, doctors are held to a high standard. Now if I eat a Pfizer-sponsored doughnut at grand rounds it's becomes part of the public record. Which ... Continue Reading about Conflict of Interest and Medical Microcelebrities
Ivy League Cardiologist
Twitter bios are interesting. They offer a tiny window into who we are. Recently I stumbled on a cardiologist who wasn't just a cardiologist. He was a (Insert name of Ivy League institution) cardiologist. He used his institution as a specific qualifier to define the very kind of cardiologist he believed he was. Twitter has grown lots of academic leaders in medicine ... Continue Reading about Ivy League Cardiologist
Startup Social Media Tips from TMCx Innovation
I was thrilled to work with Steven Cutbirth of W2O group helping the new TMCx Innovation cohort rethink their public presence. We built a case for steps for a stronger presence and had lots of constructive conversation. We worked through strategies for a couple of the TMCx Innovation companies. As an advisor to TMCx Innovation my mission was as much to motivate as to ... Continue Reading about Startup Social Media Tips from TMCx Innovation
Snapchat as Plastic Surgery’s New Medium
Snapchat Doctors: How Plastic Surgeons Have Gained an Ethically Questionable Following published last week in Allure details a loosely emerging trend among plastic surgeons using Snapchat to push their work. Condensed video sequences of tummy tucks, labioplasties and butt-lifts are published as carefully orchestrated Snaps for public entertainment and ... Continue Reading about Snapchat as Plastic Surgery’s New Medium