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| Born | Mark Alden Crislip (1957-04-25)April 25, 1957 (age 67) |
| Citizenship | US |
| Education | University of Oregon (BS) Oregon Health & Science University (DM) |
| Known for | Scientific skepticism |
| Awards | Podcast Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Infectious diseases |
| Institutions | Adventist Medical Center,Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center,Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center |
| Website | edgydoc.com |
Mark Alden Crislip (born April 25, 1957) is an infectious disease doctor inPortland, Oregon[1] and former chief of infectious diseases atLegacy Health hospital system.[2][3] Crislip has generated three podcasts,QuackCast, PusCast, and Gobbet o' Pus. A writer for medicine-related blogs, he has compiled his blog posts into several books. He co-founded the Society for Science-Based Medicine and served as president from 2013 to 2019.
Crislip was born inCleveland, Ohio. He attended theUniversity of Oregon from 1979 to 1983, where he earned aBachelor of Science degree inphysics. He then earned aDoctor of Medicine (MD) degree at theOregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed aninternship andresidency atHennepin County Medical Center inMinneapolis in 1986, followed by afellowship atHarbor–UCLA Medical Center.[4] He is currently aboard-certified infectious disease specialist at several medical centers in the Portland area.[5]
Crislip was the producer and host of the podcastsQuackCast[6](2006–2019) andPusCast (2005–2021).[7] His podcastGobbet o' Pus was active as of 2022.[8]
For each episode ofQuackCast, Crislip delivered a monologue about a topic related to medicine, usually a critique of analternative medicine practice or set of beliefs. He was inspired to create his own science-based medicine show after listening to theSlacker Astronomy podcast.[9] The first episode ofQuackCast was released on 5 May 2006.[10] The podcast won threePodcast Awards in the Health/Fitness category, for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011.[11]
Since 2009, Crislip has been producing theGobbet o' Pus podcast which features short discussions of interesting cases he has encountered in his medical practice and other topics of interest to infectious disease specialists.[12][13]
PusCast (also known asPersiflagers Infectious Disease PusCast) was a bimonthly review of the infectious disease literature that ceased in early 2021.[14]
Crislip is listed as editor (emeritus) for theScience-Based Medicine blog where he regularly wrote posts on investigating the claims ofalternative medicine[15] until 2017.[16]He is the co-editor, along withSteven Novella andDavid Gorski, of a 12-volume series ofScience-Based Medicine Guides, based on posts from theScience-Based Medicine blog.[17]
He writes posts for aMedscape blog calledRubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor.[18] Crislip compiled selections from his blogs into twoe-books titledPuswhisperer: A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doc (2014),[19] andPuswhisperer Part Deux: Another Year of Pus (2016),[20]
He is also the author of a medical app forAndroid andiPhone calledInfectious Disease Compendium: A Guide to Infectious Diseases.[21]
Skeptic magazine published an article by Crislip in 2008 titled "Near Death Experiences and the Medical Literature," in which he criticized aLancet article that reported onnear-death experiences without considering all the physiological factors that may have accounted for patients' subjective experiences.[22]
Crislip was the president and co-founder of the Society for Science-Based Medicine (SfSBM), a nonprofit education and advocacy group.[23] From 2013 to 2019,[24] the SfSBM educated medical professionals and the general public about the importance of basing medical practices on science and advocated for laws to support the use of science in medicine.[25] The organization's website included awiki-based repository of material about questionable medical practices fromStephen Barrett'sQuackwatch website.[18]
He is a founding fellow of the Institute for Science in Medicine, anon-profit educational and policy institute that promotes science-based medical practices.[26]
Several organizations that promote science and skepticism have invited Crislip lecture on alternative medicine and theanti-vaccine movement. He has spoken atThe Amaz!ng Meeting three times, most recently in 2013.[27] In June 2010 he gave a talk called "The Vaccine Pseudo-Controversy" for theCenter for Inquiry Portland.[28] In November 2013 he spoke at a meeting of Oregonians for Science and Reason on the topic of "Supplement, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Myths."[29] He was also a featured speaker at theQED Conference inManchester, England in April 2014.[30]
Crislip is credited with an oft-cited quote critical ofintegrative medicine: "If you integrate fantasy with reality, you do not instantiate reality. If you mixcow pie withapple pie, it does not make the cow pie taste better; it makes the apple pie worse."[31][32][33]
Crislip has been on the Top Docs list published byPortland Monthly magazine several times,[21] most recently in 2014.[34]U.S. News & World Report listed him as a Top U.S. Physician in 2012. Hospital residents named him "Attending Most Likely to Tell It Like It Is."[21]
As of 6/19 the Society is undergoing reorganization with a merger with Science-Based Medicine.
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