Mark A. Crislip, MD
Founding Fellow
Portland, Oregon, USA
Mark Crislip, MD, has been a practicing Infectious Disease specialist in Portland, Oregon, since 1990. Dr Crislip is creator of numerous online sources of information. He produces two podcasts: the award-winning Quackcast, a skeptical podcast review of supplements, complementary and alternative medicine, and the Persiflagers Infectious Disease Puscast, a review of infectious disease issues. He also writes an online guide to infectious diseases called The Persilflagers Annotated Compendium of Infectious Disease Facts, Dogma and Opinion, as well as Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor, an infectious disease blog hosted by Medscape.
Science Based Medicine Blog:
- “Risibility: the superior therapeutic intervention?” 2010 July 30.
- “Bought and sold: who should pay for CME,” 2010 Jul 16.
- “Acupuncture CME,” 2010 Jul 2.
- “Medical voices: always in error, never in doubt,” 2010 Jun 18.
- “Mumps,” 2010 Jun 4.
- “Lying liars and their lying lies,” 2010 May 27.
- “Epiphany,” 2010 May 21.
- “Nine questions, nine answers,” 2010 May 7.
- “NDE update,” 2010 Apr 23.
- “Outbreaks,” 2010 Apr 9.
- “Just the facts,” 2010 Mar 12.
- “Changing climate, changing infections,” 2010 Feb 26.
- “Changing your mind,” 2010 Feb 12.
- “The Tamiflu spin,” 2010 Jan 29.
- “$10,000 reward not offered for scientific proof of supplements and alternative medicine therapies and effectiveness,” 2010 Jan 20.
- “You. You. Who are you calling a You You?” 2010 Jan 15.
- “Causation and Hill’s Criteria,” 2010 Jan 1.
- “Measles,” 2009 Dec 18.
- “Lose those holiday pounds,” 2009 Dec 4.
- “‘Move along. Nothing to see here’ — F. Drebin,” 2009 Nov 20.
- “Yes, but: the annotated Atlantic,” 2009 Nov 7.
- “Hi ho Silver,” 2009 Oct. 23.
- “Oh Canada,” 2009 Oct 17
- “Flu vaccine efficacy,” 2009 Oct 9.
- “What’s wrong with this picture?” 2009 Sept 30.
- “Cold flusion?” 2009 Sep 30.
- “Boost your immune system?” 2009 Sep 25.
- “More flu woo for you, Boo Boo,” 2009 Sep 11.
- “The microbial metagenome,” 2009 Aug 14.
- “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” 2009 Jul 31.
- “The Marshall Protocol,” 2009 Jul 17.
- “The evil league of evil is nothing in comparison,” 2009 Jul 3.
- “Naturopathic prescribing: the Dark Side beckons,” 2009 Jun 19.
- “Herd immunity,” 2009 Jun 5.
- “Homeopathy and sepsis,” 2009 May 22.
- “Flu woo hodge podge,” 2009 May 8.
- “14 studies later*,” 2009 Apr 24.
- “Rhinos and tigers and bears. Oh my,” 2009 Mar 27.
- “A medical-skeptical classic,” 2009 Feb 27.
- “Live blood analysis: The modern auguries,” 2009 Feb 13.
- “Reality deniers,” 2009 Jan 30.
- “Probiotics,” 2009 Jan 16.
- “AARP and alternative medicine,” 2009 Jan 2.
- “Influenza deaths,” 2008 Dec 19.
- “Google trends and the interest in alternative medicine,” 2008 Dec 6.
- “The infection schedule versus the vaccination schedule,” 2008 Nov 21.
- “‘It’s just a theory,’” 2008 Nov 7.
- “51 ‘facts’ about homeopathy,” 2008 Oct 24.
- “I no longer love a parade,” 2008 Oct 9.
- “A budget of anecdotes,” 2008 Sep 25.
- “Amanda Peet is my hero(1),” 2008 Aug 14.
- “Chiropractic and stroke: evaluation of one paper,” 2008 Jul 17.
- “The placebo myth,” 2008 Jul 3.
- “Connections,” 2008 Jan 5.
- “The real ID,” 2008 May 22.
- “Near death experiences and the medical literature,” 2008 May 8.
- “One hand clapping,” 2008 Apr 30.
- “My woo: a confession,” 2008 Mar 27.
- “Persistence of memory,” 2008 Mar 13.
- “A foolish consistency,” 2008 Feb 28.
- “Alternative flight,” 2008 Jan 31.
Other Writings:
- “Do children get too many immunizations? The answer is no,” with SJ Barrett, Quackwatch, 2010 May 29 (revised).
- “Naturopathy providers water down health care,” Portland Insight, 2010 May 20.
In the news:
- “Paging Dr. Alternative: state pushing naturopaths to fill shortage in primary care,” by Peter Korn, Portland Tribune, 2010 Apr 1.
Selected Appearances:
- “The vaccine pseudo-controversy,” Oregonians for Science and Reason, 2010 June 4.
“Interview with Mark Crislip,” podcast, 2009 Apr 30.
Awards:
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