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Mark Crislip
Crislip in 2014
Born
Mark Alden Crislip

(1957-04-25) April 25, 1957 (age 67)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
CitizenshipUS
EducationUniversity of Oregon (BS)
Oregon Health & Science University (DM)
Known forScientific skepticism
AwardsPodcast Award
Scientific career
FieldsInfectious diseases
InstitutionsAdventist Medical Center, Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
Websiteedgydoc.com

Mark Alden Crislip (born April 25, 1957) is an infectious disease doctor in Portland, Oregon[1] and former chief of infectious diseases at Legacy 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.

Biography

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Crislip was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended the University of Oregon from 1979 to 1983, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. He then earned a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed an internship and residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis in 1986, followed by a fellowship at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center.[4] He is currently a board-certified infectious disease specialist at several medical centers in the Portland area.[5]

Podcasts

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Crislip was the producer and host of the podcasts QuackCast[6] (2006–2019) and PusCast (2005–2021).[7] His podcast Gobbet o' Pus was active as of 2022.[8]

For each episode of QuackCast, Crislip delivered a monologue about a topic related to medicine, usually a critique of an alternative medicine practice or set of beliefs. He was inspired to create his own science-based medicine show after listening to the Slacker Astronomy podcast.[9] The first episode of QuackCast was released on 5 May 2006.[10] The podcast won three Podcast Awards in the Health/Fitness category, for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011.[11]

Since 2009, Crislip has been producing the Gobbet 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 as Persiflagers Infectious Disease PusCast) was a bimonthly review of the infectious disease literature that ceased in early 2021.[14]

Writings

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Mark Crislip at the QED Conference 2014

Crislip is listed as editor (emeritus) for the Science-Based Medicine blog where he regularly wrote posts on investigating the claims of alternative medicine[15] until 2017.[16] He is the co-editor, along with Steven Novella and David Gorski, of a 12-volume series of Science-Based Medicine Guides, based on posts from the Science-Based Medicine blog.[17]

He writes posts for a Medscape blog called Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor.[18] Crislip compiled selections from his blogs into two e-books titled Puswhisperer: A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doc (2014),[19] and Puswhisperer Part Deux: Another Year of Pus (2016),[20]

He is also the author of a medical app for Android and iPhone called Infectious 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 a Lancet article that reported on near-death experiences without considering all the physiological factors that may have accounted for patients' subjective experiences.[22]

Other activities

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Mark Crislip (left) with David Gorski at The Amaz!ng Meeting 2011

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 a wiki-based repository of material about questionable medical practices from Stephen Barrett's Quackwatch website.[18]

He is a founding fellow of the Institute for Science in Medicine, a non-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 the anti-vaccine movement. He has spoken at The Amaz!ng Meeting three times, most recently in 2013.[27] In June 2010 he gave a talk called "The Vaccine Pseudo-Controversy" for the Center 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 the QED Conference in Manchester, England in April 2014.[30]

Crislip is credited with an oft-cited quote critical of integrative medicine: "If you integrate fantasy with reality, you do not instantiate reality. If you mix cow pie with apple pie, it does not make the cow pie taste better; it makes the apple pie worse."[31][32][33]

Awards

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Crislip has been on the Top Docs list published by Portland 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]

Books

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  • Puswhisperer 4: A Fourth Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor (2020) ISBN 9781938463808
  • Puswhisperer III: A Third Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor (2018) ISBN 9781938463327
  • Puswhisperer II: Another Year of Pus (2015) ISBN 9781938463648
  • Puswhisperer: A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor (2014) ISBN 9781938463624

References

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  1. ^ Painter, Kim (17 July 2016). "'Dry needling' for pain therapy is under scrutiny". USA Today. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ Bodman, Susannah (5 October 2014). "2013-14 flu season: The misery continues for Oregonians". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ Terry, Lynne (3 January 2014). "Flu victims filling up Portland-area emergency rooms as season gets early start". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Dr. Mark A. Crislip, MD". HealthGrades. Health Grades, Inc. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Dr. Mark Crislip, Infectious Disease Specialist". U.S. News & World Report. Dyer, Kerry F. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. ^ Jolley, Chuck (23 October 2013). "Jolley: Five Minutes with Vani Hari and why does she matter". Drovers. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Pusware". Pusware. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. ^ "Gobbet o Pus". Pusware. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. ^ "Skeptiles: Episode 32 – Dr. Mark Crislip, MD". Skeptiles Podcast. 23 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  10. ^ Crislip, Mark. "Quackcasts (mp3)". Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Podcast Awards 2005–2012". Podcast Awards. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  12. ^ Nickson, Chris (2010-06-13). "A Gobbet O' Pus". Life in the Fast Lane. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  13. ^ Crislip, Mark. "A Gobbet O' Pus". Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  14. ^ Crislip, Mark. "Puscast". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  15. ^ Flam, Faye (1 April 2015). "How To Avoid Being Fooled By Health Claims: A Few Simple Rules". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  16. ^ Crislip, Mark (2017-06-23). "So Long and Thanks for All the SCAM". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  17. ^ "Mark Crislip's Books". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  18. ^ a b Sturgess, Kylie (11 January 2014). "Episode One Hundred And Seventy Four – On Art And Science – Carbon Dating And The Society for Science-Based Medicine". Token Skeptic. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  19. ^ Crislip, Mark (2012). Puswhisperer: A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doc. Pusware LLC.
  20. ^ Crislip, Mark (2012). Puswhisperer Part Deux: Another Year of Pus. Pusware LLC.
  21. ^ a b c "Mark Crislip Biography". Smashwords. Smashwords, Inc. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  22. ^ Crislip, Mark (2008). "Near Death Experiences and the Medical Literature". Skeptic. 14 (2).
  23. ^ Volokh, Eugene (April 8, 2015). "Society for Science-Based Medicine is "media defendant" under Florida statute". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  24. ^ "SFSBM - Society for Science-Based Medicine". www.sfsbm.org. Retrieved 2022-06-26. As of 6/19 the Society is undergoing reorganization with a merger with Science-Based Medicine.
  25. ^ Crislip, Mark (2014-01-06). "Announcing the Society for Science-Based Medicine". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  26. ^ "ISM – Our Fellows". ISM Website. Institute for Science in Medicine. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  27. ^ "Speakers". The Amaz!ng Meeting 2013. James Randi Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  28. ^ "The Vaccine Pseudo-Controversy". Meetup. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  29. ^ "Supplement, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Myths". Oregonians for Science and Reason. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  30. ^ "Guest Speakers". QED: Question, Explore, Discover. North West Skeptical Events Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  31. ^ Gorski, David H (1 September 2013). "Complementary therapies in radiation oncology: mixing cow pie with apple pie?". Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 18 (3): 133–135. doi:10.1111/fct.12029. ISSN 2042-7166.
  32. ^ Osborne, Hannah (20 August 2014). "Clinical Trials of Homeopathy 'Essentially Test Whether Magic Works', Experts Say". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  33. ^ Carroll, Robert T. "Integrative medicine". The Skeptic's Dictionary. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  34. ^ "Who from Legacy made the local "top docs" list?". eDoc Talk News. Legacy Health. February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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