George D. Lundberg

George D. Lundberg (born March 21, 1933) is an American board-certified pathologist and writer.[1]

For seventeen years, Lundberg served as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In 1999, Lundberg was fired from this position after attempting to publish a controversial article on how college students define oral sex. The article coincided with President Clinton's impeachment trial.[2] Executives from the American Medical Association stated that the article had nothing to do with medicine and it jeopardized the high standard of the journal.[3]

Lundberg from February 1999 to January 2009, was the editor of Medscape.[4] He currently serves as an editor-at-large for the site.[5]

References

1. "George David Lundberg, M.D.". Retrieved December 08, 2018.
2. "Editor Fired Over Sex Article". CBS News. Retrieved December 08, 2018.
3. "Health Editor fired over oral sex story". BBC News. Retrieved December 08, 2018.
4. Romaine, M; Zatz, S; Brown, K; Lundberg, GD (2009). "So long but not farewell: The Medscape Journal of Medicine (1999-2009)". Medscape Journal of Medicine. 11 (1): 33. PMID 19295954. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
5. "George D. Lundberg, MD". Medscape. Retrieved December 08, 2018.

Further reading

• Fletcher, SW; Fletcher, RH (March 1999). "Medical editors, journal owners, and the sacking of George Lundberg". Journal of General Internal Medicine. 14 (3): 200–2. doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00347.x. PMC 1496545. PMID 10203629.
• Smith, TW (Autumn 1999). "The JAMA controversy and the meaning of sex". Public Opinion Quarterly. 63 (3): 385–400. doi:10.1086/297726. JSTOR 2991714.
• Brown, David (16 January 1999). "JAMA editor fired over Clinton conflict". Special Report: Clinton Accused. The Washington Post. p. A3.