====== Medical Schools ======

===== American Medical Schools =====

AMA Archive 1860 History of Medicine 

p 14 "The medical profession in the United States, and indeed, throughout the civilized world, constitutes an important part of society; for while, on the one hand its ranks can boast, not only of names of the highest eminence in every department of science and literature, but can also claim to be equal with the foremost in every enterprise for extending human knowledge, and ameliorating human suffering, its free access to the homes and firesides of all classes, gives it a moral and social influence of the most potent character."

p 19 "A Guide in Small Pox and Measles" published in 1677 is said to be the first medical publication in America. ((https://ama.nmtvault.com/jsp/PsImageViewer.jsp;jsessionid=D007D93A7EB11B15E8853578FB8E1734?doc_id=e7b3b08e-5d2a-40d6-ac45-b8b6ada9325f%2Fama_arch%2FAD000001%2F0041HIST))


==== Duke School of Medicine ====

Dr. Ralph Snyderman received what must have been a somewhat unpleasant and galling email last summer. A graduate student at the University of North Carolina, who was studying financial influence in medicine, had stumbled across a letter that Snyderman had published in the medical journal [[:JAMA]]. That letter in JAMA, the graduate student emailed Dr. Snyderman, did not disclose the several boards he served on—including Purdue Pharma.

“The only affiliation I had that was relevant to the views expressed in the letter was disclosed—my position at the Duke Center for Research on Personalized Health Care,” Snyderman replied, while also accusing the student of the “false premise” that all affiliations must be disclosed. “I expect you will discuss this with your faculty advisor and that your final publication will reflect the corrections noted above. I would be happy to clarify any remaining issues.”

Except for a short break to work at [[:Genentech]] in the 1980’s, Snyderman has been on faculty at Duke University since the early 1970’s. He later served as Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine from 1989 to 2004, and became the first president and CEO of the [[:Duke University Health System]]. Today, Duke’s medical school ranks third in the nation for research.

In 2014, a business paper in North Carolina reported that Duke paid Snyderman $7 million—the highest compensation for anyone at Duke.

Snyderman’s board membership at [[:Purdue]] is public knowledge and has been reported on by several media outlets. On January 31, 2019, Massachusetts’ Attorney General Maureen Healey filed a complaint against the Sackler family claiming that they should be held personally liable for Purdue’s actions. This complaint named several members of Purdue’s board, including Ralph Snyderman.

Glazek’s piece titled, “The Secretive Family Making Billions From the Opioid Crisis,” appeared on Esquire’s website on October 16, 2017. According to a court statement later signed by Snyderman, he left Purdue’s board two weeks after this date, on October 30, 2017.

According to the complaint, Snyderman voted with the Sacklers to hire hundreds more sales reps to sell opioids; to implement incentive compensation policies that aggressively drove opioid sales; and, to pay out millions of dollars to convicted criminals Michael Friedman and Howard Udell to help the Sacklers keep their loyalty.((https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/when-a-unc-grad-student-confronted?s=r))