Ivan Oransky MD

Ivan Oransky, MD, is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University’s Carter Journalism Institute, where he has taught medical reporting in the Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program since 2002, and vice president for editorial at Medscape. He is co-founder of Retraction Watch, a site that reports on scientific integrity, fraud, and other issues. He previously was global editorial director of MedPage Today, executive editor of Reuters Health, and held editorial positions at Scientific American and The Scientist. A clinical assistant professor of medicine at NYU, Oransky has also taught at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism and has written for publications from Nature to the New York Times. He currently serves as president of the Association of Health Care Journalists.