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George D. Lundberg (born March 21, 1933) is an American board-certified pathologist and writer.[1]
Lundberg served as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) for 17 years. In 1999, AMA Executive Vice President E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr. fired Lundberg from this position after publishing a controversial article on how college students define oral sex. When asked about firing Lundberg, AMA EVP E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr. said he was fired for "inappropriately and inexcusably interjecting JAMA into the middle of a debate that has nothing to do with science or medicine”. Lundberg's article coincided with President Clinton's impeachment trial during which the question of whether oral sex constitutes “sexual relations” was an issue.[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]
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- ^ 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. PMC 2654707. PMID 19295954. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
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