Gorski under Attack

I received the following message from Liz Ditz. I read the AoA article this morning and thought there might be trouble when someone listed emails and addresses from Dr. Gorski's boss and board members. Please send a message of support to Dr. Gorski's Board of Directors to counteract the smear campaign from AoA.

From: Liz Ditz
To: Storkdok
Subject: Gorski under attack
Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 2:44 pm
I had an email conversation with Gorski this morning. This is not fun for him as the AoA minions have emailed the entire list below with criticism of Gorski and alleged COIs.

Gorski said it wouldn't hurt if people who support and admire his work would send emails of support. It's better if the email of support only references the SBM article.

This is the science-based medicine article

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5627




The age of autism article

http://www.ageofautism/ DOT com/2010/06/david-gorskis-

financial-pharma-ties-what-he-didnt-tell-you.html

The contact info that age of autism commenter "make autism stop" published

http://www.ageofautism/ DOT com/2010/06/david-gorskis-financial-pharma-ties-what-he-didnt-tell-you.html?cid=6a00d8357f3f2969e2013484b00ab0970c#comment-6a00d8357f3f2969e2013484b00ab0970c

Wayne State University Board of Directors:
Phone:
(313) 577-2034


Mailing Address:
656 West Kirby
Room 4231 FAB
Detroit, MI 48202

Board Members:

Tina Lynn Abbott bj4325@wayne.edu
Richard Howard Bernstein cu3121@wayne.edu
Eugene Driker as1223@wayne.edu
Diane Lynne Dunaskiss ag1268@wayne.edu
Deborah I. Dingell cz6530@wayne.edu
Paul E. Massaron aj0252@wayne.edu
"Gary S. Pollard" ec3616@wayne.edu
Annetta Thelma Miller ai2291@wayne.edu and annetta@wayne.edu 313-577-2034

Wayne State Office of the Secretary:
Julie H. Miller, Secretary to the Board of Governors and Secretary of the University julie.h.miller@wayne.edu
Teresa M. Boczar, Executive Secretary
teresa.m.boczar@wayne.edu and
ab8086@wayne.edu
Debra L. Harris, Lead Secretary debra.harris@wayne.edu

kim's comment (an AoA minion, edited email by me)

http://www.ageofautism/ DOT com/2010/06/david-gorskis-financial-pharma-ties-what-he-didnt-tell-you.html?cid=6a00d8357f3f2969e20133f188083f970b#comment-6a00d8357f3f2969e20133f188083f970b


Use sos's links to email the board of the school ASAP. from their website:
The Wayne State University Board of Governors and 2 of its standing committees will meet on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in Rooms BC at McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 W. Ferry Mall, Detroit, Michigan 48202. The Standing Committees will begin at 10:00 a.m., and the Board meeting at 3:00 p.m.

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Liz Ditz

check my personal blog: http://lizditz.typepad.com/
check my blog on academic remediation: http://lizditz.typepad.com/academic_remediation/
editor, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/

Addendum:

Here is my message to the Board of Directors:

From:	storkdok@aol.com
To:	bj4325@wayne.edu; cu3121@wayne.edu; as1223@wayne.edu; ag1268@wayne.edu; cz6530@wayne.edu; aj0252@wayne.edu; ec3616@wayne.edu; annetta@wayne.edu; julie.h.miller@wayne.edu; teresa.m.boczar@wayne.edu; ab8086@wayne.edu; debra.harris@wayne.edu
Subject:	Dr. David Gorski
Date:	Mon, Jun 21, 2010 4:59 pm

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To the Board of Directors at Wayne State University:

I wanted to write in support of Dr. Gorski and the research he is undertaking. In a recent blog he described the research he is doing with Riluzole and breast cancer. He described the history of Riluzole and it's use in ALS, how it was developed and then Drs. Goydos and Chen discovered that it inhibited melanoma, continued research with melanoma and now have evidence of it's potential beneficial use for metastatic melanoma patients. He described how this medication could potentially be beneficial in the treatment of breast cancer.

Dr. Gorski has the ability to explain very difficult scientific and biologic concepts in ways that a layman (and even an OB/GYN!) can understand. He also is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in science and in turn, science-based medicine, and has been very educational, as well as entertaining, on his blog. I have been following Dr. Gorski's blogging for a few years now, and have appreciated his skepticism and ability to verbalize what is pseudoscience, or quackery, and how to recognize it and effectively counteract it. As the mother of a child with autism, I discovered a whole world of non-evidence based pseudoscientific practices that are being used on children with autism. As a physician, I have appreciated his clear analysis of the specifics of autism quackery.

I am saddened that today I have learned that there is an attempt by the adherents of autism quackery to smear Dr. Gorski with supposed "Conflict of Interest" with a pharmaceutical company. Unfortunately, these are the same people who have attempted to smear, and have actually threatened, Dr. Paul Offit and other physicians and scientists who support science-based medicine and speak out about vaccinations not causing autism.

Because of this, I wanted to let you know I lend my support to Dr. Gorski and his research, medical practice, and blogging endeavors, and am very thankful for his efforts to educate and promote science-based practices.

Thank you for your time.

Yours Sincerely,
Storkdok, M.D.