George D. Lundberg

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, Lundberg was fired from this position after publishing 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]

Career in Pathology

Career in Medical Editing

1974-1982: Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

January 2, 1982-January 15, 1999: Editor in Chief, JAMA, and VP for Scientific Information AMA, with editorial responsibility for JAMA, 10 AMA Archives Journals, and American Medical News.

1999- 2009: Editor in Chief, Medscape, MedGenMed, and The Medscape Journal of Medicine.

2010-2018: Editor in Chief, CollabRx.

2010-2013: Editor at Large, MedPage Today.

2018-2021: Editor in Chief and Contributing Editor: Cancer Commons.

2016-2021: Editor in Chief, Curious Dr.George.

2013-2021: Editor at Large, Medscape.

Practice-changing Innovations

Editorial and Publishing Inventions of Lasting Value

In collaboration with many others, led:

  • The transition of peer review from art toward science by initiating the (evolved into Quadrennial) International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication in 1986. [6]
  • The concept of dedicated Theme Issues for medical journals, beginning in August 1983 with the JAMA (became annual) Hiroshima issue dedicated to the prevention of Nuclear War.[7]
  • Other annual theme issues on Caring for the Un and Underinsured, Violence as a Public Health Issue, HIV-AIDS, and Medical Education.[8]
  • The Ethics of the Medical Internet [9]
  • Primary source, peer reviewed, exclusively electronic medical journals. [10]

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. PMC 2654707. PMID 19295954. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  5. "George D. Lundberg, MD". Medscape. Retrieved December 08, 2018.
  6. International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication https://peerreviewcongress.org/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Forrow, Lachlan (August 5, 1998). "Medicine and Nuclear War From Hiroshima to Mutual Assured Destruction to Abolition 2000". JAMA. 280 (1998, 280(5)): 456–461. doi:10.1001/jama.280.5.456. PMID 9701082.
  8. Blendon, Robert J. (1991). "Caring for the Uninsured Choices for Reform". JAMA. 1991, 265(19) (19): 2563-2565. doi:10.1001/jama.1991.03460190141037.
  9. Editor in Chief. "The Ethics of the Medical Internet". Medscape. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  10. Romaine, Michele (2009). "So Long but Not Farewell: The Medscape Journal of Medicine (1999-2009)". Medscape Journal of Medicine. 11 (1): 33. PMC 2654707. PMID 19295954.

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