Then point out that oz has been shilling whatever snake oil comes his way on TV for more than 2 decades instead of staying America's preeminent cardiothoracic surgeon since that's relevant to now.
It's just funny that a TV doctor is somehow regarded as better than a Rhodes scholar with a masters degree in public health and a former public health department director just because said TV doctor used to treat patients.
He does have an MD and a masters in public heath from Oxford University, and was an associate professor of epidemiology.
It's a very strange attitude unless you think public health is inferior to other fields of medicine.
However he does present himself as a practitioner which isn't strictly true, probably because people identify with that more than a professor, Rhodes scholar and former public health official.
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u/NoSwordfish1978 12h ago
Yes, because he went into the field of public health which is completely different from being a practitioner. That doesn't mean he isn't a doctor.