Ivan Oransky, MD

Ivan Oransky, MD, is co-founder of Retraction Watch, editor in chief of Spectrum, and distinguished journalist in residence at New York University's Arthur Carter Journalism Institute. Ivan previously was vice president of editorial at Medscape, global editorial director of MedPage Today, executive editor of Reuters Health, and held editorial positions at Scientific American and The Scientist. He has also served as president of the Association of Health Care Journalists. A 2012 TEDMED speaker, he is the recipient of the 2015 John P. McGovern Medal for excellence in biomedical communication from the American Medical Writers Association, and in 2017 was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil laws from The University of the South (Sewanee). In 2019, the judges for the John Maddox Prize, which promotes those who stand up for science in the face of hostility, gave him a commendation for his work at Retraction Watch.