Editor Forced to Resign in Dispute Over Marketing of Medical Journal's Name

Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer, 66, will step down as editor on Sept. 1 and then begin a seven-month sabbatical until his contract expires on March 31, he and Dr. Jack T. Evjy, the society's president, said in interviews yesterday. Dr. Kassirer and Dr. Evjy declined to provide specifics of the dispute...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author Altman, Lawrence K
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 27.07.1999
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
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Editors
Health care industry
Kassirer, Jerome
Marketing
Resignations
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Summary:Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer, 66, will step down as editor on Sept. 1 and then begin a seven-month sabbatical until his contract expires on March 31, he and Dr. Jack T. Evjy, the society's president, said in interviews yesterday. Dr. Kassirer and Dr. Evjy declined to provide specifics of the dispute beyond saying it involved sharp differences in ''administrative and publishing issues.'' The forced resignation has caused several members of the society's publications committee, charged with guarding the integrity of the journal, to consider resigning in protest. One, Dr. John T. Harrington, the dean of Tufts University School of Medicine, said he resigned because the dispute and its resolution ''were not brought to the committee's attention until they were presented as a fait accompli'' at a meeting on July 14. Dr. Kassirer was a Tufts faculty member before becoming editor.
ISSN:0362-4331