Wallace Sampson

Wallace Sampson
Born(1930-03-29)March 29, 1930
Hollywood, California
DiedMay 25, 2015(2015-05-25) (aged 85)
Los Altos, California
NationalityAmerican

Wallace Sampson (March 29, 1930 – May 25, 2015),[1] also known as Wally,[2] was an American medical doctor and consumer advocate against alternative medicine and other fraud schemes.[3][4][5][6][7] He was an authority in numerous medical fields, including oncology, hematology, and pathology. He was Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine at Stanford University. He was the former Head of Medical Oncology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center,[4][5] and a member of the faculty at the Skeptic's Toolbox 1998–2008.

  1. ^ "Wallace Sampson 1930–2015". San Jose Mercury News. May 30, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Editors". sciencebasedmedicine.org. Science Based Medicine. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ Antiscience Trends in the Rise of the 'Alternative Medicine' Movement, Wallace Sampson, 17 DEC 2006, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, [1]
  4. ^ a b SFGate: Healthy Doubts, Wallace Sampson – Alternative medicine doesn't exist and acupuncture is useless, he says, Reyhan Harmanci, SF Chronicle, August 31, 2006, [2]
  5. ^ a b Closer to the Truth, Wallace Sampson, Physician, Consumer Health Advocate, Public Broadcasting System, [3]
  6. ^ Wallace Sampson, Science Based Medicine
  7. ^ Traditional Medicine and Pseudoscience in China: A Report of the Second CSICOP Delegation, Special Report, Barry L. Beyerstein and Wallace Sampson, Center for Inquiry, Volume 20.4, July / August 1996