Brief Biography of
Gary Posner
Name: Gary P. Posner
Born (YYYY.MM.DD): 1950.01.27
Occupation: Physician (Internist), Medical software company executive
Degrees:
- M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1976
- B.S. with High Honors, University of Maryland, College Park,1972 (Phi Beta Kappa)
Affiliations:
- American College of Physicians -- American Society of Internal
Medicine
- Tampa Bay
Skeptics (Founder; Editor and
Publisher of "Tampa Bay Skeptics Report" 1988 to present)
- Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) (Scientific and Technical Consultant 1992 to present; Member of UFO Subcommittee)
- Faith-healing Investigation Project, Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion (CSER) (Member 1986-90)
- Mensa (Founder and National Coordinator of "SKEPTICS" Service 1987 to present)
Publications:
- Chapter on "Noreen
Renier" in Psychic
Sleuths: ESP and Sensational Cases (Prometheus Books, 1994)
- "Skeptically Speaking"
column in Tampa Bay Sounding (newsletter of Tampa Bay Mensa), 1991-94
- "Tampa Bay's 'Virgin Mary Apparition,'"
Free Inquiry, Spring 1997
- "Noreen Renier 'Put to the Test' - Hollywood TV Style,"
Skeptical Inquirer, Sept/Oct 1996
- "Examining an 'Unsolved Mysteries' Report of a 'Miraculous' Cure,"
Skeptical Inquirer, Sept/Oct 1995
- "Medical Practice Enters a New Age"
(book review of "Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine" by Dr. Larry Dossey),
Skeptical Inquirer, Summer 1994
- "NBC's
Cynically Skewed Reporting on the Power of Prayer," Free
Inquiry, Summer 1994
- "Nation's Mathematicians Guilty of Innumeracy," Skeptical Inquirer, Summer 1991
- "Tampa
Bay's Weeping Icon Fiasco," Skeptical Inquirer, Summer
1990
- "God in the CCU?," Free Inquiry, Spring 1990
- "A
Case of Immaculate Abortion?," Free Inquiry, Summer
1988
- "Nonhealing a
Nonexistent Tumor," Free Inquiry, Winter 1986-87
Other Relevant Misc. Info:
- Medical Consultant for "The Faith Healers" by James Randi (Prometheus Books, 1987)
Selected Media/Community Appearances:
- "The Unexplained" (episode on "Psychic Detectives"), A&E Network (1997)
- "Dr. Kate [Wachs] Show," WGN Radio, Chicago (1995)
- "Kathy Fountain Show," WTVT TV, Tampa (1989, 1993, 1994)
- "Bob Lassiter Show," WSUN Radio, St. Petersburg (1994)
- "Lionel Show," WFLA Radio, Tampa (1991, 1992)
- "Ken Charles Show," WWNZ Radio, Orlando (1991)
- "Gardner and Company," WFLA Radio, Tampa (1989)
- "Larry Glick Show," WHDH Radio, Boston (1989)
- "Sandy Payton Show," WNWS Radio, Miami (1989)
- "Bev Smith Show," WKIS Radio, Orlando (1986)
- Society of Professional Journalists (Tampa Bay chapter) meeting panelist (1991, 1994)
- University of South Florida "Brown Bag Series" Lecture, St. Petersburg campus (1989)
- Eckerd College "Program Series" Lecture, St. Petersburg (1989)
Homepage URL: http://members.aol.com/garypos/home.html
