Kimball Atwood
Kimball C. Atwood IV is an American medical doctor and researcher from Newton, Massachusetts. He is retired as an assistant clinical professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and anesthesiologist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Kimball Chase Atwood IV | |
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Atwood at CSICon in 2012 | |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Occupation(s) | Anesthesiologist, Internal Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor |
| Known for | Scientific skepticism and criticism of naturopathy |
| Relatives | Kimball C. Atwood III (father) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Anesthesiology, Assistant Professor |
| Institutions | Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine |
An active skeptic, Atwood has served as an associate editor of the journal Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine and as associate editor at Science-Based Medicine. He is also co-editor of Naturowatch, one of Quackwatch's affiliated sites. In 2010, Atwood was elected as one of sixteen Fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Atwood is best known as a critic of naturopathic medicine. His long term interest in pseudoscience was piqued in 2000 by a nursing conference held at his hospital where therapeutic touch and other alternative healing practices were promoted as effective treatments for pleural mesothelioma. Atwood represented the opposition to naturopathic physicians licensing in his state and was the primary author of the minority report opposing such licensure in Massachusetts.