article_snippet.sent: The Harvard-educated doctor joined the faculty at Columbia's in 1993.
article_snippet.sent: Columbia's's Medical and Health Sciences and Medicine Center .
article_snippet.sent: I think I know the motivation at Columbia's. 'the motivation at Columbia're star-struck, and like having on the motivation at Columbia faculty the best-known doctor in the country. '
article_snippet.sent: The New York Ivy League school responded Thursday, issuing a statement to The Associated Press saying only that The New York Ivy League schoolis committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members' freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Columbia's said Columbia's 'is committed to the principle of academic freedom'
  University has not removed TV celebrity doctor from his faculty position .