Ten top doctors sent a letter to Columbia University urging the school to remove TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position because he is a 'charlatan ' who promotes 'quack treatments ' . Dr Oz , 54 , is the vice chairman and professor of surgery at Columbia 's College of Physicians and Surgeons . The Harvard-educated doctor joined the faculty at Columbia in 1993 . Scroll down for video . Ten top doctors sent a letter to Columbia University urging the school to remove TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position because he is a 'charlatan ' who promotes 'quack treatments ' The doctors sent the letter to Lee Goldman , the dean of Columbia 's Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine . Dr Henry Miller of California 's Stanford University led the effort and he was the first person to sign the letter , the New York Daily News reported . Columbia 's Medical and Health Sciences Center . Miller said : 'He 's a quack and a fake and a charlatan . ' I think I know the motivation at Columbia . 'They 're star-struck , and like having on their faculty the best-known doctor in the country . 'But the fact is that his advice endangers patients , and this does n't seem to faze them . ' The nine other doctors from across the country included Dr Joel Tepper , a cancer researcher from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine , and Dr Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health in New York City . The physicians accused Dr Oz of pushing 'miracle ' weight-loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work . The doctors wrote that Oz , for years a world-class Columbia cardiothoracic surgeon , has 'misled and endangered ' the public . The letter read : 'He has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain . 'Thus , Dr Oz is guilty of either outrageous conflicts of interest or flawed judgments about what constitutes appropriate medical treatments , or both . From left to right , Dr Phil McGraw , financial advisor Suze Orman , host Oprah Winfrey , Dr Mehmet Oz and interior designer Nate Berkus participate in The Oprah Winfrey Show live from Radio City Music Hall in 2010 . The New York Ivy League school responded Thursday , issuing a statement to The Associated Press saying only that the school 'is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members ' freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion . ' Dr Oz first came to public attention as a frequent television guest of Oprah Winfrey . For the past five years , he 's been the host of The Dr Oz Show . Last year , he appeared before a US Senate panel that accused him of endorsing products that were medically unsound . At the time , the doctor acknowledged some of the products he advised his viewers to use 'do n't have the scientific muster to present as fact . ' A show representative did not immediately return a call Thursday from the AP seeking comment . As vice chairman of Columbia 's surgery department , Dr Oz still occasionally teaches , said Douglas Levy , spokesman for the Columbia University Medical Center .
OzMehmet Oz is on staff at Columbia 's College of Physicians and Surgeons . Dr Mehmet Oz is the vice chairman and professor of surgery at the medical school . Group of ten top doctors sent letter to school urging for Mehmet Oz 's dismissal . Said there 's no scientific proof his 'miracle ' weight-loss supplements work . Columbia said it 'is committed to the principle of academic freedom ' University has not removed TV celebrity doctor from his faculty position .