Yay, Liz Brooks! This is exactly the point  I wanted to make. Linda, in addition to going up the chain of command/keeping them informed within your department,  consider starting with the hospital's Ethics Committee. COI in and of itself is not a "problem" when disclosed as with this; however, the person with the COI should recuse him/herself from decision making re: brand(s) to be used when having such a COI - and the reverse seems to be happening. It may also be possible to address his company marketing tactics. One caution, hospital politics may be the less obvious COI, but it sounds as if it may be part of it. 

Karen G



On Dec 10, 2014, at 12:00 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

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> Date:    Tue, 9 Dec 2014 12:28:47 -0500
> From:    Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Need to vent: Neonatologist employed by Mead Johnson
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> "He is on Brand E's payroll."
> 
> And he is swooping in and not only patronizingly bulldozing the
> evidence-base on human milk use in the NICU, but is having the institution
> switch to his other employer's brand?  And the *powdered* version?
> 
> This is laughably flagrant violation of conflict of interest, and something
> your hospital's risk management, patients' rights, and ethics committees
> might want to weigh in on.
> 
> -- 
> Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA
> Wyndmoor, PA, USA
> Secretary, U. S. Breastfeeding Cmte (2014-16)
> IBCLCs empower women and save babies' lives!
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