Harriet Hall

Harriet A. Hall
Hall speaking in 2016
Birth name	Harriet Anne Hoag[1]
Born	(1945-07-02)July 2, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	January 11, 2023(2023-01-11) (aged 77) Puyallup, Washington, U.S.
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1969–1989
Rank	Colonel
Awards	Meritorious Service Medal
Alma mater	University of Washington
Spouse(s)	Kirk Hall
Children	2
Other work	Medical blogger and critic of alternative medicine
Website	www.skepdoc.info
The voice of Harriet Hall recorded in March 2014

Harriet A. Hall (July 2, 1945 – January 11, 2023) was an American family physician, U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, author, science communicator and skeptic. She wrote about alternative medicine and quackery for the magazines Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer and was a regular contributor and founding editor of Science-Based Medicine. She wrote under her own name or used the pseudonym "The SkepDoc". After retiring as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Hall was a frequent speaker at science and skepticism related conventions in the US and around the world.