He said: I took the American Board of Ophthalmology (the largest governing body in ophthalmology) boards in 1995, passed them on my first attempt (as well as three times during residency), and was therefore board-certified under this organization for a decade. A representative for the hospital did not respond to our questions about the way Paul was presented on their website in 2013, but directed us back to the "active physicians" listed on it, and Paul is no longer there. Degree in English??????????? >> A better question would be how in the bloody hell did a non-graduate of Baylor get into Duke Medical School? Baylor is hardly one of Americas premier institutes of higher education, and while Duke may have technically allowed admission to those without Bachelors Degrees, I cannot imagine it was a regular occurrence. This Restatement addresses medical liability . "[The administration] should be honest about that.". Dr. Paul does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Sorry. I would look askance at someone with only a GED claiming to be a high school graduate,. Cardiology - 6%. (He may beat me in the convention delegate count, but not by that much. 5 W All Rights Reserved. Clavin:..But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. Paul's medical license is active. None of that is relevant to anything. From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a physician, has attracted widespread attention with public comments about the virus such as a recent video in which he. /Names << /Dests 2 0 R>> Upon completion of his training in 1993, Dr. Paul and Kelley moved to Bowling Green to start their family and begin his ophthalmology practice. I view it as more of a short cut than trying to say Inwas a biology major and am doctor.. Since RAnd Paul actually did pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination and was matched to an ophthalmology residency, not only was Rand Paul smart enough for Duke Medical School but he was obviously smarter than some of his fellow students at Duke. Which, frankly, so do Iand I say that as a non-fan of either of the Pauls.. Too many people have been denied the chance of getting into medical school because of grade point average, and he gets in without completing a bachelor? The Appropriateness of Recommendations for Hysterectomy. Privacy Policy. Medical licensure sets the minimum competency requirements to diagnose and treat patients and is not specialty specific. I believe its medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males, he said. In my protest to the American Board, I asked, "If the ABO thinks that quality of care would be improved by board testing every decade, shouldn't this apply to all doctors, not just those of a certain age? He has also supported lessening the sentence for nonviolent marijuana offenders. @Tillman: As noted, I dont buy the spokesmans explanation. Degree without finishing undergrad? The competition is much tougher. Paul specializes in cataract and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants. @C. $105 Million. Despite intense interest, there have been few comprehensive studies characterizing differences in malpractice risk, by physician specialty. Because of the name. My dad did something similar. Paul . Merriam-Webster defines biology as a branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and vital processes. Dr. Paul never said he had an undergraduate degree in biology, and it is accurate for him to say that he has a biology degree. I have a biology degree, okay? Paul has had two malpractice lawsuits filed against him since 1993; was cleared in one case and the other was settled for $50,000. Paul moved to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1993. When 95% of the graduates of the Ivy League are Democrats, it makes sense that the Repubican Party is filled with hucksters, liars, and people with tainted personal histories. Dr Soh predicts many future medical malpractice law suits are in our not too distant future as a large mass of adults who had as children been allowed to transition to the opposite gender . 0000007623 00000 n Senator Rand Paul was a plaintiff in a civil injury case stemming from an incident where he was assaulted by a neighbor at his home. WTF does any of that have to do with anything? Washington slept around, Jefferson owned slaves, Lincolns wife was nuts, Grant drank, FDR concealed his polio and slept around, Clinton banged an intern, who cares? You know what else is relevant? 0000001335 00000 n Pauls communications director sent in this explanation: It is unfair to give Senator Paul 3 Pinocchiosbecause aM.D. Last week, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky used part of his allotted time during the Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Rachel Levine, President Joe Biden's pick for assistant secretary. However, when he graduated with his MD, he also got a bachelors degree in Human Biology from his med school (UMKC), whos graduation but not admission required a baccalaureate. Through this page you can find experienced lawyers across the United States, ready to assist you with your legal needs. 0 They obtain that license from a state's official medical licensing board, not a private entity like the AMA. Something is either true or not, there is no in between. endobj 0000028434 00000 n A substantial proportion of advanced imaging studies ordered by emergency physicians may be medically unnecessary. I have a real problem with rating lies. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Despite tremendous interest in medical malpractice and its reform, 1-10 data are lacking on the proportion of physicians who face malpractice claims according to physician specialty, the size of . The interesting thing about these references is that previously Pauls staff has blamed the media for misunderstanding his unusual educational background. Thats spineless and dishonest. I dont think my opinion of Rand Paul is relevant here, but Ill provide it anyway: I wouldnt vote for him, but I would probably enjoy him as President because he might *actually* shake things up for once. Rewarding the privileged is a time honored tradition. In 2010, reports emerged that Paul was not certified by a board for his specialty, at least. There he worked for Downing McPeak Vision Centers and the Gilbert Graves Clinic for about 15 years combined before launching his own ophthalmology practice in town. The made-up article says the AMA revoked Paul's license because "Senator Rand Paul has chosen politics over science-based medicine" with his opposition to mask mandates. The real number on Baylor is that its undergraduate 6-year graduation rate is lower than should be expected from its admissions criteria. And oh yeahhe worships the Aqua-Buddha. @superdestroyer: The real interesting question is whether he sat for his board exam in Ophthalmology and did not pass and thus, created his own board., @Stormy Dragon: At the graduate level, almost nobody is actually paying the sticker price for their education. The AMA explains on its website that physicians must be licensed ineach state where they practice. Dr. Fauci shouts back at Sen. Rand Paul over COVID-19 origin claims. /L 54981 Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensureshow Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentuckyand has been licensed since 1993. /MediaBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] To understand malpractice risk by specialty, Anupam B. Jena, Seth Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla, and Amitabh Chandra analyzed data from 1991 through 2005 for nearly 41,000 physicians covered by a large nationwide liability insurer. Never bothered to graduate from high school and went to MIT anyway. He was the president, his wife, Kelley Paul, was vice president and director, and Hilton Ashby, his father-in-law, was secretary. @Crusty Dem: Actually, Baylor is one of the top schools in the country, and has its own medical school. All too often he seems to give a statement a couple Pinocchios not for being false, but for not being what Kessler thought the guy should have said. 7 20 Lets be honest here. We reached out to Paul's office to get their response on the above reports and will update this piece if we receive more information. Oh well, whoever said life is fair, but we should at least stop pretending it is a meritocracy. If Paul had responded to Arringtons I have an econ degree with Im a medical doctor, it could have come across as high-handed, whereas I have a biology degree is jocular and allows the conversation to flow more naturally. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. Which makes people think, 'Oh, it's like AIDS. $38 Million. Why? /Length 5951 In 2013, The Washington Post wrote that Paul continued to present himself as board-certified even though the NBO had been out of business since 2011. When did Rand Paul go there? Its not a good school. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that mandating the COVID injection for children could lead to massive unintended consequences due to the health risks of the vaccine in that age group. The idea that Duke did not require an undergraduate degree at the time, which I find amazing, tells you why Paul chose to go there. Had I done so, my degree would have said engineering but I would have said I studied physics in college. @Crusty Dem: Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND, and Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND, by Anupam B. Jena, Seth A. Seabury, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Amitabh Chandra. In an interview with CNN last October, Dr. Paul shared the following comments: "[The Obama administration] has downplayed how transmissible [Ebola] is. Not exactly an Ivy League but a better than average university. Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions. endobj Explores structural determinants of health care processes, outcomes, and expenditures. Malpractice reforms should be assessed by how well they reduce litigation time without undermining patients' needs. 0000022552 00000 n But I think the parents should have some input." These results confirm malpractice rates in many high-risk specialties found in earlier research based on self-reporting.