I thought this was hypocritical and unjust for the older ophthalmologists to exempt themselves from the recertification exam. 'It's Medical Malpractice to Force Vaccines on Children': Sen. Rand Paul Rand Paul claims to be a "board certified physician, but he isn't certified by the respected, century old American Board of Ophthalmology. 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. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. fee basis, so you don't pay unless we. @Crusty Dem: Actually, Baylor is one of the top schools in the country, and has its own medical school. Back in the 90s the ABO decided that the young MDs would have to get recertified every 10 years and all the MDs who were already certified were certified for life. The award consisted of $375,000 in punitive damages, with the remainder designated for medical bills, and pain and suffering. A substantial proportion of advanced imaging studies ordered by emergency physicians may be medically unnecessary. Research suggests they are, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends them for community use. Rand Paul makes up his own Board Certification in Opthalmology Paul was board-certified for around 10 years by the ABO until letting it lapse in 2005. It may merit a bit more attention than usual as he is a libertarian and an advocate of markets, yet here he is demonstrating how easily markets are perverted. Really???????????????? Regardless, his medical work has been praised by Downing and he has medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals. 0000000821 00000 n Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10 or higher for the best experience. Degree in English??????????? Rand Paul Not Really a Doctor Like in the Board-Certified Sense Paul is a trained ophthalmologist who has been practicing since 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Degree without finishing undergrad? I think Duke has probably moved up a notch or two since the 80s, but not much. The origin of the social media claims is astory on a satire website. He studied Biology and English at Baylor for three years before going to and graduating medical school. The Randal (Rand) Paul Jury Verdict 2199 - Medical Negligence - Following a cataract surgery, ophthalmologist criticized for failing to timely detect and treat an infection that later resulted in the loss of the eye Brown v. Paul, 01 CI 0937 Plaintiff: Charles D. Greenwell and Nancy J. Schook, Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville I guess having a Congressman as a father helps a lot. << Dr. Paul believes medical marijuana is a state's rights issue, not a federal one. If he were filling out a form which asked whether he was a college graduate, Id expect him to answer in the affirmative. Dr. Paul does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Dr. Paul completed a general surgery internship at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Ga., and completed his residency in ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center. All that that says is that the medical school has to be careful, and not admit too many. /Length 140 Had I done so, my degree would have said engineering but I would have said I studied physics in college. 0000000723 00000 n In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - As COVID cases nationwide and in Kentucky surge, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is offering solutions for combatting the virus. That is so uncommon that I have never heard of it, and heaven knows I read tons of CVs. "Like all of (Hall's)pieces, it links to a page called 'Is This Satire?' Its current standing is ranked as Bad on the Secretary of States site. If this were someone other than Rand Paul, the current bete noire of the Left, no one would care. But Im still not sure just exactly what it is he learned in all those years, as his vacillating on vaccinating shows a certain lack of biological knowledge. Dr. Paul supports vaccines, but believes they should be voluntary. Dr. Paul earned his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., in 1988. Honestly, this is trivial. 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. 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. 0000031367 00000 n Amusingly the same people who will give Paul a total pass on this have argued that pulling 7 vs 9 Gs with the Blue Angels clearly means Brian Williams is pathological (which he may be, but a small numerical difference is not proof of that). Some commenters on Instagram celebrated the decision to revoke Paul's license. But that entity is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which works with the American Medical Association to approve such specialty boards. A substantial proportion of advanced imaging studies ordered by emergency physicians may be medically unnecessary. Here are 10 things to know about the libertarian conservative's medical career and healthcare views. Nope, this is BS. The claim that Paul's medical license was revoked is FALSE, based on our research. Paul's medical license is active. << Public records showPaul has an active license to practice ophthalmology in Kentucky. $105 Million. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. "The American Medical Association (AMA) revoked the ophthalmologist's ability due to 'ethical concerns'and Pauls 'blatant disregard for the Hippocratic Oath.'". 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. Could Liability Concerns Derail Clinical Decision Support? Paul moved to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1993. Have you seen the way most physicians write? First, in an exchange with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Paul said: Arrington: Lets talk about economics because maybe you can actually explain this to me. << This gets back to the whole idea, does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Fox & Friends Wednesday that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was "nature's vaccine" and claimed it was "malpractice" and "not good science" to vaccinate . By that I mean that they need to be more involved with some sort of economic transaction every time they use their entitlement, and that means they have to bear more of the burden," according to Bloomberg Business. Yet another politician has exaggerated his qualifications. "[The administration] should be honest about that.". "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," Paul said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday. The difference between mean and median reflects a skewed distribution toward large payments in some specialties. At this link to the Duke student newspaper, from 2001, it says that 20% of undergraduate students were admitted for non-academic reasons (athletes, or children of donors). Based on his Senate website, Paul says he "currently performs pro-bono eye surgeries for patients across Kentucky. Medical schools have to be very careful of admitting someone who is just not prepared. Rand Paul : 206,986 : 58.8% : Republican: Trey Grayson: 124,864 35.4% Republican: Bill Johnson 7,861 2.2% Rand Paul thinks you shouldn't win big like he did in court Pediatrics - 5%. Paul is a trained ophthalmologist who has been practicing since 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. At the time, Dukes medical school did not require students to have a bachelors degree, though the policy has since changed, according to a 2010 report in the Lexington Herald-Leader. [ M^qcojV&Ap*\$>U7]DQ5@E{R\I0R(h9dE{@GPHuWP5}_6o}`Vwpo}P0+WKZ l\`Lgx'=#{ImQY{ 4 8-\uq;>)_{7H5h`|q>pP7%we6]oaNb}uV$c%kODWt:s$S 5jr>3>WH;%E!ub2oY1z:% JF%@ydSa;{C~fA5B?&q7iG1@[)yZ7". His comments on Ebola have also garnered media attention. Previous studies used older data with limited geographic coverage, relied on self-reports from limited samples with low response rates, or lacked information on physician specialty or payment size. Back when I was in college over 25 years ago it was pretty common for students who wanted to go to medical (or pharmacy school) to apply before hey completed their degrees. Sen. Rand Paul: 'It's Medical Malpractice to Force - NewsWars Linking and Reprinting Policy. Privacy Policy. Which, frankly, so do Iand I say that as a non-fan of either of the Pauls. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Dr. Paul is in favor of a free-market approach to healthcare. Today he practices in the Phoenix area. Pauls communications director sent in this explanation: It is unfair to give Senator Paul 3 Pinocchiosbecause aM.D. YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over COVID-19 video disputing cloth masks, Rand Paul's office confirms he did not call for a judge to subpoena antifa, Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Senator Rand Pauls Medical License Revoked, Fact check: Article falsely claims studies signal CDC admission that masks don't work. He attended Waco, Texas-based Baylor University to study biology and English, but left a few courses short of a diploma after he was accepted into medical school. Just as physicians' advice to patients is judged against professional standards, so the information and advice offered by physician . Jury Awards Senator Rand Paul $582,000 In Personal Injury Case First guest, many of the freshman are religious or attend Baylor due to family pressure and the students do not really like the campus. Upon completion of his training in 1993, Dr. Paul and Kelley moved to Bowling Green to start their family and begin his ophthalmology practice. (Those in a specialty with fewer than 200 physicians were grouped in a 25th, "other specialties," category.). USA TODAY reached out to several social media users who shared the posts. As a senator, he publically supported making medical expenses tax deductible, allowing businesses to provide coverage, allowing physicians to negotiate costs with insurance companies and Health Savings Accounts. He restarted the board officially in 2005 and filed annual reports until 2010, and the NBO was dissolved again by Kentucky in 2011. No, for example, wheat, corn, or rice have inherent value irregardless of whether moneysay for example, the currency of Zimbabweis exchangeable or not, but I suspect that what he said is not what he meant. Subscribe to the weekly Policy Currents newsletter to receive updates on the issues that matter most. Do you remember John McCain having surgery to remove an unsightly lump on/in his neck? 0000007623 00000 n is a biology degree. I would look askance at someone with only a GED claiming to be a high school graduate,. Understanding adverse events as the result of complex "systems" failures--rather than of individual negligence--may improve patient safety. 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. Given the public records describing the state of the NBO, Paul's own statements, his board certification by the ABO until 2005, and the lack of information around how he presents himself today, we rate this claim as a Mixture.. How the hell he get into Duke Medical School? In any case it certainly explains why he had to create his own Ophthalmology board in order to become board certified. You are making inferences from his statement that are unwarranted. Rand Paul claims the COVID vaccine increases heart health risks but ', "If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party, they're contagious and you can catch it from them," Dr. Paul continued. 5. Thank you for supporting our journalism. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute. Paul has, however, tweeted about volunteering at the TriStar Greenview Regional hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the name. Medical school is not like graduate school. In forming NBO, the younger ophthalmologists agreed to require recertification for all ophthalmologists. Andrew Hall's satire blog Laughing with Disbelief published the article Aug. 10. Kentucky doesn't require board certification for medical licensure, so Paul is still licensed to perform surgeries in the state, and he does. Sen. Rand Paul misunderstands transgender medicine. Here's the truth 0000020992 00000 n I dont care what specific degree Rand Paul got, MD is close enough to biology major. (Ron Paul, his father and the former member of Congress, does have a biology degree.). The 52-year-old former ophthalmologist's libertarian roots sets him apart from the expansive field of. In a 2010 interview, Dr. Paul said "You want to have more participation by the person who's receiving the entitlement. Laws limiting malpractice payments may lower state health care expenditures by between 3-4%. Personally I try to look at intent if possible. Describes how changes brought about by California Prop 46 may affect patients, doctors, plaintiffs, lawyers, the health care industry, and the public. So I could imagine a kind of coin that was exchangeable. He needs to cop to being a track star too! All that said, is this super important?Probably not. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 10 0 obj PDF TRANSPORTATION AND Support RAND Make a charitable - RAND Corporation 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. I know for damn sure that none of my fellow MDs were also getting degrees in English. Then managed to go through two post-docs before getting my doctorate. /Root 8 0 R Without getting access to MCAT scores and his original application, the most you can do is speculate. Specialties with higher proportions of claims do not always incur higher proportions of payments. Among physicians in neurosurgery, 19.1 percent annually faced a claim, but just 2.6 percent in psychiatry did (Figure 1). This only goes to 1994, but Duke was higher rated then than today. Medical Malpractice - Definition, Examples, Cases, Processes 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. ", 9. 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. 10. Board certification, however, demonstrates a physicians exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice, according to the American Board of Medical Specialties.". He was the president, his wife, Kelley Paul, was vice president and director, and Hilton Ashby, his father-in-law, was secretary. 0000018059 00000 n The grant money matters a lot. Above All 'Do No Harm': How Shall We Avoid Errors in Medicine? I know some Duke undergrad alumni from the 1970s who tell me their kids could never get in now, so Im extrapolating. Paulposted a video in which he claimed cloth masks weren't effective at slowing the spread of COVID-19. The perfect clown to be driving the Republican Clown Car. Using 30 y/o data when comparing universities is not the way to go these days. Emergency Medicine - 4%. /P 0 Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) warns mandating vaccines on specific age groups could come back to haunt some institutions because of the risk associated with those age groups. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, accessed Aug. 12. If you look at the US New rankings of top national universities, Baylor is around 70. What is this, middle school? 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 . 0000001335 00000 n There are a lot of us waltzing around with weird backgrounds and it is always infuriating when we have to try to explain ourselves to a dumb HR person when looking for jobs. Paul has faced two malpractice lawsuits between 1993 and 2010; he was cleared in one case while the other was settled for $50,000. Something is either true or not, there is no in between. Despite intense interest, there have been few comprehensive studies characterizing differences in malpractice risk, by physician specialty. Im going to trim this down to the first and last sentences: Medical schools have to be very careful of admitting someone who is just not prepared. I didnt even care that Anthony Wiener texted his wiener. /Contents 10 0 R Ive written PolitiFact suggesting they sometimes need a different approach, True, but misleading or True, but further explanation required. Kessler could give up his one to five Pinocchios and say something like Pauls statement is false, but unimportant. stream "We now have the scientific evidence that shows the risk of myocarditis for young. Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensureshow Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentuckyand has been licensed since 1993. The authors assessed the appropriateness of recommendations for hysterectomies done for nonemergency and nononcologic indications for 497 California women. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul claimed to be a "board-certified" ophthalmologist on the basis of being certified by a board that he created himself and that he put his wife and father-in-law in charge of. As your president, one of my first acts would be to repeal the abomination that is Obamacare.". Things may have changed since then but I knew several people who left to attend medical school before graduating. I recruit from there so I see the results. Rand Paul leaves YouTube, says he will now post on Rumble He founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic in 1995 to provide patients and families in need with eye exams and surgeries. Not exactly an Ivy League but a better than average university. I believe its medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males, he said. Thats spineless and dishonest. Not everyone takes the usual path. I dont care if he surfs nurse porn, smokes pot and likes to watch bad TV. 0000048108 00000 n endobj Evidence from North Carolina, Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market, The Impact of State Medical Malpractice Reform on Individual-Level Health Care Expenditures, Progress at the Intersection of Patient Safety and Medical Liability: Insights from the AHRQ Patient Safety and Medical Liability Demonstration Program. Across specialties, the mean indemnity payment was $274,887, and the median was $111,749 (Figure 2). /T 54718 It was and is a good school. Its still a far cry from any Top __ lists, Rand Paul, the current bete noire of the Left. That matters. >> Biology? His campaign website reads, "I was not a member of the U.S. Senate during the 111th Congress, but if I had been I would have voted against Obamacare. Cardiology - 6%. Product Liability. We are hiring a guy to do the biggest job in the world, Id rather we focused on what they believe, and on their core character, not play Buzz Feed games. Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants Lawyers, Des Peres, MO | Lawyer There he worked for Downing McPeak Vision Centers and the Gilbert Graves Clinic for about 15 years combined before launching his own ophthalmology. NBO was not on the list. He believes in higher Medicare deductibles and moving to a premium support system. (They couldnt care less.) Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty | NEJM 7. /Info 5 0 R Its very likely dad pulled some serious strings for Rand on that one, Id love to hear a bit about that and how it fits with the Pauls libertarian/meritocracious philosophy.. Fellows & Blake LLC are plaintiff attorneys who seek justice for the severely injured and wrongful death victims of gross negligence. Speaking of which, my son and I have the perfect fix: Jon Stewart to Nightly News, Brian Williams to Daily Show. I wouldnt. Which makes people think, 'Oh, it's like AIDS. Stay on top of the latest RAND research highlights, news, and commentary with the official RAND email newsletter. Its not much of a stretch to think that the medical school admissions committee could be encouraged to admit the son of a congressman for non-academic reasons. The impact of medical malpractice reforms, especially caps on noneconomic damages, is of special interest to policymakers and physicians.
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