Tea Party favorite Dr. Rand Paul is NOT a board-certified doctor, claims report
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...ardcertif.html
Looks like the only medical certification Dr. Rand Paul may have is his own.
Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul has touted his experience as an eye doctor, but his certification is not recognized by the American Medical Association.
According to the Courier-Journal in Louisville, The Tea Party booster is not a "board-certified" ophthalmologist.
Paul, instead, is certified by the National Board of Ophthalmology, a group he founded in 1999 and currently serves as the head of.
He responded to the charges earlier today. "It's a personal assault on my ability to make a living," he said.
Paul, who is known for his strict libertarian views, claimed that he started his board in protest of the American Board of Ophthalmology, an AMA-certified board.
This more legit board requires doctors certified after 1992 to recertify every decade.
"I thought this was hypocritical and unjust for the older ophthalmologists to exempt themselves from the recertification exam," Paul wrote.
"Is it fair that the ophthalmologist down the street can claim board certification, without renewing it, but that a younger ophthalmologist, who passed the same boards, is disallowed?"
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...#ixzz0quX4zH3g
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...ardcertif.html
Looks like the only medical certification Dr. Rand Paul may have is his own.
Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul has touted his experience as an eye doctor, but his certification is not recognized by the American Medical Association.
According to the Courier-Journal in Louisville, The Tea Party booster is not a "board-certified" ophthalmologist.
Paul, instead, is certified by the National Board of Ophthalmology, a group he founded in 1999 and currently serves as the head of.
He responded to the charges earlier today. "It's a personal assault on my ability to make a living," he said.
Paul, who is known for his strict libertarian views, claimed that he started his board in protest of the American Board of Ophthalmology, an AMA-certified board.
This more legit board requires doctors certified after 1992 to recertify every decade.
"I thought this was hypocritical and unjust for the older ophthalmologists to exempt themselves from the recertification exam," Paul wrote.
"Is it fair that the ophthalmologist down the street can claim board certification, without renewing it, but that a younger ophthalmologist, who passed the same boards, is disallowed?"
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...#ixzz0quX4zH3g
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