Rand Paul has another problem

[Sunlei]

In the spring of 2010 stories first swirled around Sen. Rand Paul’s certification as an ophthalmologist by an outfit called the “National Ophthalmology Board,” an entity he founded. This week I discovered that while he continues to present himself as “board certified” the NOB has been out of business since 2011, and in any event, does not under Kentucky law permit him to advertise as “board certified.”

In 2010 Rand Paul explained that he formed the board in 1997 along with 200 young ophthalmologists to protest a decision by the American Board of Ophthalmologists to grandfather those who were certified by 1992, but to limit certification for a ten year period for those first certified after that date. Rand Paul fell within the latter group. He found that decision “discriminatory” and unfair so he set up the NOB along with his wife and father-in-law to certify himself. Despite calling itself “national,” it appears to have operated purely in Kentucky. The board remained in operation until 2000, when it was dissolved. It was reinstated in 2005. Since the certification story broke, the NOB again dissolved in 2011.

Since 2005 Rand Paul has not been certified by any board recognized by the state of Kentucky, and since 2011 has had no certification since the NOB was dissolved. I asked Rand Paul’s staff a series of questions, trying to determine why he still held himself out as a “certified” ophthalmologist: Did the National Board of Ophthalmology have examinations and/or continuing education requirements? If so, what were they?

How many doctors claimed certification through the NBO? Did they continue to do so or did they obtain American Board of Ophthalmology certification?

more http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/11/08/rand-paul-has-another-problem/?tid=readin_widget_tx-houston

[Pretzel_Warrior]

1. looks like he better form another certification body

for when he listens to America and goes back to work as a "Doctor".

[madokie]

2. What a piece of work

a fake from the word go.
Stands to reason that he would be the darling of the teaparty teahadist

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Which is it: National Opthamology Board (NOB) or National Board of Opthamology (NBO) ?

[dorkzilla]

22. We're the People's Front of Judea!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

31. SPLINTER!!!!

[spanone]

4. this guy is just all around creepy, in every way possible..

[alterfurz]

9. kinda like the first guy Rand plagiarized

[spanone]

10. 'hello mr. cleaver, is wallace home?'

[malaise]

5. Very interesting

particularly since DU has been discussing his bogus board this week.

[Cali_Democrat]

6. So now Aqua Buddha has been caught inflating his resume?

[Autumn]

7. It's Rand fucking Paul. Of course he has a problem.

Look at what spawned him. You know, I really like that smiley.

[gopiscrap]

8. wow what a douchebag

[DeSwiss]

11. K&R

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''Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn, because I only have one life to give to my country!, So ask not what your country can do for Rand!, Since there is nothing to fear but fear itself and me becoming your president!, And you can quote me on that!''
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[Myrina]

12. Am I the only one who thinks it hilarous that he's a founding member of (k)NOB ?

How appropriately named!!!

[FSogol]

14. Snort!

[arcane1]

13. It was a typo. He meant to call himself "certifiable"

[abelenkpe]

15. K&R

The last paragraph is delicious!

[Fuddnik]

16. And Joe the Dumber is a Plumber.

[Enthusiast]

24. Shape shifters can take any form.

[NBachers]

17. The Amazing Randi

[quakerboy]

18. How is that a problem?

Free market in action, that's what that is. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and all that. Job creation. yahoo!

[madaboutharry]

19. He's a loon.

All the medical boards grandfathered doctors. There are some specialist who are grandfathered in one speciality and not another, for instance a doctor may be grandfathered in internal medicine and not in cardiology. It all depends on whether they were admitted before the new regulations went into effect.

This guy is a crackpot.

[klook]

20. Glad to see this has legs -- here's another recent thread on the same topic:

Blast from the past Rand Paul, he is not board certified, he is "self certified."

This idiot is nothing but a poseur, a charlatan, and a fraud. On top of that, he's a complete phony.

[winter is coming]

21. I guess "going back to being a doctor" won't be as easy for him as he'd like us to think. n/t

[Enthusiast]

23. Get out of the road Rand!

Big load coming through—Chris Christie, "Beep beep beep."

He's more electable, and bigger too.

[Skidmore]

25. Please, somebody. A graphic asking if

anyone would rely on him for eye care. Rules don't apply to him.

[jberryhill]

26. Oh, I'm pretty sure he's certifiable

[pacalo]

27. That certainly bolsters his plagiarism m.o. Slimy character.

[Gothmog]

28. Self Certification is a joke

Rand Paul is a joke

[intaglio]

29. Just for a second

I thought you meant his pet tribble wanted to get off the top off his head ...

[Beacool]

30. Ooohhhh, this is getting interesting.

Hey Randy, weren't you the one who would have fired Hillary if you had been president? It looks like you're not even fit to practice ophthalmology, let alone serve in the Senate.

[calimary]

32. Well, well, well. MOST interesting, and satisfying, to see this start coming back up.

The "coverage" of it was originally in 2010 and obviously didn't move the meter any - or maybe people just didn't want to pay attention because they had this inexplicable teabagger crush on rand paul. Well, I'm THRILLED to see this is getting more attention again. WE started some of that rediscovery a few weeks ago, I think, with various posts about it here.

It reminds me of when I was still working, and I interviewed then-TV talk show host Jenny Jones about her breast implant surgery that turned VERY bad. She admitted up front that she went to a NON-board-certified plastic surgeon. Didn't really check him out tooo much, knew he wasn't board-certified but didn't let that stop her. Mainly, he was much cheaper than the board-certified doctors. HUGE mistake! She lived to regret that horribly destructive and painful penny-wise/pound foolish decision. The guy frickin' maimed her. She had little recourse. She had the implants removed and decided against any reconstructive surgery because she couldn't afford it and there was just way too much scar tissue from the complications that ensued. Maybe now it would be more of an option but that was, I think, some 25-30 years ago, when it wasn't. That stuck with me like glue! He was NOT board-certified. She said it was the stupidest mistake she ever made and MAN did she suffer for it.

I have had a long history of involvement with eye doctors, optometrists and ophthalmologists, being extremely near-sighted pretty much from birth. Glasses, contact lenses of all kinds, hard lenses, soft lenses, experimental lenses, etc. My parents always took me to board-certified EVERYBODY. I wouldn't risk my vision even if it was much cheaper! I wouldn't dare!

I guess some Kentuckians are fine with it but I sure as hell am NOT! And as the link below (from 2010) clearly indicates, it's a sure-fire indication of the kind of self-centered, opportunistic, corner-cutting, sneaky-ass, slicky-boy cheat he is. Seriously - you want that in a presidential hopeful (much less, God forbid, a President)????

The Biggest Rand Paul Outrage Yet
Jun 15, 2010 7:07 AM EDT
The eye doctor isn’t properly certified? Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on Paul’s slick end-run around the profession’s licensing rules—and what it tells you about the kind of politician he is.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/06/15/rand-paul-opthamology-certification-scandal-why-it-matters.html

[Sunlei]

33. my dogs ophthalmologist

Had a dog with glaucoma & so had to use a specialist to treat the condition. I want to put the Vet specialists credentials here so people can see the difference in the depth of training. If I had to choose for my eyes rather have the Vet instead of Mr. Paul.

Nicholas Millichamp, BVetMed, PhD, DVOphthal, DECVO, MRCVS, DACVO

Dr. Millichamp graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1978. After working in small animal practice he spent three years at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, and at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, pursuing doctoral research on inherited retinal degeneration and retinal surgery in dogs. He completed residency training in comparative ophthalmology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 1985. He was awarded a Diploma of Veterinary Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1986. Dr. Millichamp became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2004 and was elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2008.

Dr. Millichamp was a staff ophthalmologist at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, and faculty member in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Studies at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University from 1986 until 2009. His clinical and research interests have focused on the pharmacology of ocular inflammation, ocular surgery (particularly cataract surgery in horses), and ocular disease in exotic species and, more recently, ophthalmic telemedicine and imaging. Dr. Millichamp lectures internationally, has published many papers in scientific journals and contributed to several textbooks of veterinary ophthalmology. He was a consultant for Central Texas Veterinary Ophthalmology before establishing offices with Eye Care for Animals in 2009.