Topic: Who is pulling whose leg? Infectious Disease doc AND Pediatrician?
Tincup
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The Baltimore Sun article that came out recently had quite a lot of errors in it. Tons actually.
I wrote a reference document and sent it to the Baltimore Sun newspaper ... 22 pages long... that disputed nearly every word said in the article... with links and official quotes and sites for references.
The ONLY thing I didn't check out was the doctor. Till now.
They claimed in the article that he was sharing "expert advise"... AND that he was a pediatrician AND an infectious disease specialist.
YOU DECIDE who's pulling whose leg!!
Is he really a Pediatrician? Is he really an Infectious Disease Specialist? Does he really even treat Lyme patients like the reporter told me he did?
The website for University of Maryland AND the official Board of Physicians web site don't have any mention that he is either. Looks to me like he is actually a board certified Internist?
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Expert advice
Lyme disease
Originally published June 7, 2007
Dr. Robert Edelman, a University of Maryland pediatrician and infectious disease specialist who directs the Traveler's Health Clinic at University of Maryland Medical Center
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WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE CLICK ON THE ARTICLE, THEN SUBMIT A RESPONSE ON THE CONTACT ICON. I DID, NOW YOUR TURN.
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MagicAcorn
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TerryK
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When my husband was going to need surgery for cancer we checked and found out that in some States you do not need any special training do be called a surgeon or to put out a shingle claiming that you are any other specialist. YIKES!!!!! You can bet we did some pretty careful checking before we hired a surgeon.
My understanding is that medical training provides a rotation in most areas and that is supposedly enough in some States. I don't know about the State that he practices in.
Terry
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