<p>^^ As one who has a lot of involvement in the medical industry, I think what’s worse than the “veil of secrecy” you mention is what some of them get away with while practicing. I’ve known of multiple cases where the way the establishment handled physicians with problems was to encourage them to leave, references provided, rather than address the issue. And it worked both ways - I’m pretty sure the reason why a couple of them came here was because they were pushed out from their prior institutions who kept their lips sealed, though.</p>
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<p>Should we just take the OP’s word for it?</p>
<p>I’m a supermodel, do you believe me? </p>
<p>Puhleeze, my favorite commercial on TV is the State Farm one that the girl says everything on the internet is true, that she has a date with a French model that she met on the internet. The geek walks up and says, bonjour. Makes me laugh everytime.</p>
<p>On Facebook, “studied” could mean lots of things, so who cares? Is their Facebook information even public?</p>
<p>But if this person has a medical license, their state probably lists their education online in a physician profiles database. If they provide inaccurate information there, they could be subject to disciplinary action (that’s what New Jersey’s website says, anyway).</p>
<p>I would also report to state med board! You can do it anonymously, OP. But definitely do something about it.</p>
<p>Really swindoll? Reporting something on a FB post? Turn everybody in. I’m calling the cops for my daughter and her beer pong pics before she was 21. Sheesh.
Go to the D’s office if you are so concerned. There will be a MD or DO diploma from somewhere. Otherwise, butt out.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention: My younger son worked at Harvard.</p>
<p>I haven’t read all the posts in the thread, but I wonder if the doctor was referring to a “public Ivy” such as Rutgers.</p>
<p>Just goes to show you, a Harvard education means so little. I have a neighbor who is doing an online graduate program with them. There was not even an admission process really. Just sign up, pay tuition, and go.</p>
<p>And my experience with Harvard doctors, they are THE WORST! We will not even go to a doctor if we find out they went to Harvard.</p>
<p>OP: Harvard runs a lot of seminars & continuing education programs for professionals–maybe this was what the doctor was referring to.</p>
<p>My facebook page says that I studied Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts Academy. </p>
<p>Life isn’t always deadly serious. Maybe he wrote “studied at Harvard” as a joke.</p>
<p>Hmm, I dated someone who went there so I guess I studied “at Harvard” too, if you want to be literal about it. Any chance this relative did a residency at an affiliated hospital? </p>
<p>Why not just ask him sometime?</p>
<p>Maybe he was in the same program as Tyra Banks.</p>
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Rutgers a public Ivy? You’re kidding, right?</p>
<p>The moment I saw the reference to Rutgers as a “public Ivy,” I knew we would be debating the merits soon. :)</p>
<p>But hey, I agree. Rutgers is not a “Public Ivy.”</p>
<p>Rutgers’ reputation is directly proportional to your distance from New Jersey.</p>
<p>Richard Moll’s book lists Rutgers as one of the “public Ivies”. Sorry, I thought posters here were familiar with the term & his book.</p>
<p>Howard & Matthew Greene’s book published in 2001 listed Rutgers as a Public Ivy (expanding upon Moll’s original list of 8 Public Ivies).</p>
<p>Seems like some folks don’t get out much.</p>
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<p>There’s no need to get nasty. No one was attacking you.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the whole “public Ivy” thing is ridiculous in the first place. (Like the schools that claim to “the Harvard of the X” or “the eighth Sister.” Give it up.) It becomes ludicrous when it is extended to places like Rutgers. (The school where that “professor” cited in another thread taught until his RETIREMENT and had experienced nothing but multiple-choice tests. Ivy, right. :rolleyes: )</p>
<p>How is this a cause of concern? Let him do what he does and ignore it. Everybody’s happy.</p>