There has been some talk lately of some silly doctor giving opinions on patients he has not examined who claims that he has been nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine. Turns out that this nomination comes from a Florida congressman, who is not in fact one of the official nominators. By these standards, Lindsay Beyerstein can call herself Nobel Prize-nominated, since I just declared that I was nominating her for the Nobel Prize (in her comments).
But another commenter, Emmetropia, comes up with an amazing catch. This doctor, William Hammesfahr, has been the centerpiece of a National Enquirer story on stroke prevention. I feared that, in the way of such things, this might be a Photshop job. So I went to the main domain.
It's the site for the Hammesfahr neurological institute. (And I looked it up on Whois; it's registered to him.)
So there you have it--this guy is someone who gets written up in the Enquirer and uses it in his own publicity. Wow.
Posted by Matt Weiner at March 24, 2005 07:32 AMI love "God leaves no one behind: our mission statement"
And I wasted all my time trying to get actual academic credentials, not to mention all that stupid "peer reviewed" crap. Damn.
Posted by: bitchphd at March 26, 2005 11:23 PMNow that you two are both here, will you kiss and make up, or do I have to lock you in a cupboard?
Posted by: Matt Weiner at March 27, 2005 10:57 AMSigh.
Posted by: bitchphd at March 27, 2005 11:52 AM