Rand Paul opposed Opthalmology Certification process so started his own Board:

[mod mom]

Rand Paul's Upstart Ophthalmology Group Leaves Little Mark
Zachary Roth | May 27, 2010, 11:26AM

Rand Paul's reputation for marching to his own drummer may extend to his medical career. The GOP Senate candidate is the founder and president of a certifying board for eye doctors, which he appears to have set up as a rival to the existing certification board. But his organization has left little public record, and the legitimacy with which it's viewed remains unclear at best.

In 1999, Paul created a new non-profit organization, the National Board of Ophthalmology (NBO), headquartered at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in order to "provide information to the public concerning physicians with exemplary qualifications in the medical specialty of ophthalmology," according to the organization's founding document, filed online with the Kentucky Secretary of State's office.
"It was a certifying board," Beth Ann Slembarski, the administrator of the major existing ophthalmology certifying board, the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO), told TPMmuckraker.

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Officials for two other eye-doctor groups -- the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery -- told TPMmuckraker they'd never heard of Paul's group. "I think it's fair to say that we would have heard of most organizations involved in ophthalmology in the US," said John Ciccone of ASCRS.

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About 96 percent of American ophthalmologists are certified through ABO, the established group, Slembarski said. But Paul himself is not. He was certified from 1995 until 2005, when his certification lapsed.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/rand_pauls_upstart_ophthalmology_group_leaves_litt.php?ref=fpa

[leftofcool]

1. Well if I need eye surgery I know which doctors I won't be going to

[Angry Dragon]

2. This man just loves to dig holes for himself

I wonder if he is rally a doctor. Sets up a board to certify himself?? I should start a board to certify myself as a doctor.

[mod mom]

3. personal financial disclosure says he made just $46,143 but lives in $500,000 gated community home:

Guess how much a successful ophthalmologist like Rand Paul makes in a year? Just $46,143, according to his personal financial disclosure (Warning: PDF Link). Not sure how someone who lives in a $500,000 home in a gated community can pay his bills on just $46K. He’s got rental property and an LLC in Bowling Green that paid him $176,223 – along with “royalties,” however. Whatever “royalties” means.

He owns two properties in Bowling Green. One valued at up to $500,000 from which he received up to $100,000 in rent and another valued up to $100,000 for which he received up to $15,000 in rent. He’s also got a condo in Destin, Florida valued at up to $250,000 from which he received up $15,000 in rent. He apparently bought it (Warning: PDF Link) from his in-laws. But the deed was so fishy, the closing attorney wouldn’t take ownership of the paperwork – see page 2.

He owes up to $250,000 on the condo and up to $250,000 on his medical office.

Rand lists himself as president of Alchemy, LLC, a Bowling Green entity through which much of his income seems to flow (related note: his U.S. Senate campaign uses the Alchemy address as its headquarters, yet it’s never paid rent and has never reported an in-kind contribution from Alchemy). His wife, Kelley, his father, Ron, and Ronnie Paul are all members. Interestingly, though, Ron hasn’t listed Alchemy, LLC on his own financial disclosure in the last five years.

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http://pageonekentucky.com/2010/04/30/does-rand-paul-have-something-to-hide/

this is worth a full read.

[charlesg]

7. What a failure. An _average_ ophthalmologist makes $230,000 a year:

http://www.ophmanagement.com/article.aspx?article=86702

[Blue_Tires]

8. i'm surprised its that much...

he probably tossed a couple of crumbs to the IRS to make it look a little legit

[Enrique]

4. whites-only, maybe?

:shrug:

[Poiuyt]

9. No, I think Ron Christie goes to one of them

[tridim]

5. He sounds like a shady chiropractor.

Which fits IMO.

[dtotire]

6. He Should Be Investigated by the IRS n/t

[Blue_Tires]

10. what's next? rand trying to create a seperate one-man senate race

apart from the evil, federal one?

or will Rand just try to create his own two-acre 'state' and be senator of that?