I would hope so....
Apologies but... I watched it and he referred to these as being represented in YELLOW and pointed to the YELLOW nerves.... He says, "you have tendons that you can see roll through here in yellow" and he runs his fingers along/traces the nerves. I watched it several times. He does NOT just point "near"... he traces the course of the nerve and its branching/bifurcation.
Does Dr. Gupta have a full time practice and engage in active academic research with publications? I ask cause I do not know.
I don't know Dr. Gupta. However, you came out of the gates in full defense of him and implied we did not see what we saw.
You also declared him "smarter than most of us here".
Again, I don't know him. If you don't know him... you shouldn't be making such claims.
Sort of a complete 180 from your original position that we should rewatch his presentation because we are in error and he is brilliant.
Point well taken.
What are you in some full worship mode? I guess neurosurgeons do not make mistakes. Apparently, we would be wrong to think a neurosurgeon could make a mistake?
Why are you making any rebuttals in the first place? This post above with your earlier 180 suggests you are debating an issue that you didn't even examine. First, you tell us, we were mistaken and need to watch again. Now, you tell us, maybe there was a mistake because it's human. Then, you can't "believe a neurosurgeon could make a simple mistake in elbow musculoskeletal gross anatomy". This really is you debating based on your feelings, beliefs, and faith. Its like a religion or cult of Gupta with you. Please do him a favor and don't try to be his defender.
Let's canonize great Saint Gupta! There are numerous, probably thousands of physicians/surgeons doing mission work around the globe. Plenty of them are also active academics from universities that contribute to medical student education and resident education. Is Dr. Gupta accomplished? Sure. He is a trained neurosurgeon (note, I am not making an unfounded claim as to how well trained) and has a lucrative contract with the entertainment/media industry. Let us not all get star struck and believe him more then he is.
If one does not practice full time, it may explain major failures/errors in understanding.... i.e. nerve = tendons? Being an expert in a profession/field has nothing to do with one's charisma/attractiveness or media stardom/celebrity status.
The likely explanation is that he got it wrong. Physicians do all the time. If he is a part time practicing physician specializing in the brain and having little to do with extremity anatomy, he could have gotten it wrong. If that is the case, it is why one should not be presented as an expert to discuss areas in which they do not practice.
Further, He made the statement that he had removed the other muscles and tendons..... If everyone's explanations were true, I think he would have simply said "there are tendons that run near these yellow nerves"
I did not start this thread. I don't believe i ever said he was an idiot in this thread. I did not say or condone calling him an idiot. Please take a look at the thread. Also, I think I have said from the beginning the most likely explanation was an error on his part. the reading comprehension around here is amazing.
As to:
Uh, no... Again, reading comprehension is amazing. I never said Dr. Gupta did not meet a standard of being an expert. I think I specifically stated I do not know his qualifications and could only speak in general terms. The standards I mention in general terms are actually more in line with criteria set by numerous differing bodies about "experts".
If you are "pre-medical", you have a lot maturing to do and need to bone up on reading comprehension. There clearly can not be a real discussion if it requires this much effort to spell out and re-explain things to you.
In the big picture, you are probably correct maybe no great harm. The problem is that "juries of our peers" usually has "Joe Dumb@$$". The depositions and such that I have sat in and "medical evidence" with testimony I have reviewed is frightening. I have read plaintiff's testimony citing things from popular media/etc... I have even had patients come to the office expecting procedures and or work-ups based on "House" episodes I have seen. In the episodes, House SCRIPT WRITERS got it wrong and the actual medicine and/or procedure cited was applied based on things that made zero medical sense. I understand that show things are bizzar. however, it wasn't bizarr it was wrong application. Sort of like when patients come in asking for a brain MRI to make sure the appendicitis did not spread to the brain to cause their insomnia now! I do think there is some ethics to consider when you accept a job as a medical expert and then start in on areas you may not be an expert. Yes you're an MD... maybe it's OK to accept lucrative income to look like the expert in an area you are not?
Thank you. As you look at the previous post, things are said/implied completely contrary to what was actually said. It seems, accross numerous forums/threads, to be a common practice to misrepresent what someone has stated. People will develo full arguments and/or attacksagainst statements they seem to have imagined you said. Just as above, you can look at these for examople:
Again, I don't know any of these folks. But in general, not speaking of any particular physician (or lawyer/engineer/scientist/etc...), if those facts are true,
