Arrested for impersonating a doctor now he's an actual doctor. Should he be able to match ?

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GoSpursGo said:
The difference between a "minor" and "major" offense as it pertains to practicing medicine is not as clear cut as misdemeanor vs. felony. There are plenty of misdemeanors that may require a minor penalty when it comes to the courts yet cast serious doubts about a person's professionalism, which is of paramount importance to practicing medicine and thus may appropriately give a medical board pause to grant a license. The semantics of narcotics vs. tranquilizers, while perhaps relevant to the courts, doesn't change the fact that by forging a prescription he was practicing medicine outside of his scope of practice (which at the time should have been NONE)--and that's a problem because you don't want someone who doesn't recognize their limits practicing medicine. Maybe he's changed in the past decade, but once you've done that once it becomes really hard to justify taking a chance on such a person when there are plenty of qualified people who DON'T have that stain on their record.

Furthermore, as I think you said yourself, this entire discussion is likely moot. While the article was delightful clickbait which painted him in a very sympathetic light, there's no way that an IMG from a non-big 4 Carib school 2 years from graduation is going to match on his second (third?) application attempt in a more competitive specialty than the one he already failed to match.
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Exactly, fails to match FM. No chance he’s matching psych the next year
 
libertyyne said:
Narcotics and tranquilizers are not the same thing. The second part is your opinion. Most states draw the line at felony convictions though for not obtaining licensure.
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Which prescription tranquilizer isn't a controlled substance? For all intents and purposes, narcotics and tranquilizers, as it pertains to this story and prescription forgery, are the same thing.

And yes, it's my opinion. It's an opinion board. Didn't feel I had to state it was my opinion.

Your read of the law may be factually correct, but not realistic in terms of licensing. Having an active drinking problem and showing up to work drunk isn't a misdemeanor or a felony, as far as I know, but it sure as hell affects licensure because it affects your ability to do your job. This person's ability to do the job of a physician and appropriately prescribe is colored by his inability to tell the difference between right and wrong, respect appropriate boundaries, and acknowledge his own limitations. Even after he was caught, he forged a letter from the NBME. That shows either extreme stupidity or extreme disregard (to the point of sociopathic behavior) for right vs wrong. Someone like that does not belong in the medical profession and sure as hell not in psychiatry.
 
samac said:
It obviously has to be embellished. He has a sub-I in EM at Jackson Park as a time period to 8 months. That can’t be true.
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Oooh I think homeslice is on SDN. I had his linked in page still open on my iPad I don’t use often and the wording on his LinkedIn page changed to “Volunteer “Sub-Intern”” after my comment.
 
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Wow, so what are the chances that literally any of this is true? Later it lists his medical degree for 2017
 
Why was this article even written? I agree with the click bait but I’m not sure I would ever want any of this publicized during a Match season (or ever), particularly when a PD can Google a name and find out more about you than what is listed in ERAS. Even agreeing to do this article, and posing for photos, doesn’t seem like a wise choice,
 
wxman said:
Why was this article even written? I agree with the click bait but I’m not sure I would ever want any of this publicized during a Match season (or ever), particularly when a PD can Google a name and find out more about you than what is listed in ERAS. Even agreeing to do this article, and posing for photos, doesn’t seem like a wise choice,
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Pathology of a narcissist. He didn’t agree to it apparently. He harassed the writer until she did the story.
 
This man is such a malignant narcissist he shouldn't have even been allowed in a US hospital as a medical student, much less a physician. First, the article really tries to gloss over his history, as if he was just some starry eyed guy so overcome with his love for medicine made a mistake. He committed more than one "simple mistake" of pretending to be a resident. He also stole a coat, and impersonated the head of the NBME to claim he performed at the 96th percentile on an exam. He forged prescriptions. He claims he learned his lesson and served his time. However, SIX YEARS AFTER HIS CONVICTION, he was still passing himself off as a doctor. He wasn't just doing this casually. He told his EX-WIFE that he was a cardiologist. I can't imagine you would marry someone after discovering they were lying about such a fundamental part of themselves, so that suggests even after he got married, he was lying every day to his wife about being a physician. That's massive fraud. Now he is trying to get this story out there as if he is just some guy who made a single mistake twenty years ago. He talks about how he has overcome so many obstacles and feels he should be admired for that. Literally every obstacle he overcame was one he invented. He hasn't done anything to prove he reformed. He went to a sketchy Caribbean school and claims to be affiliated with US hospitals as a resident when he is not.
 
Its been so many years, why not.
 
When his lawyer asked for a letter showing good character, Litwin forged one.
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Whether or not the nature of the crime should automatically disqualify him, it's pretty obvious he lacks any sort of moral compass. I really doubt the past decade would have changed this. Also, what about the fact that he would have had access to confidential medical information during his time 'not treating' patients? To trust him with a patient population as vulnerable as psych would be crazy.
 
the fact that a carb school accepted him alone proves that they're not particular about applicants. I have met carb students with felony charges before but this guy takes the cake.

maybe it was some cruel joke to let him go through med school with no hope of matching. I hope that's a lesson learned from this guy.... hopefully we won't even see him in rural Wyoming or Montana doing FM.
 
I feel for the guy. Even the path he took required a lot of effort and more importantly (in his case) money. Something tells me he was unaware that there are additional, more specific hurdles AFTER med school before any payoff.
 
blax34 said:
I feel for the guy. Even the path he took required a lot of effort and more importantly (in his case) money. Something tells me he was unaware that there are additional, more specific hurdles AFTER med school before any payoff.
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And thus the predatory nature of Caribbean med schools is highlighted once again
 
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