Yeah I have no sympathy for MDs who whine. Stalking's not cool, but overestimating's one's stalk-worthyness is even less cool.
We have a big wig psychotherapy attending at our program who annually gives a grand rounds kind of talk, and one of her favorite topics is "professionalism." (I am convinced this topic is the bailiwick of big wigs who have nothing else to talk about). One year the deal with her talk was the immense importance of not revealing too much of one's self on the internet because that could compromise one's therapeutic neutrality, and gasp, somehow interfere with transference. Basically the gist was: don't be on facebook or you'll get fried. A bunch of my classmates lined up like ducks to follow this sage advice.
So anyway I took her speech as a challenge, and 30 minutes later I knew the exact amount she paid in property taxes last year, the value and address of her home and second home, the name of her spouse, the year she was born, where she votes, and her political party (not always available but sometimes), and if I wanted more I'm sure I could find it. In this case, I felt I'd seen enough.
A whole heck of a lot of stuff is intentionally public information and unless you can sway Congress or your state legislature, good luck. Plus I doubt the public will line up on the side of doctors who want their assets concealed. Not even a Professionalism lecture will change that!
