Am I naive to be stunned by this? Dr. William Hammesfahr was touted several times on Fox’s Hannity and Combes and MSNBC’s Scarborough Country as a “Nobel-Prize nominated neurologist.”
Only that’s, well, a lie. (Why mince words about it?). Hammesfahr’s “nomination” came from Republican congressman (who was apparently encouraged to do so by a retired police lieutenant)
According to the Nobel Prize website, these kind of “informal nominations” aren’t even considered by the committee. (HT: US politics, Mediamatters, Newshounds).
Heraldblog notes that the supposedly “world-famous” neurologist nets only 172 google hits not connected to the Schiavo case.
And Medpage notes Hammesfahr isn’t a member of the American Academy of Neurology. He was also disciplined and fined $2,000 by the Florida Board of Medicine in 2003.
Eesh.
P.S. – Noted here and in the comment section of Majikthise — at least not all the media is ignoring Hammesfahr! The National Enquirer has done repeated stories on him that he touts on his site! (Just where I want my next neurologist to be published…)
As one of the commenters wrote, “great googly moogly”…
all I know is after spending two weeks at Dr. Hammesfahr’s clinic I came home and started walking 1/2 mile a day suffer a stroke 5-6 years before going. now 3 years after the original treatment I am still walking and getting better. please leave this pioneer alone to do his work in peace may he be able to help more people like he helped me. before going I was challenged to walk 50 yards.