In the current case of Eric Noji, it’s odd that no one ever considered his self-description on his academic web page… odd.
Professor Eric K. Noji is a medical doctor, skilled wildlife biologist, passionate environmentalist and iconic figure in the humanitarian community whose medical work and travels to the most austere and hostile of environments on earth are both mythic in their epic sweep and inspirational in their chronology of self-sacrifice on behalf of children who are homeless, abused, starving, or left destitute by disasters, violence or war.
The phrase mythic in their epic sweep didn’t … seem… odd to anyone?
No one wondered why under skills and expertise he listed over one hundred specializations?
I mean, yes, after decades of alleged plagiarism and lies, Noji has been removed to Disgraced Rogue Central: Saudi Arabia. But no one seems able to convince the Institute of Medicine that they should rescind his membership.
After much anguishing, the IOM has decided that, okay,
membership [can] be rescinded if an individual provided false information before becoming a member.
Falsification, plagiarism or fabrication after a doctor becomes a member of the elite organization isn’t grounds for removal…
This sort of approach explains why Bernie Madoff maintained his country club memberships through much of his … unpleasantness. These places are private organizations and they’re a mite on the stodgy side and they like to do things their own way.
Once Bernie was carted off to prison for life because he stole $65 billion, his clubs apparently decided to take another look at his membership status…
And UD is going to guess that the big splashy New York Times article that just came out about the IOM and its highest-profile member might get its expulsion machinery cranking …
April 9th, 2018 at 8:30PM
Hell, even his publication counts and citation numbers are nothing special. As for the IOM, don’t hold your breath.