“who graduated top of his class at Harvard”
I use to think that way, but found most of them wholly embedded in establishment views, and their overweening ambition seems to take precedence over everything else. (i.e. the type who would never prescribe ivermectin for covid). I walked out of the office of my Harvard medical school educated doctor after he insisted I still be vaxx after just recovering from covid and having natural immunity.
Then this clown refused to order any lab tests for me because in his words “oh you just want them to diagnose yourself, you refuse to listen to me”. The one thing these Ivy league folks do seem to possess in abundance is arrogance, not superior medical knowledge. And in the fight over affirmative actin at Harvard it was revealed that almost 30% of admittances were legacy admittances, so I wouldn’t automatically assume they all exhibited superior academic achievement.
Arrogance in a doctor is very dangerous for their patients.
You want a doctor who will listen and learn—and try to work with you to find good solutions you both can live with...