[Vanity] Research on Dr. Bandy X. Lee -- the "professor" who is accusing Trump of unravelling

Various, but mostly Yale

[markomalley]

Was having an argument on Twitter last night regarding Dr. Bandy X. Lee from Yale and found out some data that you all may find useful.

First, who is Bandy X. Lee? She is the shrink who's made appearances since the inauguration of President Trump to accuse him of being crazy. She is the tip of the "25th Amendment" spear that is currently being thrust at him.

Typical of recent articles appearing in the media recently is this one from MSN:

A Yale University psychiatry professor told US lawmakers that she believes Donald Trump'smental health is "unravelling" in a presentation last month, it has emerged.

Dr Bandy X Lee, an expert on violence, claimed the President posed a "public health risk" by being in office when she met a group comprised of Democrats and one Republican in a series of private meetings.

Some researchers, such as FReeper tired&retired have noted that her license to practice medicine in Connecticut has expired. So why is she practicing psychiatry in the State of Connecticut?

This was the starting point for my little bit of research.

I decided to go to the website of Yale Hospital to see if she was practicing medicine there. Curiously, she wasn't on the list of clinicians at that facility:

Curious.

I then went to the website of Yale Medical School to see if she practiced there instead:

No dice there, either.

Of course, everybody has seen Bandy's profile on Yale. For some reason, I decided to drill down to see if I could find out if she taught courses or what. So looking at the List of faculty members showed she wasn't listed there either:

This is really strange. She clearly has a profile page on Yale Medical School, but she's not listed as a member of the faculty. What is going on here?

Doing some more digging, I finally found her.

She is identified on a list of "Voluntary Clinical Faculty."

What the heck is "Voluntary Clinical Faculty?"

Voluntary Ranks

Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliated institutions. Each department has established guidelines for the nature of required participation, such as the relative importance of teaching students, supervising residents, engaging in scholarly activity, participating in department administration, and other activities.

Voluntary faculty typically do not receive compensation or benefits from the School.

With the approval of the chair, voluntary clinical faculty may become principal investigators of grants. Voluntary faculty are expected to be board eligible, licensed, or certified in their specialties.(snip)

Assistant Clinical Professor

This rank is for persons who have made academic contributions documented in at least one of the following ways: (1) publication or other evidence of substantial contribution to their disciplines; (2) exemplary teaching; (3) well-recognized clinical expertise. Appointments are made for renewable terms of up to three years.

So, basically, it is an honorarium.

[Jim Noble]

Interesting that she has been teaching for nearly 15 years and has not made tenure

She's not on a tenure track.

What's MORE interesting is that she finished her residency in 1999 and did not become board-certified until 2011.

That USUALLY means one or more failures on the exam - although other explanations are certainly possible (babies, mission work, graduate research, etc)..

[piasa]

She also looksa lot like Feinstein’s Chinese driver...