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No physician is required to carry boards, however many insurance companies require it. He represents himself as boarded, but there is no recognized board that grants him is certification. Board certification requires extensive ongoing life long learning, and given that he demonstrates no such CME since 2003 it is difficult to imagine he is current

I suppose what bothers me most is that he obfuscates and this calls into question his motives. If you skirt your way around stating you are boarded when you know damn well you are not — it becomes an integrity and knowledge question

What he represents of himself is false, and according to many of my colleagues down there — Florida takes a very dim view of such fraudulent representation — I expect he will see an appearance before the Florida board based on my understanding of the issue — and th aboard will likely take him to task for being shady.

The way I understand it is :

1) You need a Medical Education and Licensure

I believe Balbona has this. This is what he presents:

MEDICAL SCHOOL
Medical College Of Georgia At Georgia Regents University
Graduated 1990

2) Residency/Fellowship

Balbona says that he had his residency at United States Naval Medical Center.

3) ABMS Board Certification : Upon successfully completing a rigorous exam, physicians and medical specialists receive specialty certification

He has to have this otherwise, he would not be even allowed to practice in Florida, much less be affiliated with hospitals ( two of which he has affiliations to. For example St. Vincents Medical Center ).

4) Continuing Certification

I believe he had ( past tense ) this, but allowed it to lapse. His objection being the expense. He claims it costs tens of thousands just to maintain this certification.

All of the above can be easily checked by calling up the medical schools that he attended and trained in, checking the address of his practice ( 2257 Oak St, Jacksonville, FL, 32204 ), and checking the hospitals he claims to be affiliated with.

My question is this — DO YOU Need Item #4 to be allowed to practice?

If the answer is no, he hasn’t broken the law.

Now, is he a good physician who heals his patients despite a lapsed certification?

The only people who can answer that are his patients. Does he still have patients seeing him? If so, then obviously he must be doing something good. I see from his profile that a whole heap of insurance companies cover his services:

https://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/eduardo-balbona-efdd1a54-f9f5-4c6d-89c2-0a66ff36f6f1-insurance

Has he been sued for malpractice? I don’t know. Do you?

So, if he has not broken the law, the question then becomes, is the claim that his patient to which he prescribed Ivermectin and had to sneak in Ivermectin to help her husband recover true? Is this a true story or a false one?

If true, and continuing certification is NOT a requirement to practice, then that issue is beside the point. The important thing is he is curing his patients and this particular family is one of them.

It's the typical gassie 'shoot the messenger' gambit. While you do the monkey dance of blathering about 'boards', you don't question his competence. Because you can't.

Your shtick is getting old, gassie.

Here, I'll update your boards for you and all for free. Write this down....

Vax = Bad.

Ivermectin = Good.

Signed,

Professor Bagster

No physician is required to carry boards

Repeat: No physician is required to carry boards

So you are actually the one being shady. Trying to imply that he is not trustworthy because he does not have the required credituals but.... they actually are not required.

Oh and....

I have been using ivermectin and doxycycline in addition to the standard treatments in the critically ill. I have seen a remarkable difference in the course and improvement. I believe this is a valid treatment. -gas_dr

The Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin for Treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19 Pandemic

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