I happen to agree with your assertion that Boston is a Mecca for medical care, as most "in the know" would recognize. I disagree with your clumsy statement that "the greatest" in their field would necessarily choose a Boston hospital. If you are as sincere, as your posts are supercilious, then you are probably the hospital's resident laughingstock.
Also, I would be happy to compare notes on who is more qualified to comment on the medical "biz." Then again, it would be consistent if you failed to recognize there are many here at FR that are in the very top of their chosen field. This, of course, includes medicine - training, academics, research. Surely a well-educated gentleman weighs these facts before shooting his mouth off in polite company?
Strange that you should acknowledge the accuracy of my basic assertion about Boston/Baltimore/NYC/San Francisco medicine and still insist on calling me supercilious.Yes,I understand that there are many smart folks on FR and I'm sure that at least a few are in the medical "biz".But the closest I've come to hearing from such a (self-identified) person is one whose mother is a Tufts Medical School grad...said mother,according to him,believing that New England medicine is "too restrictive".
If one or more folks want to come foreword and say..."yes,I'm a physician....a nurse...a hospital administrator....a member of a medical school's faculty...and here's where your wrong" then I say...let's talk.
But the best I've been able to do so far is a guy from Texas who gave me no indication that he has any experience working in the "biz" stating "nothing in Massachusetts is better than it is in Texas".In short,as it concerns my participation in this thread,it's become a "Massachusetts (or the Northeast) sucks" variation of the civil war.
I could explain in great detail my basic premise (the part about wanting to be in Boston/NYC/Baltimore,etc) but I tired of this thread long ago.
However,if you'd care to divulge the details of the expertise that you hinted at in your post (it's clearly OK if you don't...different folks have different views on personal disclosure in chat rooms) then maybe I could tell you a couple of very revealing stories (gleaned from personal experience) regarding my initial suggestion.