Keeping the Public Informed
What is our responsibility, as a profession, to the public when one of our colleagues has done something wrong -- or allegedly has done something wrong? The ABO occasionally hears from our diplomates, and sometimes even from patients, after they learn that an ophthalmologist is under investigation for unethical or unprofessional behavior. These concerned individuals go to the ABO website, are perturbed to see that the diplomate is identified as Certified, and demand that we “