Legal Opinion
Rawdin v. American Board of Pediatrics
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 6, 2013No. Civil Action No. 12-6781PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JUAN R. SÁNCHEZ, District Judge.
Plaintiff David Rawdin, M.D., is a skilled pediatrician who has been unable to obtain board certification from the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP or “the board”). Although Dr. Rawdin is, by all accounts, an excellent pediatrician, he has been unable to pass the multiple choice exam ABP uses to evaluate all candidates for certification in any of his five attempts to do so. Dr. Rawdin contends he suffers from a disability — a memory deficiency — caused by a brain tumor and the subsequent treatment he received. He brings this action against ABP to…
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