This is wild. It’s shocking to me that anyone could ever succeed in such a situation. I think a wiser or saner person would have given up sooner. But somehow he found an incredible lawyer who, for once, unquestionably earned his exorbitant fees.
I always wondered why FSMB score reports nowadays have a page with special instructions indicating how to check the document's authenticity and how to make sure it hasn't been altered. Now I know. Thanks for the history lesson!
First of all, as an IMG, I hope this guy doesn't get away with it. These people make it hard for all of us that try really hard to prove our worth. Second, he spent so much money with litigation, he should've just invested that money in resources to study for the freaking exam. What an AWFUL person, a total psychopath
Evidence of his character comes across in his emails: entitled, rude, arrogant, playing victim constantly, and opportunistic. No need for evidence that he forged those documents himself and not his colleague. Ultimately those fraudulent actions are consistent with his USMLE score of 192 and 178, just dumb.
Everything about this was so fascinating! I’m a little bit focused on a side note though; how did Dr. B manage to pass Steps 1 and 2 and then the Canadian exam but not Step 3?? Am I completely off the mark in saying that, by the time you get to Step 3, you should have the material and procedural processes down with regard to taking board or licensing exams? I find it so strange that he would go to this length to avoid taking the last exam. That aside, this is the luckiest mf I’ve ever heard of, all things considered. Thanks for the thorough explanation of this case! Thrilling as always!
I would not want Dr. B as my doctor. Crazy what people can get away with. If I don't match into a residency program, ill just start filing lawsuits until I get what i want 😂
Wonderful video with incredibly poignant points at the end. What a rollercoaster that was, for real. I'm always so shocked when people win lawsuits they shouldn't have a chance of winning simply because of tiny parts of the law that may or may not have been followed. As a doctor, the world of lawyers makes no sense whatsoever to me. Hope Dr. B doesn't harm anyone in practice now...
I love rooting for the little guy, and I would usually support a residency graduate who has a job lined up. I would usually say this is arbitrary between 192 and 199. I could even argue he was pushed to the brink by immigration pressures. But I feel a bit worse seeing the subsequent 178 and that alone would make me worried about this doctor as my doctor (even putting the potential dishonesty aside).
That assumes he didn’t study. We doctors know failing the exam doesn’t mean he didn’t study well or isn’t clinically knowledgeable of the contents of the exam. the real issue is his decision to lie and ride out his lie to the end rather than retake the test.
@@BenArevalo Thank you. I’m not interested in making clickbait - I try to only make stuff that I think it is important and useful. I’d rather have 10 viewers who actually want to think about this stuff than 1000 who don’t. Glad to have you along for the ride!
His program was aware of all of this… his PD was included on several of the March 2020 emails, and the language of one of the emails (which I highlighted ~ 21:31) makes me wonder if Step 3 had been an issue with the program even before it became an issue with the state board/NBME/FSMB. But from the program’s standpoint… even if the PD harbored some doubt about the authenticity of the score report/email, she had a resident who insisted that it was 100% authentic; had hired an attorney; and was preparing to take on the NBME, FSMB, and medical board. It’s easy to imagine the program concluding that this “199/PASS” Step 3 report satisfied the program’s requirements for passing the USMLE, and leaving further investigation/fact-finding to other entities.
@@sheriffofsodiumwhat utter non-sense… the program should confirm his Step 3 result from NBME directly, who are adamant that the results were faked, and not confirm from “a resident who insisted that it was 100% authentic”.
@@dogbiskits I hear you. And I don’t disagree, even. I just have sympathy imagining a PD in the spring of 2020, when administrative systems were in chaos, and they’re facing a resident who SWEARS they passed the exam - and now is lawyered up. It’s easy to imagine a PD thinking something along the lines of, “if he’s telling the truth, we’d better not stand in his way… but if he’s lying, he’s gonna get crushed by the NBME and the state board anyhow… so maybe we’ll just sit this one out and let someone else deal with it.”
This channel and the contents here is awesome! Watched all the videos and want more 😁 any additional similar channels and podcast that anyone recommends about medical education, economics of healthcare, etc.
During the whole story I couldn’t help but think “why he just don’t go work anywhere else”? Even the Canada itself after 12 months residency in US… jeez
Crazy story. I did not root for Bowary at all. Dude cheated the system and should never have been licensed. There’s a reason the step 3 exists and this doctor clearly failed to pass the minimum standard necessary to be a physician in the US.
@@sheriffofsodium yup. It clearly demonstrates the value of having a good attorney regardless of the rules/laws you’ve broken. The attorney doesn’t have to prove you didn’t break the rules, they just have to convince the judge to side with you. That’s also why a lot of malpractice cases end up fining for the plaintiff regardless of whether actual malpractice was done.
The crazy thing is that he could've taken the Canadian boards to begin with to circumnavigate the Step 3 requirement. He got into residency at Brown University so must've been intellegent.
He failed step 3 twice and was stupid enough to even attempt this poorly planned deception. Maybe Brown’s GME program is piggy backing off the good name of its undergrad institution and is actually pretty lackluster. Keeping this guy around certainly suggests that.
"definitely intelligent" I don't think someone who fails an easy test such as step 3, fakes his score report and lashes out in his emails is intelligent lmao
Definitely intelligent is stretching. Passing step 3 should be a breeze, I’m not so certain he himself even passed step 1 and step 2. If he took them outside of US, I’m willing to bet he found ways to cheat to pass.
@@shbprtThat is certainly suspicious. Step 1 and 2 are much more difficult exams. The sad thing with the Nepal cheating scandal is the air of suspicion with every IMG whether they deserve it like this guy, or they are legitimate test takers. Any Canadians who have taken the exam done by this guy and step 3 to comment on the difficulty of the exams relative to each other?
Yet another case against IMGs? The reason not being intrinsic to whoever an IMH may be but because when the stakes of non-success means deportation, etc, it may drive someone to do things similar to this. Thus, your ultimate goal is to keep the boat afloat no matter what, which can obviously impact patient care, etc.
Following that, too. At the moment waiting on ruling for NBME’s motion to dismiss. My prediction is that the suit will get tossed later this month… but I will keep you updated.
All of the attorneys for this case are listed in the records in PACER… but some were clearly more effective than others. If any trainees out there are facing an issue where they need legal counsel, my standard recommendation is to consult first with Sherman Marek, who has a boutique practice focused on student/resident issues and is smart and very experienced. He was not involved in this case, but led the antitrust lawsuit against the AAMC/NRMP several years ago. marekhealthlaw.com
Tying up the USMLE in litigation and passing an alternative licensing exam in secret in the meantime is an absolutely gangster move. I don't think any reasonable person believes that Dr. B sincerely believed he passed Step 3, but he did meet requirements for licensure and he probably deserves to be a practicing doctor. He nearly passed Step 3 once, he passed the Canadian exam, he was clearly a competent enough resident that his PD was willing to vouch for him and hospitals were lining up to hire him. I don't believe that the world would be a better place if this fully trained, presumably competent doctor was deported.
Really? Consider that another hardworking and struggling img without falsified records was potentially unable to secure a spot via the match. Just doesn’t sit well at all
@@Nanomachines5on Dr. B already secured the match spot and completed residency though. It would be a waste to kick the person who occupied that match spot out of the country and possibly out of medicine.
It comes down to this: Applicants tend to have similar preferences among programs, and programs tend to have similar preferences among applicants. Most programs are oversubscribed, and many applicants get over-interviewed - but a few programs who want residents won’t (immediately) find them.
I think this victory is awesome and he's my hero! Why hasn''t this been made news in FSMB, USMLE, ECFMG, like the Nepal story? Because this guy won and beat them!! They would be invalidated and questioned if they did post it. You made some pretty valid points though in regards to this not just happening to everyone. The fact that this ordinary person, from another country, beat several huge US corporate entities is always a great ending that everyone physician ought to see, especially IMGs! After listening to you, what I learned in short is that FSMB, USMLE and NBME have too much power given to them to either break or make someone's career. And not in a good way. And so my questions are: Who regulates them should students and physicians want to challenge them?? Why are they blindly trusting that these companies know what they are doing or assuming they don't make mistakes? After all they did make one here. Who's to say they haven't done mistakes in the past, which I am positive they have. After all they aren't God! And honestly speaking why should any students or physicians trust them after this?? You should also post the public records for this case. Thank you for sharing!
Sorry but Dr.B is my hero for one reason only he made the people of the usmle suffer it is really stupid to me to be a doctor who studied in us and even got matched and did residency it is your education system your standered why I have to have a licening exam to someone outside fine
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Hearing The Sheriff say, "no capp dawg" was not on my bingo card this year.
I’ve gotta thank my teenage patients for helping me keep my finger on the pulse of contemporary youth culture.
This is wild. It’s shocking to me that anyone could ever succeed in such a situation. I think a wiser or saner person would have given up sooner. But somehow he found an incredible lawyer who, for once, unquestionably earned his exorbitant fees.
I agree - it shows the value of expert counsel. He had multiple teams of attorneys throughout this… and some were clearly more effective than others.
I always wondered why FSMB score reports nowadays have a page with special instructions indicating how to check the document's authenticity and how to make sure it hasn't been altered. Now I know. Thanks for the history lesson!
First of all, as an IMG, I hope this guy doesn't get away with it. These people make it hard for all of us that try really hard to prove our worth. Second, he spent so much money with litigation, he should've just invested that money in resources to study for the freaking exam. What an AWFUL person, a total psychopath
Evidence of his character comes across in his emails: entitled, rude, arrogant, playing victim constantly, and opportunistic. No need for evidence that he forged those documents himself and not his colleague. Ultimately those fraudulent actions are consistent with his USMLE score of 192 and 178, just dumb.
So THIS is why there's been such an increase in ethics Qs 🤔
My guy gaslighted the NBME
Everything about this was so fascinating! I’m a little bit focused on a side note though; how did Dr. B manage to pass Steps 1 and 2 and then the Canadian exam but not Step 3?? Am I completely off the mark in saying that, by the time you get to Step 3, you should have the material and procedural processes down with regard to taking board or licensing exams? I find it so strange that he would go to this length to avoid taking the last exam. That aside, this is the luckiest mf I’ve ever heard of, all things considered. Thanks for the thorough explanation of this case! Thrilling as always!
MAHM, a new sheriff just dropped!
Wow a 1 hour episode, Im so ready
Imagine having such a manipulative person as your psychiatrist! :)
Hannibal lector vibes 😖
Wow is all I can say.Thanks sheriff for throwing light on issues like this.
I would not want Dr. B as my doctor. Crazy what people can get away with.
If I don't match into a residency program, ill just start filing lawsuits until I get what i want 😂
Wonderful video with incredibly poignant points at the end. What a rollercoaster that was, for real. I'm always so shocked when people win lawsuits they shouldn't have a chance of winning simply because of tiny parts of the law that may or may not have been followed. As a doctor, the world of lawyers makes no sense whatsoever to me.
Hope Dr. B doesn't harm anyone in practice now...
I love rooting for the little guy, and I would usually support a residency graduate who has a job lined up. I would usually say this is arbitrary between 192 and 199. I could even argue he was pushed to the brink by immigration pressures.
But I feel a bit worse seeing the subsequent 178 and that alone would make me worried about this doctor as my doctor (even putting the potential dishonesty aside).
wake up babe, new sheriff video is here
"Gently used first aid for the USMLE for $20" 😂
Absolutely savage 😂
That assumes he didn’t study. We doctors know failing the exam doesn’t mean he didn’t study well or isn’t clinically knowledgeable of the contents of the exam. the real issue is his decision to lie and ride out his lie to the end rather than retake the test.
Dr. B really said, "I better call Saul."
@@nightshockplayz5894 good one! 🤣
Another banger by Dr. SoNa.
I enjoyed every minute of this story 😂 thank you for sharing it 🙏🏻
What a crazy story!
Wow, all I can say is this guy had some major cojones to take on the NBME , let alone "win" , must have been a hell of a lawyer
I fucking love legal case analysis RUclips. Glad this popped up in my feed. Cool little window into a niche thing. Thanks.
Fuck i am 10 minutes into this video and im beginning yo realize that i might watch the entire thing
You know - I’m gonna take that as a compliment.
Lmao I had the exact same thought
Just finished. Now I am a new subscriber!
@@BenArevalo Thank you. I’m not interested in making clickbait - I try to only make stuff that I think it is important and useful. I’d rather have 10 viewers who actually want to think about this stuff than 1000 who don’t. Glad to have you along for the ride!
Please don’t call him Dr. B 🤦🏾♂️
It’s my nickname 😂😂
How did his residency program not realize or know that he hadn’t passed step 3 prior to graduating residency!?
His program was aware of all of this… his PD was included on several of the March 2020 emails, and the language of one of the emails (which I highlighted ~ 21:31) makes me wonder if Step 3 had been an issue with the program even before it became an issue with the state board/NBME/FSMB.
But from the program’s standpoint… even if the PD harbored some doubt about the authenticity of the score report/email, she had a resident who insisted that it was 100% authentic; had hired an attorney; and was preparing to take on the NBME, FSMB, and medical board. It’s easy to imagine the program concluding that this “199/PASS” Step 3 report satisfied the program’s requirements for passing the USMLE, and leaving further investigation/fact-finding to other entities.
@@sheriffofsodiumwhat utter non-sense… the program should confirm his Step 3 result from NBME directly, who are adamant that the results were faked, and not confirm from “a resident who insisted that it was 100% authentic”.
@@dogbiskits I hear you. And I don’t disagree, even. I just have sympathy imagining a PD in the spring of 2020, when administrative systems were in chaos, and they’re facing a resident who SWEARS they passed the exam - and now is lawyered up.
It’s easy to imagine a PD thinking something along the lines of, “if he’s telling the truth, we’d better not stand in his way… but if he’s lying, he’s gonna get crushed by the NBME and the state board anyhow… so maybe we’ll just sit this one out and let someone else deal with it.”
Wow, that was wild!
This channel and the contents here is awesome! Watched all the videos and want more 😁 any additional similar channels and podcast that anyone recommends about medical education, economics of healthcare, etc.
During the whole story I couldn’t help but think “why he just don’t go work anywhere else”? Even the Canada itself after 12 months residency in US… jeez
I wondered the same thing multiple times as I followed the story over the past several years.
@@sheriffofsodium , that’s crazy. But, man, keep your amazing job, I miss your content whenever takes so long 😭
We all know why. Look at the salaries of physicians in other countries compared to ours.
I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my stuff.
People lack the humility in 2024 to recognize that they are lacking
Great video!!! Thank you
Crazy story. I did not root for Bowary at all. Dude cheated the system and should never have been licensed. There’s a reason the step 3 exists and this doctor clearly failed to pass the minimum standard necessary to be a physician in the US.
It was not at all the way I thought things would turn out when I started following the story in 2021.
@@sheriffofsodium yup. It clearly demonstrates the value of having a good attorney regardless of the rules/laws you’ve broken. The attorney doesn’t have to prove you didn’t break the rules, they just have to convince the judge to side with you. That’s also why a lot of malpractice cases end up fining for the plaintiff regardless of whether actual malpractice was done.
Sad thing is that all these stuff puts a bad light on IMGs most of who are honest in their scores .people are already biased against IMGs
The crazy thing is that he could've taken the Canadian boards to begin with to circumnavigate the Step 3 requirement. He got into residency at Brown University so must've been intellegent.
He failed step 3 twice and was stupid enough to even attempt this poorly planned deception. Maybe Brown’s GME program is piggy backing off the good name of its undergrad institution and is actually pretty lackluster. Keeping this guy around certainly suggests that.
"definitely intelligent"
I don't think someone who fails an easy test such as step 3, fakes his score report and lashes out in his emails is intelligent lmao
Definitely intelligent is stretching. Passing step 3 should be a breeze, I’m not so certain he himself even passed step 1 and step 2. If he took them outside of US, I’m willing to bet he found ways to cheat to pass.
@@pedrofigueiroa4588 Not too familiar with the STEP exams as I'm European. But his email and scam was idiotic lol.
@@shbprtThat is certainly suspicious. Step 1 and 2 are much more difficult exams. The sad thing with the Nepal cheating scandal is the air of suspicion with every IMG whether they deserve it like this guy, or they are legitimate test takers.
Any Canadians who have taken the exam done by this guy and step 3 to comment on the difficulty of the exams relative to each other?
Yet another case against IMGs? The reason not being intrinsic to whoever an IMH may be but because when the stakes of non-success means deportation, etc, it may drive someone to do things similar to this. Thus, your ultimate goal is to keep the boat afloat no matter what, which can obviously impact patient care, etc.
Very interesting case! Do you know if any of the Nepal lawsuits succeeded?
Following that, too. At the moment waiting on ruling for NBME’s motion to dismiss. My prediction is that the suit will get tossed later this month… but I will keep you updated.
we need name and hospital
Dr.Paul Bowary
Brown University Psychiatry
Looking at his picture , tells me all I need to know ! I got narcissistic vibes
This should happen more often and should apply to cbse Nbme comp exams too 😅
You're a really great story teller Sheriff!! This was very interesting. Dr. B's lawyers were the truth!... What's the law firm name?? 😂
All of the attorneys for this case are listed in the records in PACER… but some were clearly more effective than others.
If any trainees out there are facing an issue where they need legal counsel, my standard recommendation is to consult first with Sherman Marek, who has a boutique practice focused on student/resident issues and is smart and very experienced. He was not involved in this case, but led the antitrust lawsuit against the AAMC/NRMP several years ago.
marekhealthlaw.com
Here’s the video on that story:
The Match, Part 5: The Lawsuit
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He passed MCCQE1 and not Step 3? Isn't the later easier?
If he invested all that time and effort into studying, he would have passed.
Tying up the USMLE in litigation and passing an alternative licensing exam in secret in the meantime is an absolutely gangster move. I don't think any reasonable person believes that Dr. B sincerely believed he passed Step 3, but he did meet requirements for licensure and he probably deserves to be a practicing doctor. He nearly passed Step 3 once, he passed the Canadian exam, he was clearly a competent enough resident that his PD was willing to vouch for him and hospitals were lining up to hire him. I don't believe that the world would be a better place if this fully trained, presumably competent doctor was deported.
Really? Consider that another hardworking and struggling img without falsified records was potentially unable to secure a spot via the match. Just doesn’t sit well at all
@@Nanomachines5on Dr. B already secured the match spot and completed residency though. It would be a waste to kick the person who occupied that match spot out of the country and possibly out of medicine.
what a pathetic guy
why positions remain unfilled in MATCH process despite outnumbered applicants?
It comes down to this: Applicants tend to have similar preferences among programs, and programs tend to have similar preferences among applicants. Most programs are oversubscribed, and many applicants get over-interviewed - but a few programs who want residents won’t (immediately) find them.
What a wild ride. This is straight out of BCS.
An amazing "pans"demic
Pansdemic 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gotta let the man speak for himself.
Thank you for watching.
I’m assuming since the video is still up, Dr B’s lawyers haven’t sent you a cease and desist letter….yet
Tough cookie from Lebanon I must say 🗿
I think this victory is awesome and he's my hero! Why hasn''t this been made news in FSMB, USMLE, ECFMG, like the Nepal story? Because this guy won and beat them!! They would be invalidated and questioned if they did post it. You made some pretty valid points though in regards to this not just happening to everyone. The fact that this ordinary person, from another country, beat several huge US corporate entities is always a great ending that everyone physician ought to see, especially IMGs! After listening to you, what I learned in short is that FSMB, USMLE and NBME have too much power given to them to either break or make someone's career. And not in a good way. And so my questions are: Who regulates them should students and physicians want to challenge them?? Why are they blindly trusting that these companies know what they are doing or assuming they don't make mistakes? After all they did make one here. Who's to say they haven't done mistakes in the past, which I am positive they have. After all they aren't God! And honestly speaking why should any students or physicians trust them after this?? You should also post the public records for this case. Thank you for sharing!
Sorry but Dr.B is my hero for one reason only he made the people of the usmle suffer it is really stupid to me to be a doctor who studied in us and even got matched and did residency it is your education system your standered why I have to have a licening exam to someone outside fine