{"id":62484,"date":"2015-01-28T08:41:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T16:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62484"},"modified":"2015-01-28T08:41:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T16:41:34","slug":"vdare-indian-diversity-superstars-and-the-cancer-of-dishonesty-at-the-heart-of-american-medical-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62484","title":{"rendered":"VDARE: Indian Diversity Superstars And The Cancer Of Dishonesty At The Heart Of American Medical Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

From VDARE<\/a>:<\/p>\n

See also by Thomas O. Meehan: <\/em><\/span>Patels From Hell: Importing Fraud From The Indian Subcontinent<\/a> and Why Does America Tolerate Indian Immigrant Medical Fraud?<\/a><\/p>\n

This week, Duke University and Dr. Anil Potti will go on trial for falsifying research in an experimental cancer treatment. The suit was brought by the estate of Juliet Jacobs, a cancer patient who died after participating in a clinical trial [Potti\u2019s junk science trial delayed because of illness<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>by Jason deBruyn, Triangle Business Journal, <\/em>January 26, 2015] But the real story is not the trial, but how the American medical establishment willfully ignored an Indian immigrant doctor<\/a> falsifying his research, leading to worthless data,<\/a> hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted, and the possibility that cancer patients received mistaken treatment. And there\u2019s no way of knowing how much more of this fraud is out there. <\/a><\/p>\n

The case of Dr. Anil Potti is merely the latest example<\/a> in an endless chronicle of Indian immigrant professional shenanigans<\/a>. Dr. Potti was born in May 1972 in Hyderabad and graduated from Christian Medical College, Vellore India in 1995. Because we all know that medicine is something the Americans won\u2019t do<\/a>, he finished his internship in Internal Medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1999. In 2006 he completed training in hematology and oncology at Duke University [Anil Potti Licensee Information<\/em><\/a>, Education, Certifications, & Area of Practice, North Carolina Medical Board, <\/em>April 15, 2014].<\/p>\n

Dr. Potti and his colleague Dr. Joseph Nevins developed a prediction model that aimed to allow cancer treatment based on the genetics contained within a sample from a tumor. They attempted to monetize this alleged accomplishment by starting a company named CancerGuide and raising $10.5 million.<\/p>\n

CancerGuide even formed a partnership with Duke University to pursue \u201cdramatic advances in the management of cancer treatment.\u201d [Duke, Durham\u2019s CancerGuide in alliance<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>by James Gallagher, Triangle Business Journal, <\/em>April 6, 2010]<\/p>\n

However, The Cancer Letter, <\/em>a weekly publication for specialists, reported that Potti had overstated his credentials by claiming to have been a Rhodes Scholar. <\/a> Potti was suspended and the cancer studies he was conducting were halted. More importantly, researchers around the country started questioning the research Potti\u2019s team was producing. [Duke Scientist Suspended Over Rhodes Scholarship Claim<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>by Natasha Singer, New York Times<\/em>, July 20, 2010]<\/p>\n

The eventual result: much of Potti\u2019s work was completely retracted. Anything based on non-reproducible data had to be scrapped [The Anil Potti retraction record so far<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> by Ivan Orlansky, Retraction Watch<\/em> February 14, 2012.] He was reprimanded by both the North Carolina and Missouri medical boards. [Potti reprimanded by Missouri medical board<\/em><\/a>, The Duke Chronicle<\/em>, March 11, 2012]. Duke returned $729,000 to the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, however, Potti continued to practice medicine. He resurfaced at a cancer center in South Carolina [Cancer researcher Potti loses his S.C. job<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>by Jason deBruyn, Triangle Business Journal, <\/em>February 22, 2012]. After he was forced to leave there, he ended up reportedly ended up working in North Dakota as a medical oncologist at another cancer center [Potti now working in North Dakota<\/em><\/a>, Triangle Business Journal, <\/em>August 20, 2012].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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