PATEL v. AMERICAN BD. OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROLOGY

No. 92-1163.

975 F.2d 1312 (1992)

Dilipkumar C. PATEL, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BOARD OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Reitmeyer (argued), Richard M. Guerard, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff-appellant.

David J. Armstrong, Steven B. Larchuk, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., Ronald Betman, Roibin J. Ryan (argued), James W. Rankin, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

To be board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a physician must have a year of internship after graduation from medical school and three years of residency, also postgraduate. At the time relevant to this case, the Board allowed the internship to be done abroad. Dr. Patel wrote the Board requesting credit for his Indian internship and attaching to the letter documents showing that it had been completed by May 1979 and...

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