But anyway, I should have been more clear, she has a degree and practice in child psychology, not exactly my choice for a health expert.
You continue to post more misinformation regarding Dr. Rachel Levine. She IS a "real MD" that has spent over 30-years diagnosing and treating real patients as a physician both in hospital environments and private practice. She is NOT a child psychologist or psychiatrist. She has the same general education and training as any of the "real" medical doctors from whom you've ever sought examination, treatment, or diagnosis. Like any other physician she had medical training that required clinical rotation thru every area of medicine in a hospital.
In addition to her general medical education to be come a "real MD" and licensed to practice medicine, she choice a specialty of
pediatrics and received additional education and training in that field. Beyond that, she received additional training in the subspecialty of
adolescent medicine (approximately teen to young adults). She is a licensed physician that is additionally board certified in both specialties of pediatrics and adolescent medicine with decades of experience in treating patients for a broad array of illness and disease. A principle difference between your primary care doctor and a pediatrician is that a pediatrician has additional training in medical issues involving the development and maturing of children and adolescents. They provide all of the same care that your doctors offer except with younger patients. Pediatricians may have additional pediatric subspecialties like pediatric oncology, cardiology, anesthesiology, etc.
https://www.healthychildren.org/A-Pediatricians-TrainingShe has been a leader in her field as a practicing physician providing patient care and as an academic researcher and professor. She has been nationally and internationally recognized for her work in medicine.
If given the option between a child psychologist or a real MD, I would go with latter every day of the week, especially for public health issues.
Then you have no need for concern.
She is a "real MD".
