Reply #79: Not to be nitpicky...

[Barack_America]

But a person with diabetes would present to a neurologist, assuming that it's peripheral neuropathy that you're thinking of. That's out of the realm of a neurosurgeon. I guess if the patient had a stroke, they may present to the neurosurgeon first.

In any case, his medical experience is really the secondary issue here. The biggest issue is that he's going to be the face of our country's public health and he has no obvious public health experience. I brought up the difference between neurosurgeons and primary care providers because PCP's are at least required to follow-up on public health issues because they directly impact how they will manage their patients. Neurosurgeons? Not so much.