There is a long-storied history of physicians as U.S.senators.
Sen.John Barrasso is an orthopedic surgeon who previously served as chief of surgery at Wyoming Medical Center.
Sen.Bill Cassidy is a gastroenterologist and liver specialist who co-founded a clinic for the poor.
Sen.Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist who practiced for almost 20 years.
Sen.Roger Marshall is an OB-GYN who delivered more than 5,000 babies.
Perhaps most impressive of all was heart surgeon Sen.Bill Frist, who performed more than 150 heart and lung transplants and started the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center before going on to serve as a U.S.
senator from 1995 to 2007 and Senate majority leader from 2003 to 2007.Every great physician requires compassion, balanced judgment, calmness and resolve under pressure, as well as a deep understanding of the human condition.These are also crucial qualities for a U.S.
senator.That is why the current focus on whether Dr.Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate in the current Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, is actually a physician, as he claims, is much more than political theater.LEFT-WING HOST PRESSES EL-SAYED OVER 'PHYSICIAN' CLAIM, QUESTIONS HONESTY OF MICHIGAN DEM SENATE HOPEFULAs reported here on Fox News Digital, left-wing host Mehdi Hasan challenged El-Sayed on Wednesday during an interview on Zeteo for trying to represent himself as a physician despite not having a valid state medical license.I consider being a physician an active role that involves healing or treating patients or studying potential tests or cures as a physician-scientist."Do you wish you’d just stuck to calling yourself a doctor, which you are, to avoid all of this controversy and attacks on your physician status?" Hasan asked.As a longtime physician myself, I take my role and qualifications very seriously.
I agree completely with Hasan’s line of questioning and believe El-Sayed’s use of the term "physician" deserves scrutiny.Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Abdul...