students are afraid of Eastern Virginia Medical School
Public Safety
Once again, Eastern Virginia Medical School has been sued by its own
students. In fact, during the last decade, there has never been a year
when EVMS was not being sued by its own students, on claims of abuses
and rights violations.
You'd think the administration would wake up.
The class of 1998 filed complaints of racial discrimination in EVMS
admissions. Two years later, the class of 2000 filed complaints of
gender discrimination. Students have even reported EVMS personnel to
the police on charges of violent crimes including burglary and
abduction.
Virginia Neurologist Katharine Wagner Heatwole was hired by EVMS to
discipline students even though she is a known criminal. The Circuit
Court of Norfolk, Virginia reports that she is guilty of ten separate
felony counts of stealing narcotics. According to the Virginia Board
of Medicine, she also has an extensive history of severe mental
illness, including multiple suicide attempts. Approximately five times
per year, Heatwole forces medical students into psychiatric treatment
by methods including the use of armed guards and terroristic threats,
according to the testimony of several of her victims.
Witnesses - at least two of whom state they were threatened by EVMS
administrators trying to prevent them from testifying – have given
reports of a student being interrogated and threatened by Heatwole for
four hours after 33 hours of sleep deprivation. In this incident,
Heatwole brought in a man with a gun. While carrying a semiautomatic
pistol, the gunman threatened that the student would be "hunted down"
if he tried to escape Heatwole's interrogation. After the death
threat, Heatwole forced the student under armed guard into an insane
asylum where she accused him of making detailed plans to murder his
family, his professors, and his classmates. The asylum judged the
student to be harmless and ordered his immediate return to medical
school. Heatwole then forced the student into a second asylum, which
also judged the student to be harmless. Heatwole's accusations were
declared totally "unsubstantiated" by an EVMS investigative committee.
The school administration expelled the student anyway. Heatwole was
not disciplined.
Some of her victims have suggested that Katharine Heatwole may be
criminally insane.
Heatwole has also falsely accused an internationally published cancer
researcher of stealing his federally authorized research materials so
he could use them to murder people. She falsely accused the Director
of Operations of an international security company – a complete
stranger – of plotting to murder her. She falsely accused the nephew
of a United States senator – another complete stranger - of plotting
to murder his family. She has accused a medical student of mental
illness because he drank alcohol at a New Year's Eve party. She forced
a medical student onto mind-altering medication because he asked a
classmate for a date. She accused a medical student of plotting to
murder people because he was practicing the use of IV lines and
hypodermic needles at the instruction of his teachers. She accused an
American nuclear weapons analyst of mental illness because he desired
to remain eligible for his government security clearance. She accused
a well-known volunteer charity clinic worker of stealing donated
medicines which he routinely provided to free clinics on the orders of
community doctors. She accused a medical student of threatening her
when he left messages with her secretary stating "Please contact me
regarding academic matters." All of Heatwole's known victims have been
male, so gender hatred has been advanced as a possible motive for her
crimes, but if she is indeed criminally insane then the concept of
motive may be meaningless.
Robert McCombs, EVMS Dean of Student Affairs, has admitted in a
federally mandated document release that he entered a student's
private apartment without permission and looked at pornography. He has
been observed drinking alcohol on school property and offering alcohol
to female medical students. He has admitted to going into a student's
home without permission and searching through the kitchen looking for
food. A former student who is a professional graphic designer reports
that McCombs stole computer disks containing ten thousand dollars
worth of her digital artwork, which he refused to return until after
he had time to copy the disks. When she demanded her property, he
replied "I have a whole tower of attorneys." According to documents on
file with the local police, McCombs has also been formally accused of
felony larceny of firearms during an alleged 1999 burglary.
Students have reported EVMS professor Nicola Davies for gossiping
about their grades, a violation of federal education law. The
administration refuses to discipline her, calling it "a learning
experience." She has learned well. Two Honors students who had
reported her were given failing grades by Davies, who then gossiped
about the failures. The failing grades were eventually overturned, but
the administration still hasn't disciplined Davies. Instead, they have
promoted Davies to a "senior research scientist" post, even though the
Virginia Board of Medicine reports that Davies has never published a
single research article. Davies' parents are both EVMS administrators.
Local physicians are wary of working with EVMS, and this creates a
shortage of community training posts for medical students. When two
students were instructed "you must share a local physician and work
together," Dean of Education Christine Matson flunked them for
"collaborating." Her explanation was that the word "you" in their
instructions was a singular pronoun.
Under EVMS rules, only the student-run honor council is permitted to
give disciplinary failures, but the council was not contacted.
EVMS is consistently ranked as one of the worst medical schools in the
United States by US News, the Princeton Review, and the Gourman
Report.
Other allegations of corruption abound, such as when a pediatrics
resident reported a mechanically defective incubator that had resulted
in the deaths of as many as nine infants. The value of money
outweighed the value of human life: EVMS administrators buried the
report and fired the resident. And what about formal allegations filed
with the Virginia Governor last year about EVMS administrators
illegally diverting federal money to genetic experiments on human
reproductive cells, without the consent of the donors? Buried.
Allegations of misdirected endowment money? Buried. Allegations of a
well-liked pathology professor who was forced to resign after
administrators circulated rumors of mental illness? Buried.
Allegations of sexual misconduct with medical students? Buried.
EVMS administrators know they have a bad reputation. They respond by
crafting their public relations campaign accordingly. They call
themselves a "private" medical school, even though the courts have
repeatedly declared them to be a public institution, created by the
Virginia General Assembly. Students who go on record as describing a
"friendly environment" are allegedly given preferential student loan
treatment or preferential class schedules. According to legal filings
in one of the many lawsuits filed by students against EVMS
administrators, every student who has ever reported administrative
misconduct has been expelled.
EVMS has the highest student expulsion rate in the United States, and
the lowest graduation rate. Each year the administration admits new
students into the various classes to adjust for student "departures,"
and then uses those new students to report an inflated graduation
rate. According to reports from members of the class of 2000, 100
students were accepted into the class and 23 were either expelled or
left the school. However, 22 new students were brought in to fill the
void, so EVMS reported a graduation rate of 99%.
We are the Institute for Accountability, a nonprofit 501(c)3 charity
and human rights organization, best known for our global work to
eradicate parasitic disease among children in developing countries.
Our mandate includes educating the public on health training issues,
which is why we are publishing this public safety warning. Our data is
based on approximately 300 pages of documentation and the testimony of
14 witness, as reported in law enforcement records.
If you or someone you know is thinking of applying for medical school,
we will give you the same advice that we will give to thousands of
aspiring doctors this year: apply only to reputable medical schools.
If you have trouble getting accepted, relax and don't be in a hurry.
Never settle! Simply apply to graduate school, get a Master's degree
in whatever subject you like (medical schools like variety), and
meanwhile volunteer at a nearby free clinic. You will walk away with a
graduate degree, published research, and an amazing letter of
recommendation from the clinic's director. These items will place you
ahead of 99% of medical school applicants, and you won't have to
attend a school with a long record of student abuse like Eastern
Virginia Medical School.
z
what's your site?
who are you?
where are your proof documents posted to the net?
"Public Safety" <public...@hush.com> wrote in message
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> STUDENTS ARE AFRAID OF EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL
>
> Once again, Eastern Virginia Medical School has been sued by its own
> students. In fact, during the last decade, there has never been a year
> when EVMS was not being sued by its own students, on claims of abuses
> and rights violations.
>
> You'd think the administration would wake up.
>
> The class of 1998 filed complaints of racial discrimination in EVMS
> admissions. Two years later, the class of 2000 filed complaints of
> gender discrimination. Students have even reported EVMS personnel to
> the police on charges of violent crimes including burglary and
> abduction.
>
> Virginia Neurologist Katharine Wagner Heatwole was hired by EVMS to
> discipline students even though she is a known criminal. The Circuit
> Court of Norfolk, Virginia reports that she is guilty of ten separate
> felony counts of stealing narcotics. According to the Virginia Board
> of Medicine, she also has an extensive history of severe mental
> illness, including multiple suicide attempts. Approximately five times
> per year, Heatwole forces medical students into psychiatric treatment
> by methods including the use of armed guards and terroristic threats,
> according to the testimony of several of her victims.
>
> Witnesses - at least two of whom state they were threatened by EVMS
> administrators trying to prevent them from testifying - have given
> reports of a student being interrogated and threatened by Heatwole for
> four hours after 33 hours of sleep deprivation. In this incident,
> Heatwole brought in a man with a gun. While carrying a semiautomatic
> pistol, the gunman threatened that the student would be "hunted down"
> if he tried to escape Heatwole's interrogation. After the death
> threat, Heatwole forced the student under armed guard into an insane
> asylum where she accused him of making detailed plans to murder his
> family, his professors, and his classmates. The asylum judged the
> student to be harmless and ordered his immediate return to medical
> school. Heatwole then forced the student into a second asylum, which
> also judged the student to be harmless. Heatwole's accusations were
> declared totally "unsubstantiated" by an EVMS investigative committee.
> The school administration expelled the student anyway. Heatwole was
> not disciplined.
>
> Some of her victims have suggested that Katharine Heatwole may be
> criminally insane.
>
> Heatwole has also falsely accused an internationally published cancer
> researcher of stealing his federally authorized research materials so
> he could use them to murder people. She falsely accused the Director
> of Operations of an international security company - a complete
> stranger - of plotting to murder her. She falsely accused the nephew
> of a United States senator - another complete stranger - of plotting
A Chance to Cut
really goes on! I'm glad somebody had the courage to talk about it. I
got really sick of watching other students talk to strangers about how
great their time at EVMS was going, then complaining behind closed
doors about our lousy teachers and uncaring administrators.
public...@hush.com (Public Safety) wrote in message news:<87d4d1da.03041...@posting.google.com>...
> STUDENTS ARE AFRAID OF EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL
>
> Once again, Eastern Virginia Medical School has been sued by its own
> students. In fact, during the last decade, there has never been a year
> when EVMS was not being sued by its own students, on claims of abuses
> and rights violations.
>
> You'd think the administration would wake up.
>
> The class of 1998 filed complaints of racial discrimination in EVMS
> admissions. Two years later, the class of 2000 filed complaints of
> gender discrimination. Students have even reported EVMS personnel to
> the police on charges of violent crimes including burglary and
> abduction.
>
> Virginia Neurologist Katharine Wagner Heatwole was hired by EVMS to
> discipline students even though she is a known criminal. The Circuit
> Court of Norfolk, Virginia reports that she is guilty of ten separate
> felony counts of stealing narcotics. According to the Virginia Board
> of Medicine, she also has an extensive history of severe mental
> illness, including multiple suicide attempts. Approximately five times
> per year, Heatwole forces medical students into psychiatric treatment
> by methods including the use of armed guards and terroristic threats,
> according to the testimony of several of her victims.
>
> Witnesses - at least two of whom state they were threatened by EVMS
> administrators trying to prevent them from testifying ? have given
> reports of a student being interrogated and threatened by Heatwole for
> four hours after 33 hours of sleep deprivation. In this incident,
> Heatwole brought in a man with a gun. While carrying a semiautomatic
> pistol, the gunman threatened that the student would be "hunted down"
> if he tried to escape Heatwole's interrogation. After the death
> threat, Heatwole forced the student under armed guard into an insane
> asylum where she accused him of making detailed plans to murder his
> family, his professors, and his classmates. The asylum judged the
> student to be harmless and ordered his immediate return to medical
> school. Heatwole then forced the student into a second asylum, which
> also judged the student to be harmless. Heatwole's accusations were
> declared totally "unsubstantiated" by an EVMS investigative committee.
> The school administration expelled the student anyway. Heatwole was
> not disciplined.
>
> Some of her victims have suggested that Katharine Heatwole may be
> criminally insane.
>
> Heatwole has also falsely accused an internationally published cancer
> researcher of stealing his federally authorized research materials so
> he could use them to murder people. She falsely accused the Director
> of Operations of an international security company ? a complete
> stranger ? of plotting to murder her. She falsely accused the nephew
> of a United States senator ? another complete stranger - of plotting
z
what about the specifics of this tirade?
"A Chance to Cut" <neur...@doctor.com> wrote in message
news:faca6a40.03041...@posting.google.com...
optimistic student
case I can't get into where I want. I read the Princeton Review
article where a student talked about professors who "try to break your
spirit" but I figured it was a fluke. Guess not. I think I'd rather
not become a doctor at all if it means going through so much. I mean,
I expect med school to be tough, like academically, but not horrifying
like what happen to those people.
public...@hush.com (Public Safety) wrote in messagenews:<87d4d1da.03041...@posting.google.com>...
> STUDENTS ARE AFRAID OF EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL
>
> Once again, Eastern Virginia Medical School has been sued by its own
> students. In fact, during the last decade, there has never been a year
> when EVMS was not being sued by its own students, on claims of abuses
> and rights violations.
>
> You'd think the administration would wake up.
>
> The class of 1998 filed complaints of racial discrimination in EVMS
> admissions. Two years later, the class of 2000 filed complaints of
> gender discrimination. Students have even reported EVMS personnel to
> the police on charges of violent crimes including burglary and
> abduction.
>
> Virginia Neurologist Katharine Wagner Heatwole was hired by EVMS to
> discipline students even though she is a known criminal. The Circuit
> Court of Norfolk, Virginia reports that she is guilty of ten separate
> felony counts of stealing narcotics. According to the Virginia Board
> of Medicine, she also has an extensive history of severe mental
> illness, including multiple suicide attempts. Approximately five times
> per year, Heatwole forces medical students into psychiatric treatment
> by methods including the use of armed guards and terroristic threats,
> according to the testimony of several of her victims.
>
> Witnesses - at least two of whom state they were threatened by EVMS
> administrators trying to prevent them from testifying ? have given
> reports of a student being interrogated and threatened by Heatwole for
> four hours after 33 hours of sleep deprivation. In this incident,
> Heatwole brought in a man with a gun. While carrying a semiautomatic
> pistol, the gunman threatened that the student would be "hunted down"
> if he tried to escape Heatwole's interrogation. After the death
> threat, Heatwole forced the student under armed guard into an insane
> asylum where she accused him of making detailed plans to murder his
> family, his professors, and his classmates. The asylum judged the
> student to be harmless and ordered his immediate return to medical
> school. Heatwole then forced the student into a second asylum, which
> also judged the student to be harmless. Heatwole's accusations were
> declared totally "unsubstantiated" by an EVMS investigative committee.
> The school administration expelled the student anyway. Heatwole was
> not disciplined.
>
> Some of her victims have suggested that Katharine Heatwole may be
> criminally insane.
>
> Heatwole has also falsely accused an internationally published cancer
> researcher of stealing his federally authorized research materials so
> he could use them to murder people. She falsely accused the Director
> of Operations of an international security company ? a complete
> stranger ? of plotting to murder her. She falsely accused the nephew
> of a United States senator ? another complete stranger - of plotting
maoeris
Thanks
maoeris
"optimistic student" <jacka...@doglover.com> wrote in message
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mr
postig host...probably just the same person posting under differnt
names.
E.g.: NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.98.164.16
nono
how did you figure that out ... where do yo ulook for the posting host?
"mr" <m...@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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Hemant Godara
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submitted April 27, 2003 on misc.education.medical.
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a new thread on misc.education.medical.
"z" <nov...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<rVRna.30778$Gb1....@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>...
A Chance to Cut
but don't you think there's a larger issue here?
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