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Colbert Tackles Rand Paul's Rogue Ophthalmology Outfit (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | June 23, 2010, 1:20PM

Stephen Colbert discusses Rand Paul

Last night Stephen Colbert took a look at Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul's dissident ophthalmology re-certification group, which Paul created after a dispute with the national board.

Colbert established his own "USA Board of Ophthalmologist Freedom" to compete with the major existing certifying board, the American Board of Ophthalmology, and the one based at Paul's Kentucky home, the National Board of Ophthalmology. (See TPMmuckraker's coverage of Paul's board here.)

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Topics: American Board of Ophthalmology, National Board of Ophthalmology, Rand Paul, Stephen Colbert

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Rand Paul's Upstart Ophthalmology Group Leaves Little Mark

Zachary Roth | May 27, 2010, 11:26AM

KY-SEN candidate Rand Paul (R)

Rand Paul's reputation for marching to his own drummer may extend to his medical career. The GOP Senate candidate is the founder and president of a certifying board for eye doctors, which he appears to have set up as a rival to the existing certification board. But his organization has left little public record, and the legitimacy with which it's viewed remains unclear at best.

In 1999, Paul created a new non-profit organization, the National Board of Ophthalmology (NBO), headquartered at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in order to "provide information to the public concerning physicians with exemplary qualifications in the medical specialty of ophthalmology," according to the organization's founding document, filed online with the Kentucky Secretary of State's office. Page One, a Kentucky politics blog, first noted the group's existence last month.