For two decades, William Hamman had been conning his way into the medical system, and he fooled all thehealthauthorities. Apparently, if you walk like a doctor and quack like a doctor, people don't ask very many questions.
But here's the really fascinating part of this story. TheAmerican Medical Associationhad scheduled a seminar featuring "Doctor" William Hamman as an instructor. Whenthe AMAfound out they had been duped, did they cancel thetraining? Nope. They simply altered the course materials, removing the word "Doctor" in front of his name and replacing it with the word "Captain!"
William Hamman is a pilot, you see, and the AMA apparently didn't care whether a doctor or a pilot was giving a medical seminar as long as they could slap some kind of authoritative-sounding word in front of his name.
Pilot faked his way as a prestigious doctor for 20 years, duping AMA and receiving millions in medical grants
But here's the really fascinating part of this story. TheAmerican Medical Associationhad scheduled a seminar featuring "Doctor" William Hamman as an instructor. Whenthe AMAfound out they had been duped, did they cancel thetraining? Nope. They simply altered the course materials, removing the word "Doctor" in front of his name and replacing it with the word "Captain!"
William Hamman is a pilot, you see, and the AMA apparently didn't care whether a doctor or a pilot was giving a medical seminar as long as they could slap some kind of authoritative-sounding word in front of his name.
Pilot faked his way as a prestigious doctor for 20 years, duping AMA and receiving millions in medical grants
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