CETEC Medical School?

I am trying to verify which years CETEC Medical School operated. I thought it was opened in January 1980 and shut down by the government in 1984. However I read in this article

http://www.dr1.com/news/1998/dnews021698.shtml

<<In the 70s, the Dominican government closed down the Universidad Mundial and CETEC, medical schools that also catered primarily to foreigners. >>

Was CETEC open earlier and then shut down in 1970s and then opened again in 1980 and shut down again in 1984? If so, was it shut down for the same reason(s) each time?

I understand that there are people who attended CETEC and earned their MDs there who did so legitimately (ie, actually physically attended classes in Dominican Republic for equivalent of 4 academic years) and these people are certified. Does anyone know if there is a way to verify if someone actually lived in DR/attended CETEC during a certain period of time?

I am trying to verify someone's credentials. This person said she got her MD from CETEC in 1983. However she has also listed 2 other non-existent medical schools on other documents. So I am suspicious about her having earned a legitimate degree from CETEC.

Thank you in advance for any advice you can offer!

Thank you for your helpful replies Hillbilly and Dolores. I will call CONES and see if they can help me to verify.

It seems to vary from state to state in the US on whether they recognize any degrees from CETEC. Are some CETEC MDs recognized as legitimate in Dominican Republic?

Ken,I am trying to verify this person's credentials because unfortunately I already brought my young son to see her. She acted in a bizarre fashion at the appointment (did not examine my son - barely glanced at him in fact, and refused to look at his MRI films or review his medical records). Then she wrote a letter to my son's pediatrician that fabricated an exam (the data was all wrong of course, so it is easy to show she fabricated the exam) and claiming that she could not go by anything I told her about my son because there were no medical records available for review! I had brought all his medical records and MRI films to the appontment and she refused to look at them. She is licensed to practice medicine in our state and is with a supposedly reputable clinic group - which is why I didn't think to look at her training.

But after the appt and the wierd letter, I got suspicious that something was wrong with this person and decided to check into her training. Of course I became more suspicious when I found 3 different medical schools listed in 3 different places and that she is the only person in her clinic who is not board certified (she merely lists a bunch of disciplines for which she is board eligible).

I want to file a complaint on her with the medical board and with the clinic president and administrator. But I know realistically, more will be done if I show that it is not just my opinon that this person is incompetent - but that she has not had good training. She claims to "specialize" in autism and epilepsy and sees many young children. When I started asking around to see who else saw this person, i found that most people had had a similar experience to ours. I want to prevent this from happening to other families if possible.

Thanks!

Hillbilly said:

All the best to you in your very important "due diligence"
Sounds like that clinic didn't due their due diligence in researching her C.V.
That was a very bad time for the reputation of the medical programs in the DR. Since it was wide open, a lot of fly-by-nighters opened shop.
On the other hand, Dr. Jose Greer, a grad from PUCMM in Santiago, just won a Hispanic Person of the Year Award....He is a leading medical personality in Miami...

HB

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Thanks Hillbilly. There have been and are plenty of fake schools in the US and Europe. I suppose in smaller countries where there are fewer schools in general, a diploma mill is more noticed. But, it seems that even for places like CETEC, it was mostly Americans and Europeans buying their degrees and it was the government of DR that shut it down.