A former Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician whose memory was impaired by a brain tumor and the treatment that followed isn’t entitled to accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for taking his board certification exam, a federal judge has ruled.
Although U.S. District Judge Juan R. Sanchez of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was convinced that Dr. David Rawdin, who was first diagnosed with a brain tumor as an undergraduate in 1987 and again as a resident specializing in surgery a decade later, has a mental impairment, the effect that impairment has on him doesn’t satisfy the standard for requiring the American Board of Pediatrics to grant him certification without passing the multiple-choice exam or create an alternative form of testing to accommodate him.
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