[Jackie07]

I didn't know anything about this person before reading the link posted on the Board. I have nothing against this 'doctor'. There's just something very 'fishy' about her career path listed on her biography. So I did a search with the AMA Physician's directory (Doctorfinder). She wasn't listed there. So I tried using the non member search and found the following:


The information contained in the AMA DoctorFinder report does NOT meet the primary source equivalency requirement as set forth in the credentialing standards of accreditation organizations such as the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Kathleen Theresa Ruddy , MD (Non-Member)


Primary Specialty (Self Designated)(note):
GENERAL SURGERY

Location:
Belleville, NJ 07109
Office Phone:
207-498-2595



* Self Designated means


Self-designated practice specialties/areas of practice (SDPS) listed on the AMA Physician Masterfile have historically related to the record-keeping needs of the American Medical Association and do not imply "recognition" or "endorsement" of any field of medical practice by the Association. The fact that a physician chooses to designate a given specialty/area of practice on our records does not necessarily mean that the physician has been trained or has special competence to practice the SDPS.