In April of 2006 Lauranell Burch (aka
Nell Burch) made serious public allegations
against a colleague at Duke University, claiming that
an affiliated doctor there lied to a patient, refused
appropriate diagnosis, and other dreadful acts.
Duke has a world renown medical staff and very well
respected Lasik doctors. Lauranell Burch was (key
point: was) a researcher at the prestigious
Duke University in North Carolina where she alleges
these events occurred. Nothing has been found to indicate
that Lauranell Burch would have been directly involved
with the ophthalmology surgery department at Duke University.
Lauranell Burch used one of her aliases (see
Multiple Aliases of Lauranell Burch) to post these
scurrilous accusations at the public alt.lasik-eyes
newsgroup forum. See the original post at
Lauranell Burch Accusation Against Duke University Doctor.
None of the accusations are substantiated. The name
of the "patient" is not provided. No identifying information
is offered. Lauranell Burch makes outlandish accusations
that besmirch the reputation of a respected university
and hospital and offers nothing to back it up. Lauranell
Burch does not use her own identity to make these accusations,
but uses an alias. There is no way for Duke University
to respond to the accusations because they are so vague
and unsubstantiated.
It appears that being a colleague or employer of
Lauranell Burch can be an unfortunate position.
