Uncovered: Richard Carmona’s Real Resume

Insider’s Guide To Carmona’s Work Experience Reveals Decades Of Hostility, Dysfunction, and Failure

Richard Carmona (D-Canyon Ranch Resort)

Curriculum Vitae

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Doesn’t Work Well With Others

A number of Carmona’s former co-workers and employees… describe a man whose instinct is to escalate hostilities rather than resolve them.” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Dr. Carmona is not a team player. Dr. Carmona, within 6 or 8 months, had burned bridges everywhere.” (Committee on Oversight And Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Testimony Of Cristina Beato, 11/2/07)

Tensions between Carmona and others at Tucson medical center began soon after he was hired in 1985...” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Carmona Colleague: “Never in my entire medical career have I seen such gross interference by a hospital administrator without the slightest attempt to reach a cooperative understanding.” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Not A Quick Study

…it took him eight years to acquire board certification in his field, general surgery, and… he failed the exam twice before passing it.” (“Surgeon-General-Designate Defends Credentials,” The Washington Post, 7/10/02)

Typically, physicians pass the examinations within a year or two.” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Carmona Colleague: “Clearly you need a lot of help and instruction in how to manage your current position for which you have had no training or previous experience.” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Bad With Budgeting & Finances

Dr. Richard Carmona had come under fire for a deficit at Kino community hospital...” (The Associated Press, 7/13/99)

debt grew to $40 million during his tenure.” (“Bush May Tap Carmona To Be Surgeon General,” Tucson Citizen, 2/9/02)

it continued to lose millions of dollars, and he was forced to resign.” (“The Doctor Is Armed,” Time Magazine, 3/31/02)

Unstable Employment History

Dismissed By Tucson Medical Center: “He was dismissed as director of Tucson Medical Center’s trauma center in 1993.” (“Bush Picks Tucsonan To Be Surgeon General,” The Arizona Daily Star, 3/27/02)

Forced Out Of Pima County Job: “The embattled head of the Pima health care system offered his resignation on the eve of a board of supervisors meeting at which he might have been fired.” (The Associated Press, 7/13/99)

Failed To Get Renominated As Surgeon General: “It is unclear who decided Carmona’s time as Surgeon General is over.” (“U.S. Surgeon General To Return To Tucson After Four-Year Term,” The Arizona Daily Star, 8/1/06)

REFERENCES

The Arizona Republic: “On issues pertaining to federal deficit spending and over-regulation, Carmona can be elusive… difficult to pin down.” (“A Leader for These Times,” The Arizona Republic, 10/13/12)

Colleagues At Tucson Medical Center: “Court and hospital records show a history of conflicts between Carmona and other doctors, who complained about his lack of cooperation, ‘high handedness,’ ‘unwillingness to communicate’ and ‘his escalation of disagreements in an effort to prove he was right.’” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Angie Calvino: “Carmona demanded Angie Calvino’s resignation after she complained to colleagues about his medical judgment...” (“Squaring Off Over Nominee,” Los Angeles Times, 7/8/02)

Dr. Cristina Beato: On Working With Carmona: “It was a living nightmare. It was a living nightmare.” (Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, U.S. House Of Representatives, Testimony Of Cristina Beato, 11/2/07)