Read All About a Scandalous Affair Involving Dr. Antero By Clicking Here!!!

These aren’t really frequently asked questions, but they are questions that I expect people to have.

Q: Who is Dr. Antero?

A: Dr. Patricia Antero is a podiatrist, who practices in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Q: What is the purpose of this website?

A: Dr. Antero is a quack, and she apparently has no intention of retiring anytime soon, so I’ve taken it upon myself to raise awareness of the danger she poses. I’m hopeful that this website will cause Dr. Antero’s potential patients to look elsewhere for foot care. Go here to read more about the purpose of this website.

Q: Are you worried that Dr. Antero will sue you for defamation of character?

A: I’m not at all concerned about the possibility of being sued by Dr. Antero for defamation. In order to successfully sue for defamation, one must prove that the offending party made a false claim. In other words, truth is an absolute defense against a defamation claim. Because everything that I’ve said about Dr. Antero is true, she cannot successfully sue me for defamation.

Q: Has Dr. Antero retaliated against you for your website?

A: Dr. Antero has, indeed, retaliated against me. If there’s one thing that Dr. Antero doesn’t want, it’s people knowing the truth about who she is. Because everything I’ve said about Dr. Antero is true, and thus she cannot successfully sue me for defamation (since truth is an absolute defense to any defamation claim), Dr. Antero has tried to silence me in other ways. For example, she’s tried — on more than one occasion — to have me arrested for telling the truth about her. She also made one hilariously stupid attempt to get me in trouble. Read about it here.

Q: So I shouldn’t let Dr. Antero perform surgery on me. Do you think it’s okay if, for example, I go to see her for an ingrown toenail?

A: It’s best to just avoid Dr. Antero altogether. Suppose the following people want to visit Dr. Antero for their ailments.

• Brandon Bunion
• Frankie Fungus
• Henry Hammertoe
• Igor Ingrown Toenail
• Peter Plantar Wart

Because bunions and hammertoes often require surgery, Brandon Bunion and Henry Hammertoe should avoid Dr. Antero like the plague! Even though Frankie Fungus, Igor Ingrown Toenail, and Peter Plantar Wart don’t appear to need surgery, they should still stay away from Dr. Antero.

Suppose Frankie Fungus goes to Dr. Antero to have his fungus treated, but then Dr. Antero discovers that Frankie Fungus also has a hammertoe that she says requires surgery. Now, Frankie Fungus has a decision to make — does he take a huge risk by letting Dr. Antero do the surgery, or does he potentially offend her by saying “thanks, but no thanks?” Had Frankie Fungus simply avoided Dr. Antero, he wouldn’t have been in such an unenviable position.

Q: Do you know of anything like that happening?

A: My friend’s dad, George Glass (okay, his name isn’t George Glass, but this really did happen), went to see Dr. Antero some time ago to have glass removed from his foot. Dr. Antero removed the glass, but she informed him that he had very bad heel spurs, and she asked if they bothered him. Mr. Glass told Dr. Antero that he had never felt the heel spurs, and to this day, he doesn’t think he has them.

Q: Do you think Dr. Antero knows that she’s not a capable surgeon?

A: My belief is that Dr. Antero probably often has suboptimal outcomes when she performs surgery, and she just doesn’t know why that’s the case. The fact is that a surgeon should have elite intelligence, but Dr. Antero does not have elite intelligence — in fact, she’s very average in that department. Surgery often requires ad hoc adjustments, and in order to make the right ad hoc adjustments, one must be quite intelligent. Because being a capable surgeon requires more than simply following a checklist of instructions, and hoping that everything goes well, it is my strong belief that Dr. Antero does not possess the requisite skillset to be a capable surgeon. To answer the question, while I believe that Dr. Antero regularly engages in mental gymnastics to convince herself that she’s a capable surgeon, I also think that Dr. Antero ultimately knows that she’s not a competent surgeon.

Q: Dr. Antero is a doctor. How can she not be very above average in the intelligence department?

A. Dr. Antero is NOT a physician — she’s a podiatrist, which requires a DPM, not an MD. While a DPM is technically a doctorate degree, podiatry school is exceptionally easy to get into. Indeed, around 80% of people who apply to podiatry school are admitted. I can tell you from experience that Dr. Antero has a chip on her shoulder about not being an MD. Why might that be? According to the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), for for the 2023-2024 academic year, the average MCAT score (medical school’s version of the ACT or SAT) for MD students was 511.7. According to the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM), for that same year, the average MCAT score for DPM students was 493.9. Per the MCAT percentile rankings for that year, that means that the average MD scored at around the 83rd percentile, while the average DPM student scored at around the 28th percentile. There’s a similar disparity in GPAs between MDs and DPMs (3.77 for MDs vs 3.3 for DPMs). A 3.77 GPA is substantially better than a 3.3 GPA, given the average college GPA in 2013 was 3.15, and when taking into account the trend of increasing “grade inflation,” average GPAs are probably even higher than 3.15 now, meaning the average DPM student has a barely above-average college GPA. As you can see, the DPM degree is more easily attainable than the MD degree.

Q: Why don’t you stop doing what you’re doing? Dr. Antero improved my life. Before I met Dr. Antero, I had to walk everywhere, but now that she did surgery on my foot, I get to park in the handicapped parking spots, and when I go to the grocery store, I get to cart myself around in one of those little buggies.

A: Well, if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose “improvement” can also be in the eye of the beholder.

Q: How can I get in touch with you?

A: You can contact me here.