User:Mathdoc

Mathdoc is a graduate of the CSUN Mathematics masters program. He is is interested in math education. Mathdoc is also a medical doctor, hence the name.

His real name is Charles D. Goodman, M.D., M.S. Charles currently teaches math at Moorpark College in Moorpark California.

To date, Mathdoc has taught Algebra, Calculus, and Statistics. Mathdoc also enjoys keeping his 180 gallon salt-water reef aquarium.

In addition, Charles had a paint horse named Kacie who now lives in Arkansas. He currently has a Westphalian named Starsky whose sire is STARMAN who was the jumper who earned the team silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics

Charles is also a strong vaccine advocate for children. He appeared in many national news shows and periodicals when he was one of the first pediatricians to publicly state he would only treat children whose parents agreed their children would be immunized, unless there was some medical reason for them to not be. His reason is that those who refuse immunizations, if there are enough of them, will threaten Herd Immunity and put those who cannot be vaccinated or for whom the vaccine is not effective, in danger. Concurrent with this, Charles became a strong supporter of California's SB277 which removed personal vaccine exemptions and mandated that all children attending public or private school be immunized against certain diseases within a specified time period. This legislation was written by Dr. Richard Pan and Ben Allen and coauthored by Senators Beall, Block, De León, Hall, Hertzberg, Hill, Jackson, Leno, McGuire, Mitchell, Stone, Wieckowski, and Wolk as well as Assembly Members Baker, Chiu, Cooper, Low, McCarty, Nazarian, Rendon, Mark Stone, and Wood

Many years before this, Charles presented legislation to State Senator Liz Figueroa (D-Freemont) who agreed to author a bill, Senate bill 1746 in 2000, with the support of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFSME. The bill, which was signed into law by Governor Gray Davis stopped HMOs from pocketing capitation payments that could have gone to physicians. Charles is a long-term Union member and currently belongs to UAPD and AFT.