“Is the work of Brian Hales taken seriously by Mormon historians?”

It’s common, in some anti-Mormon circles, to snicker at the name of Brian Hales and to deride him as an amateur (he’s an M.D.) whom real scholars ignore.  Is such dismissal justified?

http://www.plonialmonimormon.com/2016/01/is-work-of-brian-hales-taken-seriously.html