How do I find the credentials of a doctor?
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You want to make sure he is board certified.Also if you have a medial professional friend who works at the hospital where the doc has privileges; they can give a recommendation
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Try checking out http://www.healthgrades.com to see if a particular doctor you have in mind has any blemishes on his or her records. The Quackwatch site also has a lot of helpful info on how to check out a doc's background. See the page at:\nhttp://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/QA/mdcheck.html\n\nHope that helps, and good luck.
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Look at the hospital websites near where you live.  Under the services tab, there will probably be a list of healthcare providers.  This should tell what kind of doctor that they are and their education.   What kind of surgeon does you Grandpa need?
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Try HIPPA.com that should give you the information you need.
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Call your local Medical Society. They can tell you what kind of doctor to look for and give you a list of names.\nThe Medical Society is listed by what county you live in.\nFor example: Franklin County Medical Society or\n             Orange County Medical Society
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The medical licensing board will usually tell you if the physician has ever had any disciplinary actions against them.  If they have had any malpractice issues in that state, they'll usually have that info, too.\n\nBut keep in mind that sometimes docs with bad histories jump from state to state.  You might have to check with a couple of states to get a good idea of their history.
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There's a thing called the "Little Blue Book" and it has a listing of all the drs in your general area in PA. You could probably contact your healthcare provider or any health insurance company to find out where to obtain a copy- even if you don't have any coverage yourself. You can usually find the number to contact them by looking on the back of any insurance card. Good luck and if you need help in Pittsburgh PA, feel free to email me- I work as an emerg telephone operator at an answering srvc for drs, etc.
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check Medical websites
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Try doing a search for their personal websites, they may have the info you need there.
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Yes it's the PDR The Physicians Desk Reference. It's the bible for Doctors. try PDR.net or just search PDR
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I found \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doctors\n\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056752/
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You might start by looking at the state licensing entities and medical schools.  For example, https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/hps5/Medical/physician_eli.htm\n\n(I think medical school is a BA/BS + four)
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Try searching "Doctor ratings" on Yahoo / Google.\n\nThey have ratings and reviews by patients on so many sites.
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You can visit\nhttp://www.nof.org/patientinfo/finding_doctor.htm
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try typeing in doctordom in the search and see id the site come up ,or a site that may lead u in the right direction\ngood luck
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has a Doctor Finder service on their webpage.\n\nYou can enter the specialty that you're looking for, and the location and then hit search.\n\nGood luck.
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http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ ?