Check with your county medical society. They will give you the names of several physicians. Ask your insurance company, health maintenance organization or managed care plan if they have a panel of physicians from which you should select. Once you have the names of several physicians, you can do some additional checking to help you make a final decision. Education Department staff can also tell you where the physician attended medical school.
Many doctors become board certified in a specialty.
This means that they complete specialty training and pass formal examinations. While no guarantee of excellence, board certification is one way the average consumer can be certain of a physician s training. Many primary care physicians also are board-certified in specialty areas. Certified Medical Specialists list qualifications of individual physicians. These books can be found in the reference sections of most libraries.