2007-05-04 01:25:27 · 7 answers · asked by thicks901 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Diplomas can be faked. Your best bet is to check with the local medical society, or better yet, the state medical licensing authority.
In the past two decades hospital medical staffs go to great effort to check the credentials of new applicants. This is a mandate of JCAHO, the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. If you get affirmation from a respected hospital that Dr. X is on its staff, it's a pretty safe bet that he/she is genuine. A person would have to be quite sophisticated to falsify all his or her credentials.
2007-05-04 04:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming the physician is in the U.S. Contact the American Medical Association in Chicago.
2007-05-04 08:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Lady J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in the US you may contact the state licensing board and also check if he has any pending malpractice litigation against him.
2007-05-04 08:35:02 · answer #3 · answered by nylatinanurse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to this website for the American Medical Association
http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html
2007-05-04 08:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by syd p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His registeration with medical council.
2007-05-04 08:31:44 · answer #5 · answered by babbumal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
view his credentials and his degree. and in a simple conversation you can tell if he's really a dr.
2007-05-04 08:58:33 · answer #6 · answered by andrea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask for proof. see their degrees. they usually put them up on the walls of their office
2007-05-04 08:29:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋