Camas, Wash. November 23, 2004 - When asked, "Which Specialists in your field would you consider most desirable for care of a loved one?" many doctors, though extremely busy don't hesitate to answer.MDNationwide.org randomly asked that question of 5,000 board-certified plastic surgeons nationwide With 33 percent responding and after checking our research for proper licensure status, disciplinary status, education, and training our results determined 358 top plastic surgeons in America. (See http://www.mdnationwide.org/search.php.) “We are Pleased to recognizing these surgeons as
pinnacle of plastic surgeons, and we thank them for contributing a high quality of health care nationwide.” Said Hugo Gallegos, president of MDNationwide.
“Choosing a well-trained, certified practitioner means you have somebody who can handle unexpected complications,” says Dr. Richard Gregory, a renowned board-certified plastic surgeon in Florida, and one of survey’s respondents.
A doctor’s education, training, experience, and recognition are crucial components in receiving highest quality of health care. Experience varies from doctor to doctor, especially in today`s world where advancements in technology, lead to more advanced surgical procedures being offered.
"Board-certification specialty fields are not federally regulated. Therefore, an MD who is board- certified in "surgery" can legally perform same surgical procedures as an MD who is board- certified in plastic surgery. Even an Anesthesiologists, dermatologist, or gynecologist, can legally perform plastic surgery," Says Hugo Gallegos. With plastic surgery industry booming, more doctors are going out of bounds and performing surgical procedures where their qualifications, experience, and training endanger consumer.
More now than ever, consumers are researching their doctors, and demanding highest quality of health care. There is no universal agreement on how to find, best doctors, however there are establishments which, specialize in finding only top doctors. These have their own methodologies in place, some more extensive than others. There are countless online doctor directories, for which any doctor can pay to be listed. And there are establishments where consumers can check doctors’ credentials, disciplinary actions and medical doctor ratings, all of which differ from each other.
“Our methodology consists of contacting only board-certified doctors throughout country and asking them: ‘Which specialists in your field would you consider most desirable for care of a loved one?’ Those doctors who are recognized most from their peers are advanced to next logistical phase, where our research team then looks through their training, education, experience, and licensure status. If they meet our in-house high company standards, their names and credentials information are then added to our Best Doctor database” explain Gallegos Because not all doctors participate in our surveys, we then communicate with medical societies, and hospitals as further research.
