Dr. Battiste Jr's Specialty
- Diagnostic Radiology -
Board Certified
What Is a Specialty or Area of Special Expertise?
A specialty is the branch of medicine in which a doctor has completed advanced clinical training and education. Most doctors are board certified in their specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who specializes in your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best treatment methods.
Read MoreA specialty is the branch of medicine in which a doctor has completed advanced clinical training and education. Most doctors are board certified in their specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who specializes in your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best methods of treatment.
Examples of specialists are a pediatrician who focuses on the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood; or a cardiologist who specializes in diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels.
A doctor may have more than one specialty, along with one or more subspecialties. For instance, a doctor could specialize in internal medicine and have a subspecialty in infectious disease. A subspecialty is a concentration within a specialty.
Your primary care doctor (who is often a specialist in family medicine or internal medicine) can help you choose the right type of specialist. In fact, some health insurance plans require a referral from your primary care doctor before you visit a specialist.
Dr. Battiste Jr's License & Board Certification
- Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology
- Licensed in Montana
- Licensed in Oklahoma
Why is Board Certification Important?
Board certification requires extensive training and a rigorous review of a doctor’s knowledge, experience and skill in a medical specialty. Board certification also means that a doctor is actively improving his or her practice of medicine through continuing education. A board-certified doctor is more likely than a non-board-certified doctor to have the most current skills and knowledge about how to treat your medical condition.
Read MoreBoard certification requires extensive training and a rigorous review of a doctor’s knowledge, experience and skill in a medical specialty. Board certification also means that a doctor is actively improving his or her practice of medicine through continuing education. A board-certified doctor is more likely than a non-board-certified doctor to have the most current skills and knowledge about how to treat your medical condition.
A doctor who is board certified has taken an important step beyond getting a required state medical license to practice. Some doctors choose not to apply for board certification. A doctor who is not board certified may be an excellent doctor who is fully licensed to practice medicine in his or her state.
If you are considering a doctor who is not board certified, consider asking the doctor why he or she is not certified. This information might provide you important background information to help you decide whether or not to see that doctor.
Common Procedures Performed by Diagnostic Radiologists
Dr. Battiste Jr's Education & Training
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What Is a Residency?
Residency is a medical training program that a doctor completes to gain expertise in a specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who has completed a residency and therefore specializes in the area of your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best treatment methods. Read MoreResidency is a medical training program that a doctor completes to gain expertise in a specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who has completed a residency and therefore specializes in the area of your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best treatment methods.
Examples of specialists are a pediatrician who focuses on the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood; or a cardiologist who specializes in diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels.
Residency training takes place in accredited hospitals or other healthcare facilities under the supervision of experienced doctors. Residency training lasts from three to seven years, and the exact duration varies from specialty to specialty. Residency is required for specialty board certification.
Dr. Battiste Jr's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The respondent has been the subject of disciplinary action in other states. The respondent surrendered his California license and has a probationary license in Colorado and Oklahoma.
Action Taken:
The Board has agreed to grant the respondent a probationary licensure, subject to the Montana Professional Assistance Program agreement compliance.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician on 06-26-2009 filed an application with the Colorado Board of Medical Examiners to reinstate his Colorado medical license which had expired on 05-31-1993.
The physician has been the subject of disciplinary action in other states.
The physician while licensed in the State of California entered into California's diversion program for physicians after the physician abused Demerol for a period of approximately eight to nine months in 1998 while working in California. The physician in 2000 left the diversion program without permission to accept a job in the State of Oklahoma. The Medical Board of California on 10-29-2002 accepted the surrender of the physician's license to practice medicine and surgery in the State of California.
The physician on 11-16-2000 entered into an Agreement for Licensure with the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision with conditions based upon the physician's history of substance abuse in the State of California. The physician's substance abuse monitoring was terminated in 2003 and the physician in 2008 and 2009 again began to abuse alcohol. The Oklahoma Board on 11-19-2009 placed the physician on probation subject to various probationary conditions for professional misconduct
Action Taken-Licensing Stipulation & Final Agency Order
Licensing Panel B has issued the physician a license to practice medicine in the State of Colorado and has placed the physician on Probation for a period of five years subject to the following terms and conditions:
- The physician shall abstain from the use of alcohol.
- The physician shall abstain from the use of any habit-forming drug or controlled substance unless the physician has received prior written approval of use from his treatment monitor.
- The physician in the case of a bona fide medical emergency must notify his treatment monitor within twenty-four hours of use and must obtain written approval for continued use of the habit-forming drug or controlled substance.
- The physician shall undergo medical treatment as determined by the Colorado Physician Health Program who shall function as the physician's treatment monitor
- The physician shall submit to randomly selected urine screenings eight times per month.
- The physician shall ensure that all CPHP reports are submitted to the board in a timely manner.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician has engaged in alcohol and substance abuse.
Action Taken:
The Oklahoma Medical Board has placed the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Oklahoma on Probation .
Nature of Complaint:
Unknown at this time.
Action Taken:
The Physician has Surrendered his license to practice medicine in California.