Dr. Dahlgren's Specialty
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. Dahlgren's License & Board Certification
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.
Procedures Performed by Dr. Dahlgren
- Degenerative Spine Disease
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Sports Injuries
- Joint Aspiration & Injection
- Lacerations/Stitches
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Dislocations
- Osteoarthritis
- Ankle Disorders
- Joint Injections
- Knee Problems
- Tendonitis
- Ganglion Of Wrist
- Occupational Injuries
- Shoulder Problems
- Lumbar Stenosis
- Ankle Fractures
- Bone Fractures
- Sports Medicine
- Degenerative Spinal Disorders
- Back Problems
- Hand and Wrist Problems
- Scoliosis
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Bone & Joint Problem
- Tendon and Bursa Injections
- Laceration Repair
- Men's Sports Medicine
- Back Disorders
- Concussions
- Joint Aspirations
- Joint Aspirations (Fluid Removal) & Injections (Shots)
- Trigger Finger
- Extremity Ultrasound
- Low Back & Neck Pain
- Strains
- Pediatric Orthopedics
- Preventive Medicine
- Trigger Point Injections
- Ankle Injuries
- Hand Disorders
- Fracture Care
- Ganglions
- Diet Counseling
- Pediatric Ankle Fractures
- Degenerative Joint Disease-Shoulder
- Fractures
- X-Ray
- Contusions
- Knee Disorders
- Trigger Point Therapy
- Women's Sports Medicine
- Herniated Disc
- scaphoid fractures
- Hand & Wrist - Upper Extremities
- distal radius fractures
- Gait analysis
- joint aspiration
- Arthrocentesis of Joints
- Injection of tendon
- Physical therapy
- joint aspiration/injection
- Foot fractures
- Ultrasound - musculoskeletal
- state-of-the-art equipment
- Ankle arthritis
- Piriformis injection
- simple fracture care and casting
- sports injuries and arthritis of the foot/ankle
- Degenerative Joint Disease - Knee
- Synvisc®/Supartz® injections
- Tendon disorders
- Foot problems
- sport physicals
- flat feet
- Synvisc® injections
- for adults
- Simple fractures
- Steroid injection
- Trigger point injection
- Sports medicine related procedures
- Arthritis of the Foot
- ultrasound guided injections
- Suture uncomplicated lacerations
- lacerations
- ultrasound guided procedures
- for children
- hand fracture
- sports medicine and related injuries
Dr. Dahlgren'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.