Dr. Chirban'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. Chirban'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.
Common Procedures Performed by Internal Medicine Doctors
Common Conditions Treated by Internal Medicine Doctors
- Adult Adhd
- Alcohol Abuse
- Allergies
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Burns
- Celiac Disease
- Cold & Flu
- Copd
- Crohn's Disease
- Diabetes
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Eating Disorders
- Eczema
- Endometriosis
- Enlarged Prostate
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Fatigue
- Fibromyalgia
- Genital Herpes
- Gout
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hepatitis
- Hypertension
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Ibs)
- Kidney Failure
- Menopause
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Overactive Bladder
- Parkinson's Disease
- Psoriasis
- Shingles
- Sinusitis
- Sleep Disorders
- Smoking Cessation
- Stress
- Stroke
- Substance Abuse
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Vaccinations
Dr. Chirban's Education & Training
Medical Schools:
Residency Hospital:
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. Chirban's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The respondent deviated from the standard of care by initiating high dose Methadone without verifying the patient’s tolerance of the dose, and the respondent continued to prescribe opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in the absence of adequate diagnostic evaluation, and failed to adequately follow up and monitor for aberrant drug related behaviors in a high risk patient. The respondent also failed to identify an etiology of pain that may have responded to non-pharmacologic and/or more definitive treatment. The respondent’s medical records were inadequate.
Action Taken:
It is hereby Ordered that the respondent is issued a Letter of Reprimand.
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint
The physician has been disciplined by the State of Arizona with license revocation due to failure to maintain adequate medical records and for failure to respond to a request from the Arizona Medical Board.
Action Taken
The Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation has placed the physician’s Illinois license in Refuse to Renew status.
Nature of Complaint:
The Board found that the respondent is guilty of inadequate care and treatment of a patient, with lack of exam findings supporting diagnosis, lack of diagnostic information, prescribing relying primarily on narcotic agents, and for inadequate medical records.
Action Taken:
The Arizona Medical Board has issued the respondent an Advisory Letter. This is not a disciplinary action.
Nature of Complaint:
The Board received notification that the respondent surrendered his DEA license during the course of an investigation by the DEA , into his practice.
Action Taken:
It is hereby Ordered that the respondent shall not practice clinical medicine or any medicine, involving direct patient care, and is prohibited from prescribing any form of treatment including prescription medications.
Nature of Complaint:
The respondent kept inadequate medical records and signed a blank prescription.
Action Taken:
The Arizona Medical Board has issued the respondent an Advisory Letter. This is a non-disciplinary action.
Dr. Chirban's Languages Spoken
- English
- Greek
