Dr. Maga'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. Maga's License & Board Certification
- Licensed in Indiana
- Licensed in Missouri
- Licensed in Ohio
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. Maga's Education & Training
Medical Schools:
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. Maga's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint
A jury of the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio has found the physician guilty of five misdemeanor counts of Willful Failure to File Income Tax Returns. The physician has been sentenced to an aggregate term of eighteen months of imprisonment, followed by one year supervised release and restitution payment in the amount of $160,955.00. Prior to sentencing the physician apologized.
Action Taken
The State Medical Board of Ohio has ORDERED the that the physician’s certificate to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in the State of Ohio shall be Indefinitely Suspended for not less than 180 days. Conditions for reinstatement have been established. Upon reinstatement, the physician shall be subject to two years of various Probationary term and conditions. The physician shall be subject to Required Reporting including to all employers or entities with which he is under contract to provide health care service or is receiving training. In the event the physician violates any term or condition of the Order, the Board may institute whatever disciplinary action it deems appropriate.
The Order is effective March 11, 2011.
March 22, 2011 – Court Action
Notice of Appeal of Board’s March 9,2011 Order suspending the physician’s medical license for at least 180 days filed by doctor with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
August 9, 2011 – Court Action
By Decision filed August 9, 2011, the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas affirmed the Board’s March 9, 2011 indefinite suspension Order.
September 12, 2011 – Court Action
By Decision on Merits of Appeal entered on August 9, 2011, the Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County, Ohio, having affirmed the Order of the State Medical Board of Ohio has dismissed this case. This is a final appealable order.
October 7, 2011 – Court Action
Notice is given that the physician appeals the Court of Appeals of Franklin County, Ohio, 10th Appellate District from the final appealable order, from the order dismissing the physician’s Administrative Appeal from the order of the Ohio State Medical Bard entered on September 12, 2011.
January 12, 2012 – Probationary Request
The State Medical Board of Ohio has granted the physician’s request for approval of an ethics course.
March 14, 2012 – Reinstatement
The State Medical Board of Ohio has approved the physician’s request for license reinstatement, subject to probationary terms, conditions and limitations established by the March 9, 2011 Board Order.
April 19, 2012 – Court Action
By Decision filed April 19, 2012, the 10th District Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, which upheld the Board’s March 9, 2011 order indefinitely suspending the physician’s license.