Dr. French Jr'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. French Jr's License & Board Certification
- Licensed in District of Columbia
- Licensed in Maryland
- Licensed in Virginia
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.
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Dr. French Jr's Education & Training
Medical Schools:
Internship Hospital:
Residency Hospital:
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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. French Jr's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician has been the subject of disciplinary action in another state.
The Virginia Board of Medicine on 01-25-2010 issued the physician a reprimand and required the physician to complete a board approved medical recordkeeping course. The physician removed a mass from the back of a patient's head in July 2004 and in September 2004 excised the same area and removed tissue. The physician during both of these procedures discarded the tissue removed from the patient's head without submitting it to a laboratory for testing. The physician also failed to obtain written informed consent from the patient for the July 2004 and September 2004 procedures and failed to maintain records of treatment for the patient.
Action Taken:
The physician has been issued a Reprimand by the Maryland Board of Physicians.
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician in July 2004 removed a mass from the back of a patient's head and discarded it without submitting it to a laboratory for testing. The patient in September 2004 presented to the physician again stating that the mass had grown back. The physician excised the mass a second time and again discarded the tissue without submitting it for laboratory testing. The patient in October 2004 had another physician perform a biopsy on the area. The pathology report concluded that the growth was malignant and represented an aggressive form of cancer. The physician also failed to keep any records of his July 2004 and September 2004 treatment of the patient. The physician also failed to obtain a written informed consent from the patients for the procedures that the physician performed in July 2004 and October 2004.
The physician stated that since this incident he will not perform a procedure without obtaining written informed consent or creating treatment records.
Action Taken:
The Virginia Board of Medicine has issued the physician a Reprimand and his license shall be subject to the following:
- The physician within six months shall submit verification to the board that he had completed twelve hours of board approved continuing medical education in medical recordkeeping.
June 21, 2010-Terms Terminated
The physician has complied with Term #1 of the 01-25-2010 Order. The physician currently has a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia.
