Dr. Khan'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. Khan'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. Khan's Education & Training
Medical Schools:
Internship Hospital:
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. Khan's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician has been the subject of disciplinary action in another state.
The Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline on 08-13-2008 accepted the voluntary surrender of the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Rhode Island subject to conditions for reinstatement. The action was based upon the physician writing and prescribing fraudulent prescriptions for fentanyl patches using two separate pharmacies and two different names and taking narcotic medications from patients for his personal use.
Action Taken:
The New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct has Indefinitely Suspended the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of New York for a period of no less than twelve months and subject to various conditions.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician admitted to Rhode Island Task Force agents writing fraudulent prescriptions for fentanyl patches using two separate pharmacies and two different names. The physician also admitted to taking narcotic medications from certain patients for personal use. The physician was also charged by the Woonsocket Police with two felony counts of possession of controlled substances.
Action Taken:
The physician has entered into a Consent Order with the board subject to the following:
- The physician agrees to Surrender his license to practice medicine in the State of Rhode Island.
- The physician agrees to enter a residential treatment facility for evaluation and treatment of narcotic prescriptions.
- The physician agrees to enter into a five year monitoring agreement with the board and the Physician Health Committee of the Rhode Island Medical Society.
January 14, 2009-License Reinstated With Probation
The physician subsequently underwent intensive residential treatment in Williamsburg, Virginia and has signed and complied with a five-year substance abuse monitoring contract with the Physicians Health Committee.
The Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline has Reinstated the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Rhode Island on Probation with a restriction that prohibits any prescription of controlled substances and subject to the following terms and conditions:
- The physician shall comply with his treatment and monitoring contract with the Physicians Health Committee.
- The physician shall not prescribe any controlled substances or apply for a DEA registration without prior board approval.
- The physician shall limit his clinical hours to those recommended by the Physicians Health Committee.
- The physician shall perform fifty hours of community service for each year of probation.
June 9, 2010-Reinstatement of Controlled Substances Registration Order
The physician petitioned the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline for release from a restriction that denied the physician the right to hold a controlled substances registration.
The Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline has ordered that all restrictions concerning the physician's controlled substances registration are lifted .
Board Actions
Dr. Khan's Languages Spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Urdu