Dr. Little'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. Little'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. Little
- Mohs Micrograhpic Surgery For Skin Cancer
- Skin Screenings
- Mole and Wart Removal
- Skin Cancer Surgery With Reconstruction
- Skin Biopsy
- Minor Skin Surgery
- Skin Procedures
Conditions Dr. Little Treats
- Skin Allergy
- Hair Loss
- Skin Disease
- Skin Problems
- Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
- Skin Care
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Std's)
- Skin Lesion Removal
- Skin Surgery
- Psoriasis
- Skin Diseases, Viral
- Skin Rash
- Skin Complaint
- Skin Conditions
- Skin Lesions
- Cancer Treatment/Screening
- Skin Aging
- Skin Diseases
- Skin Allergies
- Skin Diseases & Disorders
- Skin Cancer
Dr. Little'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.
Dr. Little's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint
The physician has made a request to reduce chart review requirement to ten charts per month.
Action Taken
The State Medical Board of Ohio has granted the physician’s request.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician failed to conform to the minimum standards of care with regard to the treatment rendered to several patients.
Action Taken:
The board has Permanently Revoked the physician's license to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Ohio. The revocation is Stayed and the physician is Indefinitely Suspended not less than one year.
The physician's license to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Ohio is Permanently Limited & Restricted as follows:
- The physician shall have the slides of all biopsies and all tumors removed read by a dermatopathologist in a timely fashion.
- The physician shall maintain the written report from the dermatopathologist in the patient's record.
January 9, 2009-Court Action
Motion for Stay of the board's 12-10-2008 order has been filed with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
January 9, 2009-Court Action
The physician has filed a Notice of Appeal of the board's 12-10-2008 Order staying the permanent revocation of the physician's license to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Ohio and suspending the physician's license for an indefinite period of time with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
March 3, 2009-Court Action
The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granted the physician's Motion for Stay of Suspension of License to Practice Medicine conditioned upon the physician's completion of a Post-Licensure Assessment and satisfactory completion of all recommendations resulting from the assessment and terms and conditions for subsequent monitoring of the physician's practice during pendency of appeal established. The physician's license inactive from 02-07-2009 through 04-21-2009.
February 8, 2010 – Court Action
By Decision and Entry the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas affirmed the Board’s 12/10/2008 Order, which stayed a permanent revocation of the physician’s license and suspended the physician’s medical license for at least one year.
March 9, 2010 – Court Action
The physician filed a Notice of Appeal to the 10th District Court of Appeals of the 02/08/2010 Decision and Entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, which affirmed the Board’s 12/10/2008 Order.
November 18, 2010 – Court Action
By Decision and Entry the 10th District Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, which had affirmed the Board’s 12/10/208 Order staying the permanent revocation of the physician’s license and suspending the physician for at least one year.
December 9, 2010 – License Reinstated
The State Medical Board of Ohio has reinstated the physician’s medical license, subject to probationary terms, conditions and limitations established for a minimum of one year in the 12/10/2008 Order. The reinstatement is effective 12/10/2010.
February 10, 2011 – Probation Modified
The State Medical Board of Ohio has denied the physician’s request for approval of monitoring physician.
March 9, 2011 – Probation Modification
The State Medical Board of Ohio has granted the physician’s request for approval of a practice plan allowing the physician to open a practice and approval of monitoring physician. In addition the Board has established the frequency and number of charts for review.