Dr. Behniwal's Specialty
- Psychiatry
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.
Common Conditions Treated by Psychiatrists
- Adult Adhd
- Alcohol Abuse
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Smoking Cessation
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
Dr. Behniwal'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. Behniwal's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician has committed sexual misconduct or relations, gross negligence and conviction of a crime, in regards to a patient.
Action Taken:
The California Medical Board has Revoked the physician’s license to practice medicine in the State of California. The revocation is Stayed and the physician is placed on Probation for a period of seven years, subject, but not limited to, the following terms and conditions:
- The physician shall successfully complete an ethics course within the first year of probation.
- The physician shall successfully complete a professional boundaries program no later than six months after enrollment.
- The physician shall successfully complete a Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) Program no later than six months after enrollment.
- The physician shall undergo and complete a psychiatric evaluation, within thirty days of the effective date of this Decision.
- The physician shall use a practice monitor.
- The physician is prohibited from treating female patients.
- The physician is prohibited from supervising physician assistants.
- The physician shall obey all laws and all rules governing the practice of medicine in the State of California.
- The physician shall submit quarterly declarations , stating whether there has been compliance with all the conditions of probation.
- The physician shall comply with the Board’s probation unit.
- The physician shall be available for interviews with the Board.
- The physician shall pay all probation monitoring costs.
Board Actions
Dr. Behniwal's Languages Spoken
- English
- Punjabi
- Urdu
