Dr. Sheikh'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. Sheikh's License & Board Certification
- Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine
- Board Certified in Hospice Care and Palliative Medicine
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
- Licensed in Texas
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 Conditions Treated by Geriatric Medicine Doctors
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Sheikh's Education & Training
Medical Schools:
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. Sheikh's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint:
A 25-year-old patient presented to the clinic, where the physician was practicing, complaining of nausea and localized lower abdominal pain that had been present for eight to nine days. The patient showed an elevated pulse of 120 and temperature of 99.8 degrees, indicating that he was in some discomfort. An APN initially examined the patient and ordered an abdominal x-ray. The initial examination and testing completed by the APN was inadequate and poorly documented. The medical records do not include sufficient or clear data on findings related to the history or nature of the pain, specific location, factors that increase or decrease the pain, or other standard diagnostic criteria necessary to rule out all possible diagnoses indicated by the patient’s abnormal vital signs and abdominal pain reported, such as acute appendicitis or other diseases of the intestine and colon. The physician viewed the APN’s examination notes, re-palpated the patient’s abdomen, and assisted in reviewing the x-ray, which was interpreted by the radiologist as negative for findings. The physician failed to document consideration of all possible conditions indicated by the patient’s reported symptoms and abnormal vital signs, personally perform an appropriate evaluation of the patient that included a rectal examination, or order all necessary testing indicated by the patient’s abnormal vital signs and symptoms reported, which should have included a complete blood count test. The physician diagnosed the patient with non-specific abdominal pain and prescribed medications for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux disease, and nausea. Two days later, the patient presented to an emergency room and was diagnosed with a ruptured appendix. The physician does not admit or deny these Findings of Fact, set forth in this Agreed Order.
Action Taken:
The Texas Medical Board Orders that the physician shall be subject, but not limited to, the following terms and conditions:
- The physician shall successfully complete the Knowledge, Skills, Training, Assessment, and Research (KSTAR) program’s Clinical Competency Assessment, within one year from the date of entry of this Order.
- The physician shall successfully complete at least twenty hours of CME approved for Category I credits.
- The physician shall comply with all the provisions of the Act and other statutes regulating her practice.
- The physician shall fully cooperate with the Board and the Board staff.
- The physician shall be permitted to supervise and delegate prescriptive authority to physician assistants and advanced practice nurses and to supervise surgical assistants.
- This Order shall automatically terminate upon the physician’s submission of sufficient evidence that she successfully completed the requirements ordered in the terms in numbers one and two above.
Dr. Sheikh's Languages Spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Urdu