Dr. Insler'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. Insler's License & Board Certification
- Licensed in Florida
- Licensed in Georgia
- Licensed in Louisiana
- Licensed in Missouri
- Licensed in Ohio
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 Ophthalmologists
Common Conditions Treated by Ophthalmologists
- Cataracts
- Macular Degeneration
Dr. Insler's Education & Training
Medical Schools:
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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. Insler's Background Check
Malpractice
Malpractice history found
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint
The physician has been disciplined by the State of Florida for using the wrong settings on the VISX laser and then did not properly document such in patient’s chart when performing Photo Refractive Keratotomy. In addition the physician reran the machine to generate a record making it look as though the procedure had been run with the correct settings.
Action Taken
The physician entered into a Settlement Agreement with the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts in which the physician is Public Reprimand.
Nature of Complaint
The physician is being disciplined in the State of Florida for the following:
- Performing a wrong procedure and/or performing a medically unnecessary procedure.
- Failing to verbally confirm the correct procedure and/or record when the confirmation was completed and which personnel on the surgical team confirmed each item.
- Making deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representations in or related to the practice of medicine or employing a trick or scheme in the practice of medicine.
Action Taken
In lieu of formal proceedings, the physician entered into a Consent Agreement with the State Medical Board of Ohio in which the physician agrees to various terms, conditions and limitations including and not limited to the following.
- The Board has issued a Reprimand.
- The physician shall be subject to Required Reporting including to all employers or entities with which the physician is under contract to provide health care services or is receiving training.
Nature of Complaint
The physician is being disciplined in the state of Florida.
Action Taken
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has issued a Reprimand on the physician’s physician and surgeon license # 036108705.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician has been the subject of disciplinary action in another state.
The Florida Board of Medicine issued a Final Order on 10-28-2009 which resulted in a reprimand and placed restrictions on the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Florida. The physician overcorrected a patient's right eye. The physician performed the wrong procedure, failed to verbally confirm the correct procedure and/or record when such confirmation was completed, and failed to immediately notify the patient of the medical error.
Action Taken:
The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has placed the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana on Indefinite Probation subject to various probationary terms and conditions including but not limited to the following:
- The physician shall comply with all of the terms and conditions of the Florida Board of Medicine's 10-28-2009 Final Order.
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician previously on 10-28-2009 entered into a Counter Settlement Agreement with the Florida Board of Medicine.
Action Taken-Obligations Satisfied
Nature of Complaint:
An Administrative Complaint on 06-12-2009 was filed against the physician by the Florida Board of Medicine. The Complaint alleged that the physician failed to adequately identify the correct VISX laser setting prior to performing a photo refractive keratotomy on 07-29-2005 on a patient's right eye resulting in an overcorrection in the patient's vision in the right eye. The VISX laser printout from this treatment was excluded from the patient's medical record until 09-14-2005. The physician did not notify the patient of the treatment error until a regularly scheduled follow-up appointment on 09-22-2005. A Final Order was filed by the Florida Board of Medicine on 10-28-2009 imposing disciplinary terms.
Action Taken:
- The physician shall pay a fine in the amount of $500.00 within thirty days.
- The physician on or before 06-01-2010 shall provide written proof of the successful completion of the one hour lecture/seminar on wrong site surgeries required by the Florida Board Order.
- The physician on or before 10-28-2010 shall provide written proof to the Board of the successful completion of the continuing medical education in medical ethics as required by the Florida Board Order.
- The physician on or before 10-27-2011 shall provide written proof to the Board of having complied with the Florida discipinary condition of 250 hours of community service.
- The physician has been issued a public reprimand by the Board.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician has been the subject of disciplinary action in another state.
The physician has been disciplined by the Florida Board of Medicine.
Action Taken:
The physician has been issued a Public Reprimand by the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine and shall pay a Civil Penalty in the amount of $10,000.00.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician overcorrected a patient's right eye during a photo refractive keratotomy. The physician on 07-29-2005 performed a wrong and medically unnecessary procedure on the patient by treating the patient's right eye for -7.50 -0.4 x 4 when the patient's condition required treating the right eye for -0.75 -0.4 x 8. The physician also failed to comply with the board's rule to confirm that the correct procedure and/or record when the confirmation was completed and which personnel on the surgical term confirmed each item. The physician also failed to immediately place the VISX laser printout from the first treatment in the patient's medical records; ran the VISX laser a third time to give the appearance the treatment plan was properly performed; and concealed the incident until 09-14-2005.
Action Taken-Final Order
The physician had entered into a Counter Settlement Agreement with the Florida Board of Medicine subject to the following:
- The physician has been issued a Reprimand by the board.
- The physician shall pay a Fine in the amount of $30,000.00 plus costs in the amount of $3787.69 within thirty days.
- The physician shall complete the Legal and Ethical Implications in Medicine Physician's Survival Guide-Laws and Rules by the Florida Medical Association or a board approved equivalent course within eighteen months.
- The physician shall perform 250 hours of community service within two years.
- The physician shall complete five hours of continuing medical education in medical ethics within one year.
- The physician shall complete five hours of continuing medical education in risk management within one year.
- The physician shall present a lecture/seminar on wrong site surgeries to the medical staff at an approved medical facility within six months.
Dr. Insler's Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish