Dr. Riley'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. Riley'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 Family Doctors
- Abscess Incision and Drainage
- Allergy Injections
- Biopsy and Excision Of Skin Lesions
- Birth Control
- Blood Culture For Bacteria
- Breast Exam
- Casting and Splinting Sprains and Broken Bones
- Enema
- Erythropoietin Test
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Common Conditions Treated by Family Doctors
- Cold & Flu
- Ear Infection
- Ear, Nose & Throat (Diseases & Disorders)
- Fatigue
- HPV & Genital Warts
- Menopause
Dr. Riley'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. Riley's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician shortly after being granted a license to practice medicine in the State of Maryland was hired by a physician who is licensed to practice medicine in the State of New Jersey but has never been licensed to practice medicine in the State of Maryland to perform abortions at the Maryland offices of American Women's Services. The physician began performing abortions at one or more of these facilities on 07-30-2010. The physician at the time she accepted employment from the physician was aware that the physician was not licensed to practice medicine in Maryland. The physician was also aware that the initial intake for her abortion patients would take place in New Jersey and the patients would then be sent to Maryland for completion of the abortion.
The physician with regard to the 08-13-2010 abortion, knowingly participated in a surgical procedure that was initiated elsewhere. The physician ruptured the patient's uterus and exercised poor judgment or placed the patient in potential life-threatening danger by refusing to call for an ambulance or emergency medical services, and transported the patient to a hospital by automobile. Upon the physician's arrival at the hospital the physician acted in a manner which endangered the patient's health and placed the patient at additional risk for life-threatening injury or death.
The Maryland Board of Physicians concluded including but not limited to that the physician exercised poor medical judgment and exposed her patients to harm in that the physician practiced with an unlicensed individual, knowingly participated in a surgical procedure that was initiated elsewhere, and at a hospital acted in a manner that delayed or impeded hospital staff from attending to that patient.
Action Taken:
The Maryland Board of Physicians has Summarily Suspended the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Maryland.
September 9, 2010-Summary Suspension Continued
The Maryland Board of Physicians after considering the presentations at the 09-08-2010 post-deprivation hearing determined that it would not lift the summary suspension imposed on 08-31-2010.
October 28, 2010
The Maryland Board of Physicians after considering the presentations at the 10-27-2010 hearing determined that it would not lift the 08-31-2010 summary suspension.
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint:
Respondent engaged in unlawful and unprofessional conduct when she failed to provide accurate and correct information about her prior criminal conduct to the Division in an application for licensure.
Action Taken:
Respondent was given a public reprimand for failing to provide accurate and correct information about her prior criminal conduct to the Division in an application for licensure. Respondent was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine within 18 months of the Order date. Respondent is also required to submit a written essay to the Division within three months of the Order date.