Dr. Amin'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. Amin'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. Amin's Education & Training
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Internship Hospital:
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. Amin's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint
The Board previously issued a Second Amended Agreed Order.
Action Taken
The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure has issued an Order Terminating Second Amended Agreed Order.
Nature of Complaint:
The physician's prescribing practices were inappropriate. The physician failed to discontinue treatment when his patients demonstrated signs of abuse, misuse and diversion of controlled substances. The physician failed to meet the the minimum standard of care in the treatment of patients and documentation of treatment.
Action Taken:
Inquiry Panel B has ordered an Emergency Order of Restriction on the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Kentucky prohibiting the physician from prescribing, dispensing or professionally utilizing controlled substances until further order of the board.
August 21, 2008-Agreed Order of Indefinite Restriction
The physician has successfully completed the “Prescribing Controlled Drugs” course at the Center for Professional Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The physician has also enrolled in the CPEP chart documentation course. The physician has also implemented a number of changes in his practice including requesting KASPER reports on all new patients and periodically as indicated thereafter and requiring each new patient to sign a controlled substances contract.
The physician has entered into an Agreed Order of Indefinite Restriction subject to the following restrictions/limitations:
- The physician shall not prescribe, dispense or professionally utilize controlled substances until approved to do so by the board.
- The physician shall successfully complete the CPEP post-documentation course.
- The physician shall pay investigation costs in the amount of $2212.50 within six months.
December 5, 2008-Amended Agreed Order
The physician on 09-12-2008 attended the CPEP documentation seminar and has enrolled in the CPEP post-documentation program.
The physician has entered into an Amended Agreed Order with the board based upon the physician's request to resume the prescribing of controlled substances subject to the following restrictions/limitations :
- The physician shall successfully complete the CPEP post-documentation course .
- The physician shall maintain a controlled substances log for all controlled substances prescribed available for review by the board upon request.
- The physician shall be subject to at least one consultant review .
- The physician shall reimburse the board for the costs of each consultant review performed.
April 14, 2009-Second Amended Agreed Order
The physician has entered into a Second Amended Agreed Order with the board subject to the following terms and conditions:
- The physician shall successfully complete the CPEP post-documentation course .
- The physician shall maintain a controlled substances log for all controlled substances prescribed and permit the board's agents to inspect and obtain upon request for review by the board.
- The physician shall reimburse the board for the costs of each consultant review performed.
- The physician shall be subject to at least one consultant review .
- The physician shall pay investigation costs in the amount of $1050.00 within one year.
