Dr. Crumbley's Specialty
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
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. Crumbley'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. Crumbley's Background Check
Malpractice
Sanctions
Sanctions history found
Nature of Complaint:
The Florida Board of Medicine previously on 08-27-2007 entered a Final Order in Case Number 2005-00815. The physician failed to complete within one year fifty hours of pre-approved community service hours, the Florida Medical Association "Laws & Rules" course, and the University of South Florida "Prescribing Controlled Drugs: Critical Issues and Common Pitfalls of Misprescribing course.
Action Taken-Counter Settlement Agreement
- The Florida Board of Medicine has suspended the physician's license to practice medicine in the State of Florida until the physician submits a plan for the community service required by the Board's previous Final Order in Case Number 2005-00815 and obtains temporary approval of the community service plan by the Board's Probation Committee.
- The physician shall have ninety days to complete the community service requirement.
- The physician has been issued a letter of concern by the Board.
- The physician shall pay a fine in the amount of $5,000.00 within twelve months.
- The physician shall pay costs in the amount of $706.74 within twelve months.
- The physician must complete the terms of the original Final Order in Case Number 2005-00815 within ninety days.
- The physician shall appear before the Board upon request.
Board Actions
Board action history found
Nature of Complaint:
The physician previously on 10-16-2009 entered into a Counter Settlement Agreement with the Florida Board of Medicine.
Action Taken-Obligations Satisfied
Nature of Complaint:
The physician previously on 08-28-2007 entered into a Settlement Agreement with the Florida Board of Medicine.
Action Taken-Obligations Satisfied