Looking for a New Doctor

My recent struggle to find a good doctor to help me with my diabetes and cardiac issues— plus the issue of my wife being prescribed medication by a doctor who did not read the medication list she was taking, causing a major drug interaction that made her very sick for two weeks—had me running around on the internet seeking information about doctors.

Now, this is not an article about bashing doctors, although in my experience through the years I could do just that.  However, I have found a site that is pretty neat and is for those who would like to find out more about their doctors and to see the credentials that doctors have or, to my surprise, do not have. I am sure that site could also be used to try to dig up dirt but this is not my intention. The site is located at:

On the left hand side, you will find a link called Doctors’ Profiles. This is where I found this site most helpful, although it also holds other little gems as well.  Most of the information is strictly optional for the doctor to add, except for the information that the State of Virginia has required the doctors to provide.  I feel this site could be helpful to others in choosing a doctor. The thing I find this site not useful for, is looking up information if you are seeing a nurse practitioner. I have not found a site that allows you to look this information up. If you have this knowledge please share, and if in the meantime, when I can find a site like this I will be glad to post it.

I really hope you will find this site as helpful as I did. Please feel free to post comments on this blog about this subject