HealthGrades doctor quality reports contain the following critical information on doctors:

• Board Certification

• Professional Misconduct

• Years in Practice

• Area Hospital Ratings

• And More...

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Try to gather information from many sources and in many forms - the more sources of information, the better - including: friends/family, your health benefits officer at work, fellow employees, and health plan network lists.  Be sure to investigate the doctor's qualifications by reviewing the following:

Education and Training:  College (four years); Medical School (four years); Residency Training (up to seven years); Fellowship Training (up to seven years); and Continuing Education (Lifetime)

Quality Measurements:  Board Certification; Years in Practice; Disciplinary actions by state medical boards and Medicare

Customer Satisfaction: personal attributes such as doctor gender and age; referrals from colleagues/friends

Doctor Affiliations: Health Plans; Affiliated Hospitals' Quality

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Helpful Urology Links:

American Urological Association

American Foundation for Urologic Disease

- www.impotence.org

- www.incontinence.org

- www.reproductivehealth.org

American Society of Clinical Oncology

The Journal of Urology

The Urology Center

Doctor/Dentist Specialists

• AACE Physician Finder (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists)
• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• AGLP Referral Service (Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists)
• American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatrician Referral Service (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• American College of Phlebology - Online Database (American College of Phlebology)
• American Osteopathic Association D.O. Database (American Osteopathic Association)
• AOSSM Directory: Find a Doctor (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine)
• Cancer Genetics Services Directory (National Cancer Institute)
• Dystonia: Find a Health Care Professional (Dystonia Medical Research Foundation)
• Emergency Contraception: Directory of Providers (Princeton University, Office of Population Research)
• Expert Locator: Immunologists (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)
• Find a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
• Find a Dermasurgeon (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
• Find a Dermatologist (American Academy of Dermatology)
• Find a Foot and Ankle Surgeon (Podiatrist) (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons)
• Find a Gynecologic Oncologist (Women's Cancer Network)
• Find a Heart Rhythm Specialist (Heart Rhythm Society)
• Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)
• Find a Periodontist (American Academy of Periodontology)
• Find a Physician (Podiatrist) (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons)
• Find a Plastic Surgeon (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Find a Reproductive Endocrinologist (Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility)
• Find a Reproductive Surgeon (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
• Find a Rheumatologist (American College of Rheumatology)
• Find a Thyroid Specialist (American Thyroid Association)
• Find a Urologist (American Urological Association)
• Find an Allergist: Search (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
• Find an Endocrinologist (Hormone Foundation)
• Find an Eye M.D. (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Find an Interventional Radiologist (Society of Interventional Radiology)
• Find an Oncologist (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
• Find an Orthopaedist (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Find an Otolaryngologist (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Finding a Physician Who Specializes in Epilepsy Treatment (Epilepsy Foundation)
• Finding an Eye Care Professional (National Eye Institute)
• FP Web Directory - A Directory of Family Physicians on the Web (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Health Professionals, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
• Scleroderma Physician Referral List (Scleroderma Research Foundation)
• Search for Eating Disorder Treatment Providers (National Eating Disorders Association)
• Seeking Help: Physicians Who Specialize in Tremor (International Essential Tremor Foundation)
• Spine Care Finder (North American Spine Society)