Medical Board of California iOS app now available for iPhone and iPad Access to information on your doctor at your fingertips, 24/7. Developed by the Medical Board of California as part of its ongoing commitment to protecting California's health care consumers. Making informed health care decisions has never been easier. Receive notifications when a doctor's name, address, practice status, license expiration, or survey data changes, and when administrative actions and enforcement documents are added to a doctor's profile. The information includes notification when a doctor's license is suspended, revoked, or placed on probation. News Release July 26, 2018 July 26, 2018 General Licensure, Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medical board looking for expert reviewers The Medical Board of California is looking for physicians interested in becoming expert reviewers. Experts assist the board by providing reviews and opinions in medical board investigations, conducting professional competency examinations, and performing medical and psychiatric evaluations. The medical board is currently looking for experts in the following specialties: addiction medicine with added certification in family medicine or internal medicine or psychiatry; colon/rectal surgery; dermatology; family medicine; gastroenterology; neurological surgery; neurology; OB/GYN; pathology (anatomic/clinical); forensic pathology; pain medicine; pediatric gastroenterology; pediatric surgery; pediatric cardiac surgery; pediatric pulmonology; plastic surgery (hair transplant expertise); addiction psychiatry; forensic psychiatry; surgery; urology; and vascular surgery. Actively practicing physicians from all other specialties not listed above are also welcome to apply and participate in the review process. Physicians must be board certified; have been practicing their specialty for a minimum of three years after board certification; have no current complaints and no prior discipline; and must be willing to testify in an administrative hearing. For more information about compensation and how to apply, click here. April 5, 2018 General Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Free workshops on medical board's new Physician Health and Wellness Program The California Public Protection & Physician Health Inc. (CPPPH) is offering a series of free informational workshops about the Medical Board of California’s new Physician Health and Wellness Program. The workshops will discuss: how the new program will work, when it will be available to physicians, and what role medical group and medical staff well-being committees will play. CPPPH, together with the California Society of Addiction Medicine and California Medical Association (CMA), are encouraging all wellbeing committees and medical staff leaders to attend one of these workshop sessions so they can consider how they may use this new resource when it becomes available. Southern California sessions will be March 3, 2018, at the San Diego County Medical Society and March 24, 2018, at LAC-USC Medical Center. Northern California dates will be added soon. These special sessions are FREE, but advance registration is required. For more information or to register, click here. January 30, 2018 General California Public Protectioin and Physician Health, CPPPH, Medical Board of California, Physician Well-being, Physician Wellness 0 0 Comment Read More »
Check your medical board profile Physician profiles have been available to the public on the Medical Board of California's website since 1997, as required by Business and Professions Code sections 2027 and 803.1. The California Medical Association encourages physicians to periodically check their profiles for accuracy and to advise the board of any corrections, especially changes to their addresses of record. Making sure your information is accurate is important. Patients use the website to confirm their physician’s information. The medical board has launched a new public information campaign further encouraging patients visit the board's website to verify their physician's license status. The board also cautions physicians against using their home addresses as their address of record, because the addresses become widely available to the public on the Internet. You may designate a post office box as your address of record but, by law, you also must provide the medical board with a street address. If you designate a P.O. box as your official address, the medical board will not make public your street address. If you believe the information on your profile is incorrect, please contact the medical board at webmaster@mbc.ca.gov or (800) 633-2322. January 30, 2018 General Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
FSMB releases free online education modules for medical students and residents The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released a free online education module for medical students and residents who are interested in learning about the medical licensing process. The new module, "Understanding and Navigating the Medical Licensing Process," is designed to help medical students and residents familiarize themselves with the licensing process before they apply with their state medical board. This is the second module in a series of online educational offerings developed by the FSMB Workgroup on Education for Medical Regulation. The workgroup is currently working on future modules focused on the medical disciplinary process and dealing with physician health and impairment. Click here to access this module. October 19, 2017 General Licensure, Medical Board of California, Medical Students, Residents and Fellows 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medical Board seeking physician input on strategic plan The Medical Board of California is seeking input as it develops its strategic plan for the upcoming years. Physicians have an important perspective and stake in the success of the board and are encouraged to participate. All responses are anonymous and survey results will help identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to consider for the future direction of the medical board. Take the survey now at www.surveymonkey.com/r/MBCStakeholders. August 25, 2017 General Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
MBC Seeking Expert Reviewers The Medical Board of California (MBC) is seeking physicians to serve as Expert Reviewers in disciplinary cases. The MBC staff report lists 1) the Medical Board’s usage of expert reviewers by specialty and 2) the specialties in which additional experts are needed. As of July 2016, expert reviewers are needed in the following specialties: Addiction Medicine with additional certification in Family, Internal Medicine or Psychiatry Colon and Rectal Surgery Dermatology Family Medicine Neurological Surgery Neurology OB/Gyn Pathology Pain Medicine Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Pediatric Pulmonology Plastic Surgery Psychiatry Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Physicians interested in serving as expert reviewers for their specialty can find out more information and apply at the Medical Board website (http://www.mbc.ca.gov/Enforcement/Expert_Reviewer/). Participating physicians are reimbursed $150 per hour for conducting case reviews and oral competency exams, $200 an hour for providing expert testimony, and usual and customary fees for physical or psychiatric exams. For more information about the Expert Reviewer Program, contact the Medical Board at (818) 551-2129. August 15, 2016 General expert reviewers, MBC, Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Inland Empire surgeon elected president of California Medical Board Dev GnanaDev, M.D., was elected president of the Medical Board of California at the board's quarterly meeting Friday in San Francisco. Dr. GnanaDev has been a member of the medical board since 2011, and was reappointed to a second term by Gov. Jerry Brown in June 2015. He previously served as the medical board’s vice president. Dr. GnanaDev, who was president of the California Medical Association (CMA) from 2008 to 2009, is a trauma surgeon and chairman of the Department of Surgery at San Bernardino's county hospital, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC), where he was medical director from 2000 to 2012. Dr. GnanaDev also is the founder of a new non-profit, private medical school—California University of Science and Medicine—to be based in the Inland Empire. “Dr. GnanaDev is not only an exceptional leader, but a gifted physician, who possesses a meticulous understanding of medicine and the health care challenges facing physicians today,” said CMA President Steven Larson, M.D., MPH. “He is the perfect physician to lead the medical board, and we congratulate him on his election as the board’s new president.” Spending his entire medical career in public hospital settings, Dr. GnanaDev has worked to establish several programs intended to assist those who might otherwise not have received necessary medical care. These programs included ARMC’s Cardiac Health Management Program, which provides free services to uninsured patients who are recovering from heart attacks and coronary bypasses. Other community health efforts championed by Dr. GnanaDev include a laser tattoo-removal program to help former gang members re-enter mainstream society, as well as a community-wide initiative to help improve the health of San Bernardino's African-American population. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. GnanaDev also brought a team of 16 physicians to Houston to treat evacuees injured by the storm. “Dr. GnanaDev’s vast achievements in medicine prove, without a doubt, that he has the strength of character and knowledge to provide unparalleled leadership as the board’s new president,” said CMA CEO Dustin Corcoran. “The medical board is in good hands.” Dr. GnanaDev is past president of the San Bernardino County Medical Society and the Tri-County Surgical Society. He has been a clinical professor of surgery at the Western University for Health Sciences since 1995 and an associate professor of surgery at Loma Linda University since 1993. He has been president and chief executive officer of the California University of Science and Medicine since 2012. Dr. GnanaDev earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Kurnool Medical College in India. August 5, 2016 General Physician Leadership, Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Have you checked your medical board profile recently? Physician profiles have been available to the public on the Medical Board of California's website since 1997, as required by Business and Professions Code sections 2027 and 803.1. The California Medical Association encourages physicians to periodically check their profiles for accuracy and to advise the board of any corrections, especially changes to their addresses of record. Making sure your information is accurate is important. Patients use the website to confirm their physician’s information. The medical board has launched a new public information campaign further encouraging patients visit the board's website to verify their physician's license status. The board also cautions physicians against using their home addresses as their address of record, because the addresses become widely available to the public on the Internet. You may designate a post office box as your address of record but, by law, you also must provide the medical board with a street address. If you designate a P.O. box as your official address, the medical board will not make public your street address. If you believe the information on your profile is incorrect, please contact the medical board at webmaster@mbc.ca.gov or (800) 633-2322. November 19, 2015 General Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Changing locations? Remember: a change of address of record must be reported to the Medical Board of California within 30 days at http://www.mbc.ca.gov/Licensees/Address_of_Record.aspx. (Business and Professions Code Section 2021(d)) July 14, 2015 General Licensure, Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
