Medical Information on the Internet: Research Your Health Care Providers

To find out more about your health care provider, see these websites:

  • State of Ohio eLicense Search: Verify whether your physician is licensed by the State Medical Board of Ohio. The license lookup indicates if any disciplinary action has been taken against a professional licensed by the board. This site also allows you to search more state boards including dental, nursing, psychology, and counseling.
  • Is My Doctor Board Certified?: Since 1933, the American Board of Medical Specialties Member Boards have been certifying doctors to help assure patients that these doctors are qualified to provide expert health care in an ever-expanding number of medical specialties and subspecialties.
  • AMA DoctorFinder: Published by the American Medical Association, the AMA DoctorFinder provides professional information about virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions—including more than 814,000 doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.