Finding and Seeing a Doctor

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  The Academy was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high quality standards for family doctors who are providing continuing comprehensive health care to the public. They have put together a comprehensive Smart Patient Guide that includes links to Choosing a Family Doctor and Tips for Talking to Your Doctor
• DoctorFinder
  Sponsored by the American Medical Association, this site provides you with basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician, more than 690,000 doctors, in the United States. Physicians do not have to be AMA members to be included in the database.
• Medline Plus: Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service
  This health care topic presents the things to consider when choosing a choosing a doctor or healthcare provider.
• Medline Plus: Directories
  Includes links to directories of Physicians and Other Health Professionals and to directories of Hospitals and Other Health Facilities

• Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
  This site allows you to verify that a health professional is currently licensed to practice in the state and whether there are any disciplinary actions against him. In addition, you can view details of disciplinary actions against individuals by state health licensing boards.
• Pennsylvania Medical Society
  The Society is the state's only advocate for both doctors and patients. Their "You & Your Physician" web page provides useful guidelines on getting the most from your doctor visit and a means to Find-A-Physician by searching their online member directory by name, location, specialty, or hospital affiliation.
• Pittsburgh Magazine: Top Doctors
  This annual list from May, 2007 was prepared by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. which contacted thousands of health professionals in the region and asked them to name the doctors to whom they would entrust a family member when faced with a specific medical problem. The list includes practitioners from 38 specialities.
• Be Well Pittsburgh!
  This website compiles information about health resources in the Pittsburgh area in order to improve uninsured Pittsburghers' awareness of and access to health care resources.

• Physicians United States Directories

Use these Library of Congress Classification Numbers to browse the shelves in the library. You can also use them to browse the Catalog.