Don Shipley is a retired Navy SEAL with access to the SEAL database. Check your local phone directory for local medical societies. If your search produced too many results, try again, adding his or her first name. Go to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) website to check the basics with their DocInfo.org search function. Most people associate the word "doctor" with an MD. Learn more; Dr. Last Name * To see if your doctor is Board Certified, you must include his or her complete last name. I'm a fake doctor!" If you can't find your doctor's name where you expect to find it, you will want to make a phone call to the board you believe the doctor is a member of. Learn more I'm not an MD, so in that sense, I'm NOT a "real" doctor.But, my doctoral degree will be as real as anyone else's... only it will be in optometry, not medicine or dentistry, etc. Use the last name and the state in which the physician resides to search by name. A former SEAL himself, Shipley used to run a Youtube channel called “Phony Navy SEAL Of The Week”. Dr. First Name Refine your search by including your doctor’s first initial, partial first name or full first name. Use the "*" (the asterisk symbol, which acts as a "wildcard") when adding the first initial of the first name: L* Smith. It will search on all "Smiths" that begin with "L". You will find the doctor's board certifications, education, states with active licenses, and any actions against the physician. That contact information can be found at each board's website. To find your state's medical board, visit the Federation of State Medical Boards. To research a doctor, you'll need to start with his or her name and location. As a result, a doctor may treat only the symptoms, or the wrong condition, or feel under pressure to 'label' you and prescribe the current popular drug.

This isn't the way it has to be. In addition, many states have phone numbers or websites that allow you to check whether or not a doctor's license to practice medicine is current. If you’re looking to find out 100% if someone was a SEAL or not, Don Shipley is your guy.

Do a search for the name of the board, and it should pop up easily in the results. The Alphabet of Letters After a Doctor's Name