How Activ Doctors Online Selects its World-Class Physicians

You are probably interested in the qualifications of the physicians who make up Activ Doctors Online’s panel of expert specialists. Every doctor that we use has gone through a detailed screening process, and had their qualifications personally reviewed by our U.S. Medical Director, Dr. Howard Zahalsky. Dr. Zahalsky is himself a graduate of Brown University Medical School, in the Ivy League. He did his post-graduate training in the hospitals affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, which are consistently ranked as one of the top three medical training universities in the United States.

The specialists we will use for your second opinion are all similarly trained and qualified. Activ Doctors Online currently has recruited specialists trained at eight of the top ten medical schools in the country, as rated by U.S. News and World Report in 2010. These medical schools and hospitals include the University of Pennsylvania, the Mayo Clinic, Duke University, Harvard University, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute of Cornell University.

Our specialists are not only practicing physicians, but in many cases are actually involved in training other doctors. Our specialists hold or have held teaching appointments at such institutions as Columbia University’s and Georgetown University’s medical schools.

For our international clients, we have also recruited specialists worldwide. Our international branch of Activ Doctors Online currently boasts over 700 specialists around the world.

Because Activ Doctors Online strives to provide our second opinions within 48 hours*, we are not able to guarantee that individual doctors will be available for a specific second opinion consult. However, on completion of your second opinion, you and your doctor will receive a report listing the names and qualifications of the doctors who reviewed your case. We are quite confident that you will be impressed with the credentials of the specialists on your review.

Because Activ Doctors Online is striving to provide the highest level of service, every second opinion is actually reviewed by at least two specialists in the field of your concern. Each specialist independently prepares a report, based on the data in your records, and forwards their findings to one of Activ’s regional medical directors. The medical director will then review the report, and prepare a final report using language that will be understandable by you, not just by a doctor. This allows you to have complete control over your health condition.

If you have any further questions regarding the second opinion specialists, or the second opinion process, please feel free to contact us before requesting a second opinion. We would be happy to review our complete list of specialties available for consultation, which can also be found on our website. Activ Doctors Online is very confident that our online second opinions are of the highest quality and that our specialists are at the top of their fields.

*48 hours from the receipt and upload of all of your medical information into the Activ Doctors portal.

*If you interested in joining the Second Medical Opinion network. Please visit our Physician Contact page