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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Oscar Lightner identified specializing in Family PracticeFamily Practice
A family physician is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family, and is trained to diagnose and treat a wide variety of ailments in patients of all ages. The family physician receives a broad range of training that includes internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and geriatrics. Special emphasis is placed on prevention and primary care of entire families, utilizing consultations and community resources when appropriate.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Family Practice.

Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Lightner is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Doctors Hospital of Laredo
10700 Mcpherson Ave
Laredo, TX

Education

Dr. Lightner attended medical school at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon Facultad de Medicina and graduated in 1979 having 33 years experience. Additional Family Practice training was conducted at Flower Hospital.

While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.

Aliases

Patients may also know Dr. Oscar Lightner as:

• Oscar N Lightner
• O Lightner

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