There is a new free service to help people find experts to take care
of difficult medical problems -- www.expertfinder.com

I am a physician who found that I was constantly being asked to help
relatives, friends, and relatives of friends to find particular
clinical experts to help with difficult or life-threatening medical
problems.

The expertmapper.com service helps me -- or you -- to find such
experts. It is based on the medical literature, and identifies
physicians (and other scientists) who have published articles in the
medical literature on a particular medical condition. Not all of the
experts found are in fact clinicians who take care of sick patients.
But I have found that creating the list of clinicians who are actually
interested in a particular medical problem is an incredibly important
first step in finding the best clinician to refer a friend or
colleague to. The expertmapper service lets you look at the list
geographically (by country, region, state, city, or medical center) to
see which experts are near to where you are looking.

So, a few well-intended physicians and technologists put this service
together to try to help people find clinical experts. The service
could evolve to greater functionality and usefulness if there is
interest in this kind of a referral service. For example, if there is
interest, the service could be extended to include more information
about the medical licensing and insurance status of each of the
experts on the list.

I would be pleased to hear from people who have tried it, whether it
helped or not!

Good luck,
Geoff
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http://www.expertmapper.com
healthaware99@yahoo.com