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Show Doctor Is Recertified ! 1 I i- 1 i I xx 1 1 Dr. Da id G. Leu i. a Bountiful phxsician has been recertified by the American Board of Obstetrics and G ne-cology. ne-cology. He is one of four specialists spe-cialists in L' t a h who h a e obtained board recertillcation. APPROXIMATELY Ml percent per-cent of all phvsicians in the U nited States have completed specialty training in their respective re-spective fields and have passed pas-sed all of the requirements necessary to become board certified. These requirements include successfully passing both ritten and oral examinations examina-tions as well as submitting detailed de-tailed study cases which have been compiled for over a period ot one year to the board for review and approval. Once specialists become board certified, they are eligible eligi-ble to become Fellows for the American College in their specialty spe-cialty field. They must also satisfy Continuing Medical Education requirements in order to keep their certification certifica-tion current. Their participation participa-tion in continuing education programs is verified and recorded re-corded by the state. RECERTIEIC'ATION is an entirely voluntary process. If specialists wish to recertify, they must do so within six and eligible for board certiliea-on. certiliea-on. Dr. Lewis is the first m the department to be recei tilled. ti-lled. MAYING COME out of one of the best training'prog-rams training'prog-rams in the country at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis into a community hospital. I think that the quality of OB-GYN care at Lakeview Hospital is top quahtv. This is demonstrated demons-trated bv the desire each member mem-ber of our department has had to prove his competence by board certification." said Lewis. Originally from Salt Lake City. Dr. Lew is has been on Lakeview Hospital's Active Medical Staff for nearly seven years. He received his M.D. degree from George Washing-Ion Washing-Ion University in Washington. D.C. in 1973. He served a ihree-vear residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Mo. ME IS a member ol'the Davis Countv Medical Association, the St. Louis Medical Society and the Missouri Medical Society. Soci-ety. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics Obstet-rics and Gynecology. Dr. Lew is and his wife Pam and their six children make their home in Woods Cross. DAVID G. LEWIS, M.D. years after they have been certified. cer-tified. They must pass a daylong day-long examination and submit six months worth ol documented actual patient case studies which have been verified by a hospital for completeness com-pleteness and accuracy. Although all of the physicians physi-cians on Lakeview Hospital s OB-GYN Department staff are board certified specialists, with the exception of one new physician who is fully trained |