License Search: Details

Name Title Specialty Certified Primary Practice Location Licensed Or Has Been Licensed In
Sherwood Phillip Leo MD Emergency Medicine Verify Specialty Certification Welch Community Hospital
454 McDowell Street
Welch, WV (McDowell)		 KY, MD, NC, VA

License History

License Type License Number Status License Date Expiration Date
PMD 18472 Active 01/22/1996 6/30/2026
TMP A0636 Expired 12/04/1995 01/22/1996

Education History

School Date Completed Nature of Training
University Of Virginia School Of Medicine 05/22/1994 Medical or Podiatric School
Union Mem Hospital, Baltimore 06/30/1995 Post-Graduate Training

Physician Assistant(s) Collaboration

Name

Discipline/Board Action History

Discipline/Board Action Type of Action Action Date Public Documents
Yes Probation of License 12/04/1998
Yes Probation of License 10/13/1999
Yes Reprimand or Censure 12/12/2014

Malpractice History

Settlements in malpractice claims occur for a number of reasons, and are often made without any admission, inference or finding of fault on the part of the practitioner. Some medical specialties have a higher rate of malpractice claims because of higher risks associated with certain specialty practices. The malpractice information reported below should not be construed as creating a presumption that medical malpractice has occurred.

Action Loss Date Action Date Insurance Company Adjudicating Body/Case #
Settlement 1/22/2012 3/1/2016 Lexington Insurance Company Circuit Court of McDowell County/14-C-63S
Settlement 7/1/2012 3/22/2016 Lexington Insurance Company US District Court for the Southern District of West Virgina/1:14-11041

This data was retrieved on 4/19/2026.

The West Virginia Board of Medicine is the sole authority for the issuance of licenses to practice medicine and surgery, to practice podiatry, and to practice as a physician assistant in collaboration with MDs and DPMs in the State of West Virginia, and is the regulatory and disciplinary body for medical doctors, podiatric physicians and their physician assistants.

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