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Aerospace Medicine

Aerospace medicine is a preventive medicine subspecialty focused on the health, safety and...

Allergy and Immunology

Allergists/immunologists diagnose and treat patients who have asthma, allergic and immunologic...

Anesthesiology

Anesthesiologists are physicians who perform a variety of activities: manage procedures for...

Cardiology

Cardiologists diagnose and treat defects and diseases of the cardiovascular system, including the...

Colon and Rectal Surgery

This specialty was called proctology (derived from the Greek word proktos, meaning anus) until 1961...

Dermatology

Dermatology deals with the medical aspects (and sometimes surgical treatment) of skin disorders and...

Emergency Medicine

The emergency medicine physician is defined by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)...

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Physicians who specialize in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism deal with the diagnosis and...

Family Medicine

Formerly called "family practice," family medicine was recognized in 1969 as the twentieth medical...

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterologists deal with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders related to the...

Hematology

Hematology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of blood, bone marrow, lymph glands,...

Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases physicians deal with the diagnosis and treatment of communicable diseases in...

Internal Medicine

A general internist specializes in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults...

Interventional Radiology

In 2012 the American Board of Medical Specialties approved interventional radiology (IR), also...

Medical Genetics

Approved as a clinical specialty in 1993, medical genetics has evolved over the past 40 years from...

Medical Oncology

Medical oncology is a subspecialty of internal medicine focused on the diagnosis and treatment of...

Nephrology

Nephrology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of renal (kidney) and urinary system...

Neurological Surgery

Neurological surgery is concerned with the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems and...

Neurology

The neurologist is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system -...

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear medicine physicians use radioactive molecules and atoms in the diagnosis and treatment of...

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Two separate fields, obstetrics and gynecology, are combined to provide health care to women. The...

Occupational Medicine

Occupational medicine focuses on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injuries and illnesses...

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is concerned with the structure, function, diseases, and abnormalities of the eye....

Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedic (or traditionally, orthopaedic) surgeons seek to restore normal function to a deformed,...

Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology is no longer confined to the areas of ear, nose, and throat. It has become a...

Pathology

Pathology is the branch of medicine concerned with the cause, manifestation, diagnosis, and outcome...

Pediatrics

Pediatrics is concerned with the physical, mental, and emotional health of young people from birth...

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The physician who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation - the "physiatrist" - is...

Plastic Surgery

Most plastic surgeons do not concentrate solely on cosmetic surgery. Their work involves the repair...

Psychiatry

Psychiatrists are concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional...

Public Health

Public health and general preventive medicine focuses on promoting health and preventing disease,...

Pulmonary Disease

Pulmonologists, or chest physicians as they are sometimes called, diagnose and treat diseases of...

Radiation Oncology

Radiation oncology is a clinical specialty focused on the treatment of cancer and certain...

Radiology - Diagnostic

The diagnostic radiologist is concerned with the application of x-rays and other forms of radiant...

Rheumatology

Rheumatologists diagnose and treat acute and chronic rheumatic diseases and musculoskeletal...

Surgery - General

General surgery is the basic discipline from which other surgical subspecialties have emerged....

Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic surgery (also called "cardiothoracic surgery" and "cardiovascular and thoracic surgery")...

Urology

Urology is a surgical subspecialty concerned with the medical and surgical treatment of disorders...