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Health Professionals
Health providers
Term | Definition |
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physician fih-ZISH-un | a skilled health care provider who attended and graduated medical school |
pediatrician pee-dee-ah-TRISH-un | a physician with special training in caring for children |
surgeon SIR-jen | a physician qualified to treat patients surgically, that is, by means of operation or invasive procedure |
anesthesiologist AN-es-THEE-zee-AWL-oh-just | a physician with special training in pain sedation and pain control |
physician assistant (PA) fih-ZISH-un-ah-SIS-tant | a midlevel health care provider who works under the license of a supervising physician; requires postgraduate training |
phlebotomist fle-BAWT-oh-mist | trained in the removal of blood from the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
radiologist ray-dee-AWL-oh-just | a physician specially trained in evaluating images of the body to diagnose illness or surgery |
ultrasonographer UL-trah-soh-NAWG-rah-fer | trained on performing ultrasound imaging on a patient |
pathologist pah-THAWL-oh-jist | a physician with special training in both evaluating the causes and effects of disease and in laboratory medicine |
nurse practitioner (NP) NIRS-prak-TISH-ih-ner | a nurse with postgraduate training that serves as a midlevel health care provider that works under the license of a supervising physician |