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Physicans/Practices
Selected medical and surgical specialties and definitions of them
PRACTICE | PHYSICIAN | SCOPE OF PRACTICE |
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ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY | ALLERGIST OR IMMUNOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASE OF AN ALLERGIC NATURE. |
CARDIOLOGY | CARDIOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASE OF THE HEART, ARTERIES, VEINS, AND CAPILLARIES |
DERMATOLOGY | DERMATOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE SKIN. |
ENDOCRINOLOGY | ENDOCRINOLOGIST | THE BRANCHE OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM |
EPIDEMIOLOGY | EPIDEMIOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH EPIDEMIC DISEASES. |
FAMILY PRACTICE | FAMILY PRACTIONER | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE WITH THE CARE OF MEMEBERS OF THE FAMILY REGARDLESS OF AGE AND/OR SEX. |
GASTROENTEROLOGY | GASTROENTEROLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDCINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. |
GYNECOLOGY | GYNECOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES DISEASES OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. |
HEMATOLOGY | HEMATOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES DISEASES OF THE BLOODAND BLOOD-FORMING TISSUES. |
GERIATRICS | GERONTOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH ASPECTS OF AGING. |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES | N/A | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES CAUSED BY THE GROWTH OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS WITHIN THE BODY |
INTERNAL MEDICINE | INTERNIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF INTERNAL ORGIN,THOSE NOT USUALLY TREATED SURGICALLY. |
NEPHROLOGY | NEPHROLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DESEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY SYSTEM. |
NEUROLOGY | NEUROLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED THE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. |
OBSTETRICS | OBSTETRICIAN | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH TREATING THE FEMALE DURING PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND THE POSTPARTUM. |
ONCOLOGY | ONCOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES TUMORS. |
OPHTHALMOLOGY | OPHTHALMOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE EYE. |
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ORTHOPEDIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES AND DISORDERS INVOLVING LOCOMOTOR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY. |
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY | OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE EAR, NOSE, AND LARYNX. |
PATHOLOGY | PATHOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES IS TISSUES AND ORGANS CAUSED BY DISEASE. |
PEDIATRICS | PEDIATRICIAN | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF CHILDREN. |
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | PHYSIATRIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE BY PHYSICAL AGENTS. |
PSYCHIATRY | PSYCHIATRIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE MIND. |
PULMONARY DISEASE | PULMONOLOGIST | THE BRAND OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE LUNGS. |
RADIOLOGY | RADIOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE. |
RHEUMATOLOGY | RHEUMATOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES. |
UROLOGY | UROLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH DISEASES OF THE URINARY SYSTEM. |
ANESTHEISOLOGY | ANESTHEISOLOGIST | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH APPROPRIATE ANESTHESIA FOR PARTIAL OR COMPLETE LOSS OF SENSATION. |