Occupational and environmental medicine is a clinical and population-based medical specialty devoted to the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness, and disability, as well as the promotion of the health and productivity of workers, their families, and their...
Obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) is the medical specialty that involves the treatment of clinical conditions that are specific to women. Obstetricians diagnose and manage all conditions occurring during pregnancy, from the time of conception through the postpartum period. Gynecologists provide...
Physicians in neuromusculoskeletal medicine/osteopathic manipulative medicine treat newborn, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients to address the somatic components, both anatomic and physiologic, of any common and complex illness, affliction, disease, or functional...
Vascular surgery is the medical specialty that involves the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the arterial, venous, and lymphatic circulatory systems, excluding the heart and intracranial vessels.
Core privileges are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained practitioner...
Neurology is the diagnosis and treatment of all types of disease or impaired function of the brain; spinal cord; peripheral nerves, muscles, and autonomic nervous system; and the blood vessels that relate to these structures. Neurologists may concentrate in areas such as strokes, movement...
Urology is the surgical specialty that focuses on diseases of the male and female urinary tract, as well as the male reproductive organs. Urologists are also referred to as genitourinary surgeons (the organs of reproduction and urination together are often referred to as the genitourinary tract...
Neurological surgery, also called neurosurgery, is a medical discipline and surgical specialty that provides care for adult and pediatric patients in the treatment of pain or pathological processes that may modify the function or activity of the central nervous system (e.g., brain, hypophysis,...
The specialty of urgent care medicine occupies the space between family and emergency medicine, providing immediate care for patients with low-acuity medical concerns, such as minor fractures and cuts, sore throats, and ear infections. Most urgent care centers are equipped to provide...
Physicians practicing in neurodevelopmental disabilities manage the care of children with chronic conditions that affect the developing and mature nervous system, such as intellectual disability, chronic behavioral syndromes, or neurologic conditions.
Nephrology is a subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of kidney and urinary system diseases, such as chronic kidney disease, kidney inflammation, and kidney cancer. Nephrologists serve as the primary physicians for patients with chronic kidney disease and...
