The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) defines podiatry as the medical practice area concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg. Within the field of podiatry, practitioners can focus on many specialty areas,...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) defines hematology as the care of patients with disorders of the blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic, immunologic, hemostatic, and vascular systems. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recognizes hematology as a...
Emergency medical services (EMS) is a medical subspecialty that involves prehospital emergency patient care, including initial patient stabilization, treatment, and transport in specially equipped ambulances or helicopters to hospitals. According to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical...
Pediatric critical care medicine is the subspecialty of pediatrics that focuses on treating children, from term or near-term neonate to young adulthood, for illnesses or injuries that result in the child being in an unstable, life-threatening, critical condition. Pediatric critical care medicine...
Obesity medicine is a subspecialty focused on the treatment of obesity and its contributing genetic, biological, environmental, social, and behavioral factors. The term obesity refers to a body mass index (BMI) that is greater than the predetermined healthy BMI for a person’s height and age,...
According to the American College of Physicians (ACP), clinical cardiac electrophysiology (CCEP) is an area of specialty training within cardiovascular disease that focuses on the management of complex cardiac electrophysiologic diseases of the heart. Internal medicine physicians who specialize...
Pediatric endocrinology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that manages diseases related to hormonal regulation during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), pediatric endocrinologists diagnose, treat, and manage endocrine...
According to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), surgical critical care is a subspecialty of surgery that manages complex surgical and medical problems in critically ill and injured patients, particularly trauma victims and patients with serious infections and organ failure. The...
A sleep medicine physician is one with demonstrated expertise in the diagnosis and management of clinical conditions that occur during sleep, that disturb sleep, or that are affected by disturbances in the wake-sleep cycle. This specialist is skilled in the analysis and interpretation of...
Endocrinology is the subspecialty of internal medicine and pediatrics concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and investigation of hormone-related diseases and conditions. The endocrine system includes the hypothalamus, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, ovaries, and testes.
