Emergency medicine is the medical specialty concerned with evaluating, managing, treating, and preventing unexpected illness and injury. Emergency medicine practitioners provide clinical and administrative services to the healthcare delivery system, including care for individuals who lack other...
Developmental-behavioral pediatricians evaluate, counsel, and provide treatment for children, adolescents, and their families with a range of developmental and behavioral difficulties.
Core privileges are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained practitioner within a...
Dermatologists are physicians who specialize in evaluating and managing adults and children with benign and malignant conditions and disorders of the skin, hair, nails, and adjacent mucous membranes,
Core privileges are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained practitioner...
Pediatric rehabilitation medicine is a subspecialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation that emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to evaluating infants, children, and adolescents with temporary or permanent disabilities. Pediatric rehabilitation medicine physicians (also known as...
Pediatric radiologists perform and interpret diagnostic radiology (i.e., X-ray, radionuclides, ultrasound, and electromagnetic radiation) for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents. Responsible for communicating critical values and critical findings consistent with medical staff policy...
Critical care specialists—also called intensivists—are qualified to diagnose and manage the care of critical care or intensive care unit patients who have acute, life-threatening illnesses or injuries (e.g., heart attack, poisoning, pneumonia, surgical complications, premature birth, or stroke...
Pediatric otolaryngologists provide consultation and medical and surgical care to neonates and children under the age of 12 with complex otolaryngologic problems and significant comorbidities, illnesses, injuries, and disorders that include congenital and acquired...
A surgical oncologist is a well-qualified surgeon who has had additional training and experience in the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with cancer, and who devotes a major portion of his or her professional practice to these...
Colon and rectal surgery is the medical specialty dedicated to the treatment of patients with diseases and disorders affecting the colon, rectum, and anus. Colon and rectal surgeons (also known as colorectal surgeons) acquire proficiency in general surgery as well as in the medical and surgical...
Pediatric orthopedic surgeons treat and provide consultation of medical, surgical, and preventive care for patients age 16 and younger with musculoskeletal disorders, diseases, and injuries. This includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves. ...
