Thoracic surgery is the medical specialty that involves the operative, perioperative, and critical care of patients with pathologic conditions within the chest. This includes surgical care of coronary artery disease; diseases of the trachea, lung, esophagus, and chest wall; abnormalities of the...
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...
Neonatal-perinatal medicine is the subspecialty of pediatrics that involves the diagnosis and treatment of high-risk newborns. Neonatologists, the practitioners of neonatal-perinatal medicine, are trained to identify high-risk pregnancies and are familiar with the methods used to evaluate fetal...
Hand surgery is a surgical subspecialty focused on congenital and acquired defects of the hand and wrist that compromise the function of the hand. Many hand surgeons are also experts in diagnosing and caring for shoulder and elbow problems. Hand surgeons—generally orthopedic, plastic, or general...
Medical toxicology is a clinical subspecialty that focuses on the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and monitoring of injury and illness from exposures to drugs and chemicals, as well as biological and radiological agents. Medical toxicologists treat people for toxic...
Radiologists perform general diagnostic radiology (X-ray, radionuclides, ultrasound, and electromagnetic radiation) to diagnose and treat diseases of patients of all ages. They may sometimes also perform vascular and interventional radiology and are responsible for communicating critical values...
Surgical critical care is a subspecialty of surgery that manages complex surgical and medical problems in critically ill surgical patients. The education of surgeons in the practice of surgical critical care encompasses didactic instruction in the basic and clinical sciences of surgical diseases...
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...
Internal medicine is a specialty that involves the study and practice of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, care, and treatment of men and women, while healthy and through acute and chronic illnesses. Internists mainly practice adult medicine and have received training that...
Admit, evaluate, diagnose, treat, perform history and physical, and provide consultation to patients of all ages with diseases, injuries, and disorders of the digestive organs, including the stomach, bowels, liver, gallbladder, and related structures such as the...
