Pain medicine is the multidisciplinary subspecialty that concentrates on the management of patients suffering from acute or chronic pain, or pain in patients requiring palliative care. The practice of pain medicine involves the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of persons with chronic...
Pathologists diagnose, rule out, and monitor disease using information from microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cell samples, and body fluids, as well as from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions in a lab setting. After analyzing lab tests and interpreting the results...
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery that focuses on providing surgical care for patients under 18 years of age. Pediatric surgeons are primarily concerned with the diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of surgical problems in children. Some medical...
Pediatricians are physicians specializing in the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Pediatric care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and...
Pediatric anesthesiology is a subspecialty of anesthesiology that is concerned with providing anesthesia care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents undergoing a wide variety of surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. The subspecialty is also concerned with pain management,...
Pediatric cardiology is a subspecialty of pediatrics focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of heart problems in infants, children, and young adults. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), pediatric cardiologists are physicians who have completed training in pediatrics with...
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons provide preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care to patients under the age of 18 with structural abnormalities involving the heart and major blood vessels. Includes correction or treatment of various conditions of the heart and related blood...
Pediatric rheumatologists treat patients under the age of 21 with proven or suspected acute and chronic rheumatic diseases or disorders of the joints, muscles, bones, and tendons, including but not limited to management of arthritis, back pain, muscle strains, common athletic injuries, and...
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...
