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...
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...
Allergists/immunologists are trained in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of immune system problems such as allergies, asthma, inherited immunodeficiency diseases, and autoimmune diseases.
Core privileges are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained practitioner within...
Hospital dentists treat patients with medical conditions and disabilities. They offer a variety of care ranging from general dentistry and hygiene to specialty care, such as dental implants. In general, hospital dentists work in hospitals and practice in operating rooms and emergency departments...
A general surgeon has principal expertise in the diagnosis and care of patients with diseases and disorders affecting the abdomen, digestive tract, endocrine system, breast, skin, and blood vessels. Additionally, general surgeons are trained in the care of pediatric and cancer patients, as well...
Anesthesiology is the medical specialty dedicated to the relief of pain through the administration of anesthesia. Anesthesiologists are primarily responsible for the safety and well-being of patients before, during, and after surgery, and the longer and more extensive training makes...
