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...
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...
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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
