The subspecialty of hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is the medical component of the broad therapeutic model known as palliative care. These subspecialists reduce the burden of life-threatening conditions by supporting the best quality of life throughout the course of an illness and by...
According to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), 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,...
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) defines medical genetics and genomics as the medical specialty that involves the interaction between genes and health. Medical geneticists are physicians trained to evaluate, diagnose, manage, treat, and counsel individuals of all ages with...
Neurological surgery, also called neurosurgery, is a medical discipline and surgical specialty that provides care for adult and pediatric patients in the treatment of pain or pathological processes that may modify the function or activity of the central nervous system (e.g., brain, hypophysis,...
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, according to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ACGME recognizes pain...
Pediatric emergency medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries of patients under the age of 18 within the emergency department (ED) setting. These physicians provide rapid evaluation with simultaneous stabilization of any life-...
According to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), hand surgery is a surgical subspecialty focused on the study of congenital and acquired defects of the hand and wrist that compromise the function of the hand. This includes nerve repair and nerve reconstruction, and...
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery that focuses on providing surgical care for patients under 18 years of age. According to the American College of Surgeons (ACS), pediatric surgeons are primarily concerned with the diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative...
Gynecologic oncology is the medical subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology concerned with the study and treatment of cancers and noncancerous conditions of the female reproductive organs. According to the Mayo Clinic, gynecologic oncologists offer an integrated approach to the diagnosis and...
Musculoskeletal oncology is an area of orthopedic surgery that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors of bone and connective soft tissues in children and adults. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care of patients with cancers that have...
