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 Cardiology
Cardiologists specialize in diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels and manage complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening abnormal heart beat rhythms. Cardiologists also perform complicated diagnostic procedures such as cardiac catheterization and consult with surgeons on heart surgery.
Dentistry
Dentistry specializes in the care and treatment of the teeth and gums.
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine is the medical specialty that focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability. The emergency physician provides immediate initial recognition, evaluation, care, and disposition of a generally undifferentiated population of patients in response to acute illness and injury. The care provided by the emergency physician is episodic in nature and involves a full spectrum of physical and behavioral conditions.
Family Practice
Family Practice is the branch of medicine and medical specialty that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide variety of ailments. Family Practice physicians possess unique attitudes, skills and knowledge to provide medical care for any patient, regardless of sex, age or type of problem.
General Surgery
A General Surgeon is a specialist prepared to manage a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The Surgeon establishes the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and critically ill.
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine is a medical specialty dealing with the long term, comprehensive management of both common and complex medical illnesses of adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Internal Medicine physicians offer an understanding and effective treatment for disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, and mental health.
Obstetrics / Gynecology
Obstetrics & Gynecology is a branch of medicine and medical specialty dealing with the management of pregnancy, labor, and the post labor recovery period (Obstetrics) and diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system and the female genital tract (Gynecology).
Oncology / Hematology
Oncology/Hematology is a medical subspecialty focusing on both blood diseases and cancer. The Hematologist/Oncologist treats diseases of the blood and blood forming organs (i.e. spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, and thymus) as well as neoplastic diseases arising in any organ system.
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine and medical specialty dealing with comprehensive eye and vision care, including diagnosis, monitoring, and surgically treating all eyelid and orbital problems affecting vision.
Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedics is the branch of medicine and medical specialty dealing with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments. Orthopedic Surgery includes the preservation, investigation, and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means.
Otorhinolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology is a medical specialty dealing with medical and surgical treatment of the head and neck, including the ears, nose, and throat.
Otorhinolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery / Facial Plastic Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology is a medical specialty dealing with medical and surgical treatment of the head and neck, including the ears, nose, and throat. Plastic surgery is concerned with reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents, birth defects, or treatment for diseases. Plastic Surgery deals with the repair, replacement, and reconstruction of defects of form and function of the surface areas of the body along with the underlying tissue and bone. Many plastic surgeons also perform cosmetic surgery that is unrelated to medical conditions.
Pathology
Pathologists are physicians who specialize in laboratory medicine. They are experts in the use of laboratory procedures to diagnose and treat disease. A pathologist assists physicians in determining what medical problems their patients may have or what further procedures may need to be performed in order to make the determination. The pathologist may also help a patient’s doctor in deciding how a condition can best be treated.
Pediatrics is the specialty of medical science concerned with 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 health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases.
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Plastic surgery is the surgical specialty dedicated to reconstruction of facial and body defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns and disease. The art and science of plastic surgery is also involved with the enhancement of the appearance of a person through such operations as facelift, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation and liposuction.
Podiatry
Podiatrists, also known as doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPM’s), diagnose and treat disorders, diseases, and injuries of the foot and lower leg. Podiatrists treat corns, calluses, ingrown toenails, bunions, heel spurs, and arch problems; ankle and foot injuries, deformities and infections; and foot complaints associated with diseases such as diabetes. To treat these problems, Podiatrists prescribe drugs, order physical therapy, set fractures, and perform surgery. They also fit corrective inserts called orthotics, design plaster casts and strapping to correct deformities, and design custom-made shoes.
Pulmonology is the specialized study of the function and anatomy of the lungs. This specialty focuses on the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases related to the lungs such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema and lung cancer.
Radiology
The Diagnostic Radiologist is often referred to as "the eye of medicine" because they help primary care physicians detect and diagnose disease. Radiologists bring special training and expertise to the interpretation of x-ray images. In addition to interpreting x-ray films, Radiologists use a variety of other modalities such as MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine.
Sleep medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with disorders of sleep and daytime alertness and the effect of the sleep processes upon other medical disorders. The field of sleep medicine developed because specialized knowledge of the sleeping brain and the pathological deviations of normal sleep physiology provides the physician the expertise to recognize and treat sleep-related illness.
Urology
A specialist in Urology is competent to manage benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders of the adrenal glad and of the genitourinary system. Urologists have comprehensive knowledge of skills in endoscopic, percutaneous, and open surgery of congenital and acquired conditions of the reproductive and urinary systems and their contiguous structures.
Vascular Medicine
A Vascular Medicine specialist is defined as in internist who has received advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of both common and uncommon vascular disorders. This expertise encompasses vascular disease risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, homocystinemia, etc.), specific diagnostic expertise (via the bedside examination, use of noninvasive vascular laboratory, and interpretation of all forms of vascular imaging), and expertise in therapeutic interventions (including vasoactive drugs, thrombolytic and hemostatic agents, and revascularization techniques). As such, the Vascular Medicine specialist provides comprehensive, integrated, long-term care for individuals with peripheral arterial disease, acute and chronic vanous diseases, lymphatic disease, as well as the risk factors and end-organ consequences of these illnesses. In contrast to traditional vascular surgical specialists, the vascular medicine practitioner contributes to all of the vascular medicine-based needs exclusive of surgical interventions.
Vascular Surgery
A Vascular Surgeon is a surgeon with special qualifications in the management of surgical disorders of the blood vessels excluding those immediately adjacent to the heart, lungs, or brain.
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