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Pain Medicine Physician
Specialty:
Pain Management
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Palliative Care Physician
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Neurology, Radiology, Surgery, or Obstetrics & Gynecology. Practitioners focus on relieving the suffering of patients and their families, responding to the physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of life-limiting illness, and helping families and health care teams deal with ethically difficult choices.
Specialty:
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Common Name:
End-of-Life Care Doctor
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Pediatric Allergist, Pediatric Immunologist
a subspecialty certification of the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners have special training in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic and immunologic diseases, including asthma, hay fever, hives, eczema, and drug and food allergies.
Specialty:
Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
Common Name:
Pediatric Allergist
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Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Specialty:
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Common Name:
Children's Anesthesiologist
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Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Surgeons who specialize in the repair or surgical treatment of developmental problems in the organs of the chest (congenital or birth defects of the heart, lungs, blood vessels, and chest cavity). Practitioners are board-certified in a primary surgical specialty and have completed additional training and testing in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Specialty:
Congenital Cardiac Surgery (Thoracic Surgery)
Common Name:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
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Pediatric Cardiologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners provide comprehensive care from fetal life to young adulthood to patients with cardiovascular problems.
Specialty:
Pediatric Cardiology
Common Name:
Children's Heart Doctor
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Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Specialty:
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Pediatric Dermatologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Dermatology. Practitioners provide prevention, diagnosis, and comprehensive management of skin disorders in infants, children, and adolescents. These subspecialists assure optimal care for pediatric patients with unusual or difficult-to-treat skin disorders. They participate in the management of pediatric patients with multi-system disease, further basic and clinical investigation, and instruct medical students and doctors in the skin disorders of this age group.
Specialty:
Pediatric Dermatology
Common Name:
Children's Skin Doctor
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Pediatric Diagnostic Laboratory Immunologist
Specialty:
Pediatrics/diag Lab Immunology
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Pediatrics Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory
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Pediatric Emergency Physician
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine. Practitioners have special qualifications to manage emergency care for infants and children. Pediatric emergency medicine requires knowledge of the technological advances in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric emergencies, enhanced by the broad understanding of child health and development, which evolves with additional training in pediatric emergencies and experience with children and their families.
Specialty:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Common Name:
Children's ER Doctor
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Pediatric Endocrinologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners care for infants, children, and adolescents who have diseases that result from an abnormality in the endocrine glands (which secrete hormones). These diseases include diabetes, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, thyroid disorders and disorders of the adrenal and pituitary glands.
Specialty:
Pediatric Endocrinology
Common Name:
Children's Endocrinologist
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Pediatric Gastroenterology
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners understand disorders of the digestive systems of infants, children, and adolescents. They have achieved competence in the clinical diagnosis and medical treatment of these disorders and are able to select, perform, and evaluate procedures necessary for assessment of gastrointestinal diseases.
Specialty:
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Common Name:
Children's GI Doctor
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Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners have three interrelated characteristics. First, they are educated in the growth and development of normal children from birth to adulthood as well as in the identification and treatment of disease in these age groups. Second, these doctors have knowledge and understanding of hematologic (blood disorders) and oncologic (cancerous) diseases. Third, they combine their knowledge of general pediatrics and of hematology and oncology.
Specialty:
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Common Name:
Children's Blood and Cancer Doctor
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners care for children and spend most of their professional time and skills on treatment and prevention of infectious diseases, as well as provide routine health care. The pediatric infectious disease subspecialist also participates in the process regarding recommendations for inoculations to prevent infectious disease.
Specialty:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Pediatric Intensivist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners have special competence in advanced life support for children from the term or near-term neonate to the adolescent. This competence extends to the management of life-threatening organ system failure and to the support of vital physiological functions. This provider also coordinates the multitude of treatment plans prescribed for the patient by other doctors and has the responsibility to coordinate and order the priority of health care services provided by the Intensive Care Unit.
Specialty:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Pediatric Medical Toxicologist
Specialty:
Pediatric Medical Toxicology
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Pediatric Nephrologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners care for children from fetal life to young adulthood, focusing on the normal and abnormal development of the kidney and the urinary tract. They also deal with the mechanisms by which the kidney can be damaged, the evaluation and treatment of kidney diseases, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, hypertension, and renal replacement therapy.
Specialty:
Pediatric Nephrology
Common Name:
Children's Kidney Doctor
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Pediatric Neurologist
A certification by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Practitioners are trained in the diagnosis and management of neurological disorders of the newborn infant, early childhood, and adolescence.
Specialty:
Child Neurology
Common Name:
Child Neurologist
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Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Specialty:
Pediatric Neurological Surgery
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Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Specialty:
Ophthalmology/pediatrics
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Pediatric Ophthalmology
Common Name:
Children's Eye Doctor
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Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Specialty:
Orthopedic Pediatric Surgery
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Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
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Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology), A subspecialty certification by the American Board of Otolaryngology, practitioners are qualified to provide diagnosis and surgical and/or medical treatment to children and adolescents with disorders in the head and neck region (otorhinolaryngological disorders).
Specialty:
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Common Name:
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
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Pediatric Pathologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pathology. Practitioners are skilled in the laboratory diagnosis of diseases that occur during fetal growth and infant and childhood development. This specialty requires a strong foundation in general pathology and substantial understanding of normal growth and development, along with extensive knowledge of pediatric medicine. The pediatric pathologist is a consultant to pediatricians and all doctors involved in the care of infants and children.
Specialty:
Pediatric Pathology
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Pediatric Physiatrist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Practitioners use an interdisciplinary approach toward the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of children with inherited and childhood-onset physical impairments, with an understanding of the life course of disability.
Specialty:
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Common Name:
Children's Rehab Doctor
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Pediatric Pulmonologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners are dedicated to the prevention and treatment of all respiratory diseases affecting infants, children, and young adults.
Specialty:
Pediatric Pulmonology
Common Name:
Children's Lung Doctor
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Pediatric Radiologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners care for children using all types of radiant energy in medical diagnoses and in therapeutic procedures using radiologic guidance.
Specialty:
Pediatric Radiology
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Pediatric Rheumatologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners treat the infant, child, or adolescent with rheumatic disease (causing painful disability in the muscles, tendons, bones, joints or nerves). They also participate in the prevention, understanding, and treatment of the various rheumatic disorders and promote understanding of the basic mechanisms of the disease in the interrelated areas of immunology, genetics, inflammation, and infectious diseases.
Specialty:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Pediatric Sleep Physician
Specialty:
Sleep Medicine (Pediatrics)
Common Name:
Children's Sleep Doctor
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Pediatric Surgeon
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Surgery. Practitioners are skilled in the management of surgical conditions in premature and newborn infants, children, and adolescents.
Specialty:
Pediatric Surgery
Common Name:
Children's Surgeon
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Pediatric Transplant Hepatologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners are trained pediatric gastroenterologists who provide pre-, peri- and post-operative care to liver transplant patients.
Specialty:
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Common Name:
Pediatric Liver Transplant
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Pediatric Urologist
A subspecialty certification by the American Board of Urology. Practitioners are also known as genitourinary surgeons. They have special expertise in treating the disorders of children's genitourinary systems. Pediatric urologists provide care for boys and girls ranging from birth to early adult age. The most common problems are those involving disorders of urination and testes.
Specialty:
Pediatric Urology
Common Name:
Pediatric Urologist
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Pediatrician
A certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners are concerned with the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Pediatric care encompasses a wide range of health services, from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. The pediatrician understands the constantly changing status of his/her patients due to growth and development and the consequent changing standards of normal for age.
Specialty:
Pediatrics
Common Name:
Children's Doctor
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Pharmaceutical Medicine
Specialty:
Pharmaceutical Medicine
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Pharmacologist
Specialty:
Pharmacology - Clinical
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Phlebologist
Specialty:
Phlebology
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Physiatrist
Specialty:
Neuromuscular Medicine (Physical Med & Rehab)
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Neuromuscular Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehab)
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Doctor
A certification by the Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Practitioners focus on diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with impairments or disabilities that involve musculoskeletal, neurologic, cardiovascular, or other body systems. Their primary concern is maximal restoration of function and the alleviation of pain.
Specialty:
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Common Name:
Rehabilitation Doctor, Rehab Doctor
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Plastic Surgeon
A certification by the Board of Plastic Surgery. Practitioners deal with the repair and reconstruction of defects of form and function of the skin and its underlying systems, with emphasis on the head and neck, the upper and lower limbs, the breast, and the external genitalia. It includes aesthetic surgery of structures with undesirable form.
Specialty:
Plastic Surgery
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Podiatrist
A physician specialty; practitioners diagnose and treat the disorders of the foot.
Specialty:
Podiatric Medicine
Common Name:
Foot Doctor
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Preventive Medical Toxicologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Preventive Medicine. Practitioners are trained in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of poisonings and other injuries due to exposure to chemicals, biologic agents, or radiation.
Specialty:
Preventive Medical Toxicology
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Preventive Medicine Physician
A certification by the Board of Preventive Medicine. Practitioners focus on the health of individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote and maintain health and well-being and to prevent disease, disability and premature death. In addition to the knowledge and skills common to all physicians, the distinctive components of Preventive Medicine include, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Services Administration, environmental and occupational influences on health, social and behavioral influences on health and measures that prevent the occurrence, progression, and disabling effects of disease or injury.
Specialty:
Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
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Proctologist
A specialty certification by the American Osteopathic Board of Proctology. Practitioners are trained in the treatment of diseases and conditions originating within or affecting the anus, rectum, perianal and perirectal areas, and related or complicating conditions not including the use of major surgery.
Specialty:
Proctology
Common Name:
Proctologist
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Psychiatrist
A certification by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Practitioners are skilled in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders. They are trained to understand the biological, psychological, and social components of illness. Psychiatrists are qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and prescribe medication, as well as to evaluate and treat psychological and interpersonal problems. They are also prepared to intervene with individuals and families who are coping with stress, crises, and other problems in living.
Specialty:
Psychiatry
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Psychoanalyst
Specialty:
Psychoanalysis
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Psychologist
Specialty:
Psychologist
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Psychology
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Psychosomatic Specialist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Practitioners provide treatment and care to medically ill patients in specialized settings like intensive care units, transplant programs, dialysis centers, and burn units.
Specialty:
Psychosomatic Medicine
Common Name:
Psychosomatic Medicine
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Pulmonologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine. Practitioners focus on diseases of the lungs and airways. Pulmonologists diagnose and treat pneumonia, cancer, asthma, occupational diseases, sleep disorders, emphysema, and other complex disorders of the lungs. They evaluate lung function, examine the bronchial airways, and prescribe and monitor mechanical ventilation. Many pulmonary disease experts are also experts in critical care.
Specialty:
Pulmonary Disease
Common Name:
Lung Doctor