Specialty Practitioners
Physicians who have extra training or experience in select specialties may choose to limit their practice to certain types of patients. Knowing the specialty areas can help in making referrals. The following terms indicate a variety of different medical specialists.
- Cardiologist: specializes in cardiac disease
- Dermatologist: specializes in skin disease
- Endocrinologist: specializes in glandular disease
- Epidemiologist: specializes in tracking causes of disease
- Gastroenterologist: specializes in treatment of the stomach and intestine
- Gastrologist: specializes in treatment of stomach
- Gerontologist: specializes in the treatment of elderly
- Gynecologist: specializes in treatment of women’s reproduction
- Hematologist: specializes in blood diseases
- Hospitalist: specializes in treating people when hospitalized
- Immunologist: specializes in immunity and immune disorders
- Nephrologist: specializes in kidney disease
- Neurologist: specializes in treatment of nervous system
- Obstetrician: specializes in pregnancy and delivery of babies
- Oncologist: specializes in treating cancer
- Ophthalmologist: specializes in treating eye disease
- Orthopedist: specializes in bones and joints
- Otolaryngologist: specializes in ears and throat disease
- Pathologist: specializes in tissue diseases
- Pediatrician: specializes in care of children
- Perinatologist: specializes in care of high-risk pregnancy
- Podiatrist:Â specializes in the foot and ankle
- Proctologist: specializes in disease occurring in anus and rectum
- Psychiatrist: specializes in mental disorders
- Pulmonologist: specializes in lung disease
- Radiologist: specializes in radiography and interpreting X-rays
- Rheumatologist: specializes in arthritis and joint disease
- Urologist: specializes in urinary and male reproductive disease