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Specialty
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Specialists Focus
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Allergy & Immunology
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Allergic and immunologic diseases and their respiratory complications (such as pollen, chemical and food allergies, asthma and AIDS).
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Anesthesiology
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Anesthesia or relief of pain during surgery and childbirth, and control of pain due to various causes.
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Dermatology
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Diseases of the skin.
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Emergency Medicine
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Diseases that are acute medical or surgical conditions or injuries that require urgent or immediate care (usually in a hospital emergency room).
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Family Practice
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All diseases and related total health care of an individual and the family.
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Internal Medicine
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All diseases and total health care of adults, usually 18 years of age and older.
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| Nuclear Medicine |
Uses radioactive isotopes to diagnose and treat disease. |
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Neurology
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Diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nervous system and related structures.
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Normal and abnormal pregnancy, diseases of the female reproductive system and fertility disorders.
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Ophthalmology
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Diseases of the eye.
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Orthopedics
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Diseases of the bones, joints, muscles and tendons.
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Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose &
Throat)
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Diseases of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat and upper airway passages.
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Pathology
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Tissues and specimens removed by biopsy and surgery to diagnose normal from diseased tissues and specimens; supervises and interprets laboratory tests on blood, urine and other body fluids.
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Pediatrics
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All diseases and total health care of newborns, infants, children and adolescents.
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Diseases with major and minor disabilities requiring restoration of functional ability such as assistance, retraining and recondition of muscles, tendons and extremities for ambulation and other activities of daily living.
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Preventative Medicine
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Health care and other measures to avoid delay or prevent disease or illness from occurring.
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Psychiatry
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Diseases affecting mental health including diseases of the brain, nervous system and substance abuse of drugs or chemicals.
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Radiology
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X-ray, ultrasound and other imaging techniques such as Computerized Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
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Radiation Oncology
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Cancer and other diseases with x-ray therapy, radioactive isotopes and linear accelerator particle radiation.
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Surgery |
Disease that require surgical operation for
diagnosis or treatment |
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Urology
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Diseases of the male and female urinary tract
(kidneys, bladder) and the male reproductive tract
(penis, testes).
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