Physician specialties

Physician specialties

Physicians are smart people in the health care. They know more about the human body and keeping it healthy. For example, an Anesthesiologist is a doctor who specializes in the administration of anesthesia for pain relief, while dermatologists study the illnesses and diseases of the skin.

  • Anesthesiology
    Anesthesiology is a branch of science that deals with anesthesia and anaesthetics, where the anesthesia acts to relieve the pain or put patients to sleep during surgery.

  • Dermatology
    Dermatology is a branch of science that deals with the skin and its appendages as hair, sweat glands, etc.

  • Emergency medicine
    Emergency medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and prompt treatment of injuries, trauma or unexpected diseases.

  • Internal medicine
    Internal medicine is the branch and speciality of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of illnesses in adults.

  • Neurology
    Neurology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the nervous system. Medical professionals…

  • Nuclear medicine
    Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the use of radioisotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

  • Obstetrics and gynecology
    Obstetrics and Gynaecology (regularly abbreviated to OB/GYN or O&G) are the two surgical specialties that deal with the woman’s reproductive organs.

  • Occupational therapists
    Occupational therapy is an activity and important occupation to help persons with mental health problems.

  • Ophthalmology
    Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine dealing with diagnosis and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye.

  • Physical Therapist
    Physical therapy is a branch of rehabilitative health that deals with the treatment consisting of exercising exact parts of the body.

  • Preventive medicine
    Preventive medicine, branch of medicine dealing with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health practices.

  • Psychiatry
    Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mind and mental disease.

  • Radiation oncology
    Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors and cancers, including study, diagnosis, treatment, and avoidance.



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