Medical Specialists
Medical specialists are doctors who have completed advanced education and clinical training in a specific area of medicine (their specialty area). Examples of medical specialists include the following:
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- Reference Hospice and palliative medicine specialist Opens New Window
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- Reference Internist Opens New Window
- Reference Interventional cardiologist Opens New Window
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- Reference Neonatologist Opens New Window
- Reference Nephrologist Opens New Window
- Reference Neurological surgeon Opens New Window
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- Reference Oral surgeon (maxillofacial surgeon) Opens New Window
- Reference Orthopedic surgeon Opens New Window
- Reference Otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat specialist) Opens New Window
- Reference Pain management specialist Opens New Window
- Reference Pathologist Opens New Window
- Reference Pediatrician Opens New Window
- Reference Perinatologist Opens New Window
- Reference Physiatrist Opens New Window
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- Reference Reproductive endocrinologist Opens New Window
- Reference Rheumatologist Opens New Window
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- Reference Surgeon Opens New Window
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| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference November 19, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine |
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