SPECIALTIES


Cardiology - The medical study of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels. 

Dermatology - The field of medicine that specializes in the treatment of skin disorders.

Gastroenterology - The diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders affecting the stomach, intestines, and associated organs.

Gynecology/Obstetrics - A branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs as well as dealing with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the period during which they recover from childbirth.

Hepatology - The diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders affecting the liver.

Laboratory Techniques and Procedures - Methods, procedures, and tests performed in the laboratory with an intended application to the diagnosis of disease or understanding of physiological functioning. The techniques include examination of microbiological, cytological, chemical, and biochemical specimens, normal and pathological. 

Nutrition - All foods; the physical and chemical process by which food is converted into body tissue. 

Nutrition Assessment - Evaluation and measurement of nutritional variables in order to assess the level of nutrition or the nutritional status of the individual. Nutrition surveys may be used in making the assessment. 

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases - A collective term for nutritional disorders (result of poor assimilation or utilization of food) and metabolic disorders (result of poor metabolism or inherited enzyme abnormality). 

Phlebotomy - To puncture a vein for the purpose of withdrawing blood.

Psychology - The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.

Psychology, Consultantsal - The branch of psychology concerned with psychological methods of recognizing and treating behavior disorders. 

Radiology - The study of X-rays in the diagnosis of a disease

Radiology Information Systems - Information systems, usually computer-assisted, that are designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for administrative activities associated with radiology services and facilities. 

Urology - A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract and urogenital system.

Urologic Surgical Procedures - Surgery performed on the urinary tract or its parts in the male or female.

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