artemkoverchik/large_taxonomies_dataset huggingface dataset:
Allergy & Immunology Physician (taxonomy code 207K00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Allergy & Immunology
Definition: An allergist-immunologist is trained in evaluation, physical and laboratory diagnosis, and management of disorders involving the immune system. Selected examples of such conditions include asthma, anaphylaxis, rhinitis, eczema, and adverse reactions to drugs, foods, and insect stings as well as immune deficiency diseases (both acquired and congenital), defects in host defense, and problems related to autoimmune disease, organ transplantation, or malignancies of the immune system.
Allergy Physician (taxonomy code 207KA0200X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Allergy & Immunology
Specialization: Allergy
Definition: A physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of allergies.
Clinical & Laboratory Immunology (Allergy & Immunology) Physician (taxonomy code 207KI0005X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Allergy & Immunology
Specialization: Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
Definition: An allergy and immunology physician who specializes in clinical and laboratory immunology disease management..
Anesthesiology Physician (taxonomy code 207L00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Definition: An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologist provides medical management and consultation in pain management and critical care medicine. Anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long-standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post-anesthesia recovery.
Addiction Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (taxonomy code 207LA0401X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Specialization: Addiction Medicine
Definition: An anesthesiologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictions.
Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (taxonomy code 207LC0200X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Specialization: Critical Care Medicine
Definition: An anesthesiologist, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (taxonomy code 207LH0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Specialization: Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Definition: An anesthesiologist with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family.  This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (taxonomy code 207LP2900X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Specialization: Pain Medicine
Definition: An anesthesiologist who provides a high level of care, either as a primary physician or consultant, for patients experiencing problems with acute, chronic and/or cancer pain in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Patient care needs are also coordinated with other specialists.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Physician (taxonomy code 207LP3000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Specialization: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Definition: An anesthesiologist who has had additional skill and experience in and is primarily concerned with the anesthesia, sedation, and pain management needs of infants and children.  A pediatric anesthesiologist generally provides services including the evaluation of complex medical problems in infants and children when surgery is necessary,  planning and care for children before and after surgery, pain control, anesthesia and sedation for any procedures out of the operating room such as MRI, CT scan, and radiation therapy.
Physician Nutrition Specialist (Anesthesia) (taxonomy code 207LP4000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Anesthesiology
Specialization: Physician Nutrition Specialist
Definition: A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary nutritional diseases (e.g., undernutrition, overnutrition, and genetic or acquired errors of metabolism) and adjunctive nutritional therapeutics (e.g., nutritional therapy or support of diseases states with a metabolic component). Physician Nutrition Specialists also provide services for nutritional disease prevention, including diabetes, cancer, AlzheimerвЂ™s, hospital malnutrition screening, and perioperative nutrition.
Clinical Pharmacology Physician (taxonomy code 208U00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Clinical Pharmacology
Definition: Clinical pharmacology encompasses the spectrum of activities related to the discovery, development, regulation, and utilization of safe and effective drugs.
Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208C00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Colon & Rectal Surgery
Definition: A colon and rectal surgeon is trained to diagnose and treat various diseases of the intestinal tract, colon, rectum, anal canal and perianal area by medical and surgical means. This specialist also deals with other organs and tissues (such as the liver, urinary and female reproductive system) involved with primary intestinal disease.
Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Dermatology
Definition: A dermatologist is trained to diagnose and treat pediatric and adult patients with benign and malignant disorders of the skin, mouth, external genitalia, hair and nails, as well as a number of sexually transmitted diseases. The dermatologist has had additional training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers, melanomas, moles and other tumors of the skin, the management of contact dermatitis and other allergic and nonallergic skin disorders, and in the recognition of the skin manifestations of systemic (including internal malignancy) and infectious diseases. Dermatologists have special training in dermatopathology and in the surgical techniques used in dermatology. They also have expertise in the management of cosmetic disorders of the skin such as hair loss and scars and the skin changes associated with aging.
Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology Physician (taxonomy code 207NI0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Dermatology
Specialization: Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology
Definition: A dermatologist who utilizes various specialized laboratory procedures to diagnose disorders characterized by defective responses of the body's immune system. Immunodermatologists also may provide consultation in the management of these disorders and administer specialized forms of therapy for these diseases.
Dermatopathology Physician (taxonomy code 207ND0900X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Dermatology
Specialization: Dermatopathology
Definition: A dermatopathologist has the expertise to diagnose and monitor diseases of the skin including infectious, immunologic, degenerative and neoplastic diseases. This entails the examination and interpretation of specially prepared tissue sections, cellular scrapings and smears of skin lesions by means of routine and special (electron and fluorescent) microscopes.
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207ND0101X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Dermatology
Specialization: MOHS-Micrographic Surgery
Definition: The highly-trained surgeons that perform Mohs Micrographic Surgery are specialists both in dermatology and pathology. With their extensive knowledge of the skin and unique pathological skills, they are able to remove only diseased tissue, preserving healthy tissue and minimizing the cosmetic impact of the surgery.  Mohs surgeons who belong to the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) have completed a minimum of one year of fellowship training at one of the ACMS-approved training centers in the U.S.
Pediatric Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207NP0225X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Dermatology
Specialization: Pediatric Dermatology
Definition: A pediatric dermatologist has, through additional special training, developed expertise in the treatment of specific skin disease categories with emphasis on those diseases which predominate in infants, children and adolescents.
Procedural Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207NS0135X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Dermatology
Specialization: Procedural Dermatology
Definition: Procedural Dermatology, a subspecialty of Dermatology, encompassing a wide variety of surgical procedures and methods to remove or modify skin tissue for health or cosmetic benefit. These methods include scalpel surgery, laser surgery, chemical surgery, cryosurgery (liquid nitrogen), electrosurgery, aspiration surgery, liposuction, injection of filler substances, and Mohs micrographic controlled surgery (a special technique for the removal of growths, especially skin cancers).
Electrodiagnostic Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 204R00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Definition: Electrodiagnostic medicine is the medical subspecialty that applies neurophysiologic techniques to diagnose, evaluate, and treat patients with impairments of the neurologic, neuromuscular, and/or muscular systems.  Qualified physicians are trained in performing electrophysiological testing and interpretation of the test data.  They require knowledge in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, histology, and pathology of the brain, spinal cord, autonomic nerves, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction, and muscles. They must know clinical features and treatment of diseases of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, as well as those of neuromuscular junction and muscle. Physicians also require special knowledge about electric signal processing, including waveform analysis, electronics and instrumentation, stimulation and recording equipment, and statistics.
Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Definition: An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.
Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207PE0004X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Specialization: Emergency Medical Services
Definition: An emergency medicine physician who specializes in non-hospital based emergency medical services (e.g., disaster site, accident scene, transport vehicle, etc.) to provide pre-hospital assessment, treatment, and transport patients.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207PH0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Specialization: Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Definition: An emergency medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family.  This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
Medical Toxicology (Emergency Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207PT0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Specialization: Medical Toxicology
Definition: Medical toxicologists are physicians who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, treatment and monitoring of injury and illness from exposures to drugs and chemicals, as well as biological and radiological agents. Medical toxicologists care for people in clinical, academic, governmental and public health settings, and provide poison control center leadership. Important areas of medical toxicology include acute drug poisoning, adverse drug events, drug abuse, addiction and withdrawal, chemicals and hazardous materials, terrorism preparedness, venomous bites and stings and environmental and workplace exposures.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207PP0204X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Specialization: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Definition: Pediatric Emergency Medicine is a clinical subspecialty that focuses on the care of the acutely ill or injured child in the setting of an emergency department.
Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207PS0010X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Specialization: Sports Medicine
Definition: An emergency physician with special knowledge in sports medicine is responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention and management of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician has knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Knowledge of exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation and epidemiology is essential to the practice of sports medicine.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207PE0005X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Emergency Medicine
Specialization: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Definition: A specialist who treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns, and bone infections.  This specialist also serves as a consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations, and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.
Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Definition: Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.
Addiction Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QA0401X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Addiction Medicine
Definition: A family medicine physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictions.
Adolescent Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QA0000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Adolescent Medicine
Definition: A family medicine physician with multidisciplinary training in the unique physical, psychological and social characteristics of adolescents and their health care problems and needs.
Adult Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207QA0505X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Adult Medicine
Definition: The NUCC recommends this code not be used. Choose a more appropriate code.
Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QG0300X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Geriatric Medicine
Definition: A family medicine physician with special knowledge of the aging process and special skills in the diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and rehabilitative aspects of illness in the elderly. This specialist cares for geriatric patients in the patient's home, the office, long-term care settings such as nursing homes, and the hospital.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QH0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Definition: A family medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family.  This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QB0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Obesity Medicine
Definition: A physician who specializes in the treatment of obesity demonstrates competency in and a thorough understanding of the treatment of obesity and the genetic, biologic, environmental, social, and behavioral factors that contribute to obesity. The obesity medicine physician employs therapeutic interventions including diet, physical activity, behavioral change, and pharmacotherapy. The obesity medicine physician utilizes a comprehensive approach, and may include additional resources such as dietitians, exercise physiologists, mental health professionals and bariatric surgeons as indicated to achieve optimal results. Additionally, the obesity medicine physician maintains competency in providing pre- peri- and post-surgical care of bariatric surgery patients, promotes the prevention of obesity, and advocates for those who suffer from obesity.
Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) (taxonomy code 207QP0002X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Physician Nutrition Specialist
Definition: A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary nutritional diseases (e.g., undernutrition, overnutrition, and genetic or acquired errors of metabolism) and adjunctive nutritional therapeutics (e.g., nutritional therapy or support of diseases states with a metabolic component). Physician Nutrition Specialists also provide services for nutritional disease prevention, including diabetes, cancer, AlzheimerвЂ™s, hospital malnutrition screening, and perioperative nutrition.
Sleep Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QS1201X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Sleep Medicine
Definition: A Family Medicine Physician who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (taxonomy code 207QS0010X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Sports Medicine
Definition: A family medicine physician that is trained to be responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician must have knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury. Knowledge about special areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation, injuries (treatment and prevention and referral practice) and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle are essential to the practice of sports medicine. The sports medicine physician requires special education to provide the knowledge to improve the health care of the individual engaged in physical exercise (sports) whether as an individual or in team participation.
General Practice Physician (taxonomy code 208D00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: General Practice
Definition: A physician who specializes in the general practice of diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with a variety of illnesses and conditions.
Hospitalist Physician (taxonomy code 208M00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Hospitalist
Definition: Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.
Independent Medical Examiner Physician (taxonomy code 202C00000X)
Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Independent Medical Examiner
Definition: A special evaluator not involved with the medical care of the individual examinee that impartially evaluates the care being provided by other practitioners to clarify clinical, disability, liability or other case issues.