Family medicine practitioners are primary care providers that are board certified in the treatment of people from birth to old age. They are trained in pediatrics, adolescent medicine, geriatrics, and women’s health including prenatal care, labor and delivery. They have surgical training, and for those that practice in remote areas, may be performing appendectomies, gall bladder surgery, caesarean sections and more. Internal medicine providers may be generalists that provide primary care, or they may go on to specialty training in a particular field such as cardiology, oncology or gastroenterology.