Medical specialty

A medical specialty be a branch of medical practice wey be focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, anaa philosophy. Examples dey include those branches of medicine wey dey deal exclusively plus kiddies (pediatrics), cancer (oncology), laboratory medicine (pathology), anaa primary care (family medicine). After dem plete medical school anaa oda basic training, physicians anaa surgeons den oda clinicians usually dey further dema medical education insyd a specific specialty of medicine by dem go plete a multiple-year residency make dem cam turn a specialist.

 Specialties wey be common worldwide 
 Specialty  Fi be subspecialty of Age rangeof patientsDiagnostic (D) anaatherapeutic (T)specialtySurgical (S) anaainternal medicine (I)specialtyOrgan-based (O)anaa technique-based (T) Allergy den immunology   Internal medicinePediatrics All Both  I  O Adolescent medicine  PediatricsFamily medicinePediatric Both  I  T Anesthesiology  None All T  Both  Both Aerospace medicine  Family Medicine All Both  Neither  Both Bariatrics  Several All Both  Both  Both Cardiology  Internal medicine Adults T  I  O Cardiothoracic surgery  General surgery Adults T  S  O Child den adolescent psychiatry  Psychiatry Pediatric T  I  T Clinical neurophysiology  Neurology All D  I  Both Colorectal surgery  General surgery All Both  S  O Dermatology  None All T  I  O Developmental pediatrics  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  Neither Emergency medicine  Family medicine All Both  Both  Both Endocrinology  Internal medicine Adults Both I  Multidisciplinary Family Medicine  None All Both  Both  Multidisciplinary Forensic pathology  Pathology All D  Neither  T Forensic psychiatry  Psychiatry All D  I  T Gastroenterology  Internal medicine Adults T  I  O General surgery  None Adults T  S  T General surgical oncology  General surgery Adults T  S  T Geriatrics  Family medicineInternal medicine Geriatric T  I  Multidisciplinary Geriatric psychiatry  GeriatricsPsychiatry Geriatric T  I  Neither Gynecologic oncology  Obstetrics den gynecology All T  S  O Hematology  Internal medicinePathology Adults Both  I  Neither Hematologic pathology  HematologyPathology All D Neither  T Infectious disease  Internal medicinePediatrics All Both  I  Neither Internal medicine  None Adults Both  I  Neither Interventional radiology  Radiology All Both  -  Multidisciplinary Intensive care medicine  AnesthesiologyEmergency medicineInternal medicine All T  Both  Both Maternal-fetal medicine  Obstetrics den gynecology Adults T  S  Both Medical biochemistry  Internal medicine All D  I  Neither Medical genetics  None All D  I  Neither Medical oncology  Internal medicine Adults Both  I  Neither Neonatology  Pediatrics Neonatal T  I  Neither Nephrology  Internal medicine All T  I  O Neurology  Internal medicine All Both  I  O Neuropathology  Pathology All D  Neither  T Neurosurgery  None All T  S  O Nuclear medicine (nucleology)  None All Both  I  T Obstetrics den gynecology  Family medicine All T  S  O Occupational medicine  Family medicineInternal medicine Adults T  I  Multidisciplinary Ophthalmology  None All T  S  O Orthopedic surgery  None All T  S  O Oral den maxillofacial surgery  None All T  S  O Otorhinolaryngology  None All T  S  O Palliative care  Family MedicineInternal medicinePediatrics All Both  Neither  Neither Pathology  None All D Neither  T Pediatrics  None Pediatric Both  I  Neither Pediatric allergy den immunology  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric cardiology  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric emergency medicine  Pediatrics Pediatric Both  Both  Both Pediatric endocrinology  Pediatrics Pediatric Both  I  Multidisciplinary Pediatric gastroenterology  Pediatrics Pediatric T I  O Pediatric hematology den oncology  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric infectious disease  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric nephrology  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric respiratory medicine  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric rheumatology  Pediatrics Pediatric T  I  O Pediatric surgery  General surgery Pediatric T  S  O Physical medicine den rehabilitation  None All T  I  Multidisciplinary Plastic, reconstructive den aesthetic surgery  General surgery All T  S  O Psychiatry  Family medicine All Both  I  T Public health  Family medicine All Neither  Neither  T Radiation oncology  None All T  Neither  T Radiology  None All Both  I  T Reproductive endocrinology den infertility  Obstetrics den gynecology Adults T  S  T Pulmunology anaa Respiratory medicine  Internal medicine Adults T  I  O Rheumatology  Internal medicine Adults T  I  Neither Sports medicine  Family medicine All Both  Neither  Multidisciplinary Thoracic surgery  General surgery Adults T  S  TToxicologyEmergency MedicineAllBothNeitherOTransfusion Medicine  None All Both  Neither  Both Neuroradiology  Radiology All Both  I  Both Urology  None All T  S  O Vascular surgery  General surgery All T  S  O

 List of specialties dem recognize insyd de European Union den European Economic Area 

 Accident den emergency medicine
 Allergist
 Anaesthetics
 Cardiology
 Child psychiatry
 Clinical biology
 Clinical chemistry
 Clinical microbiology
 Clinical neurophysiology
 Craniofacial surgery
 Dermatology
 Endocrinology
 Family den General Medicine
 Gastroenterologic surgery
 Gastroenterology
 General Practice
 General surgery
 Geriatrics
 Hematology
 Immunology
 Infectious diseases
 Internal medicine
 Laboratory medicine
 Nephrology
 Neuropsychiatry
 Neurology
 Neurosurgery
 Nuclear medicine
 Obstetrics den gynaecology
 Occupational medicine
 Oncology
 Ophthalmology
 Oral den maxillofacial surgery
 Orthopaedics
 Otorhinolaryngology
 Paediatric surgery
 Paediatrics
 Pathology
 Pharmacology
 Physical medicine den rehabilitation
 Plastic surgery
 Podiatric surgery
 Preventive medicine
 Psychiatry
 Public health
 Radiation Oncology
 Radiology
 Respiratory medicine
 Rheumatology
 Stomatology
 Thoracic surgery
 Tropical medicine
 Urology
 Vascular surgery
 Venereology

Salaries
According to de 2022 Medscape Physician Compensation Report, na physicians on average earn $339K annually. Na primary care physicians earn $260K annually while specialists earn $368K annually.

De table below dey detail de average range of salaries for physicians insyd de US of medical specialties:
 Specialty Average salary (USD) Average hours
work/week Average salary/hour (USD)Allergy den Immunology$298KAnesthesiology $405K 59 Dermatology $438K 44 103 Emergency medicine $373K 44 180Endocrinology$257K Cardiac surgery 218,684 to $500,000Cardiology$490K55Critical care$369KInfectious disease$260K Internal medicine $264K 55 58Family medicine $255K 51 58Nephrology$329K Neurology $301K 54 93 Obstetrics den gynecology $336K 59 83Oncology$411K Ophthalmology $417K 45 Orthopedic surgery $557K 56 Otolaryngology $469K 52 Oral den maxillofacial surgery 360,000 to $625,210 53Pathology$334K44 Pediatrics 244K 52 69Rheumatology$289KPhysical medicine den rehabilitation$322KPreventative medicine$243KPulmonary medicine$353K55 Psychiatry $287K 46 72 Radiology $437K 56 General surgery $402K 58 Urology $461K 59 Neurosurgery350,000 to $705,000 132 Plastic surgery$576K 114 Gastroenterology$453K55 93

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