Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital

**Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital** is located in Seattle, Washington, and ranked one of the best hospitals in the country. It was named after two of its former doctors, Lexie Grey and Mark Sloan, after a plane crash that killed both of them.

## Surgical Specialties

* **Anesthesiology**[1] focuses on the administration and management of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine.
* **Dermatology** focuses on the surgical management of skin and its diseases.
* **General surgery** focuses on the surgical management of organs within and adjacent to the abdomen.
	+ **Cardiothoracic surgery** focuses on the surgical management of the organs within the thorax, such as the heart, its great vessels, and lungs.
	+ **Colorectal surgery**[2], also known as **Proctology**, focuses on the surgical management of the anus, rectum, and the colon.
	+ **Neurosurgery**[3] focuses on the surgical management of the brain, spine, and nervous systems.
	+ **Pediatric surgery** focuses on the surgical management of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
		- **Neonatal surgery** focuses on the surgical management of premature infants and neonates.
		- **Fetal surgery**[4] focuses on the surgical management of fetuses within the pregnant uterus.
	+ **Plastic surgery** focuses on the surgical management of organs for the purpose of form-restoration and function.
		- **Craniofacial surgery** focuses on the surgical management to correct or enhance the skull, face, and jaws.
	+ **Surgical oncology** focuses on the surgical management of cancer.
	+ **Transplant surgery** focuses on the surgical management of moving one organ of the body to another for the purpose of replacing damaged or absent organs.
	+ **Trauma surgery** focuses on the surgical management of invasive treatments on physical injuries in an emergency situation.
	+ **Urology**[5] focuses on the surgical management of the urinary tract system and the male reproductive organs.
	+ **Vascular surgery** focuses on the surgical management of the vascular system.
* **Obstetrics and Gynecology** focuses on the surgical management of the female reproductive organs in their pregnant and non-pregnant state.
	+ **Maternal-fetal medicine**, also known as **Perinatology**, focuses on the surgical management of the high-risk pregnancies.
		- **Fetal surgery**[4] focuses on the surgical management of fetuses within the pregnant uterus.
	+ **Reproductive endocrinology and infertility** focuses on the surgical management of the hormonal function as it pertains to the female reproductive organs and infertility.
* **Ophthalmology** focuses on the surgical management of the eye.
	+ **Vitreo-retinal surgery** focuses on the surgical management of retinal and posterior segment diseases and disorders.
* **Oral and Maxillofacial surgery,**also known as **OMFS**, is a specialty of dentistry which focuses on the surgical management of the head, neck, face, and jaws.
* **Orthopedic surgery**[6] focuses on the surgical management of the musculosketetal system.
	+ **Orthopedic sports medicine** focuses on the musculoskeletal health of an athlete.
* **Otolaryngology**, also known as **ENT**, focuses on the surgical management of the ears, nose, neck, head, and throat

## Medical Specialties

* **Emergency medicine** is a medical specialty in which physicians care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention.
* **Internal medicine** focuses on the non-surgical treatment of illnesses.
	+ **Critical care medicine** focuses on the management of critically-ill patients.
	+ **Geriatric medicine** focuses on the healthcare of elderly people.
	+ **Hematology** is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to the blood.
	+ **Infectious disease** focuses on those patients affected by infectious diseases.
* **Medical genetics** is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders.
* **Neurology** is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system.
* **Oncology** is the medical specialty dealing with the treatment of cancer.
* **Pathology** is a medical specialty that deals with the diagnosis of disease.
* **Pediatrics** is a medical specialty that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.
	+ **Pediatric Hematology-Oncology** is a medical sub-specialty that focuses on the treatment of both blood diseases and cancers that affect children.
	+ **Neonatology** focuses on the medical care of neonates.
* **Psychiatry** is a medical specialty that deals with the treatment of mental disorders.
* **Radiology** is a medical specialty that deals with the interpretation of medical technology images as it relates to disease or injury diagnosis.
* **Sexology**[7] is the medical specialty that deals with the study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function.