Medical specialty

second-order class
Subclass of	branch of science, health specialty
Part of	medicine
Practiced by	medical specialist
NCI Thesaurus ID	C17153

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.^[1]

Specialties wey be common worldwide

Specialty	Fi be subspecialty of	Age range of patients	Diagnostic (D) anaa therapeutic (T) specialty	Surgical (S) anaa internal medicine (I) specialty	Organ-based (O) anaa technique-based (T)
Allergy den immunology	Internal medicine Pediatrics	All	Both	I	O
Adolescent medicine	Pediatrics Family medicine	Pediatric	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 medicine Internal medicine	Geriatric	T	I	Multidisciplinary
Geriatric psychiatry	Geriatrics Psychiatry	Geriatric	T	I	Neither
Gynecologic oncology	Obstetrics den gynecology	All	T	S	O
Hematology	Internal medicine Pathology	Adults	Both	I	Neither
Hematologic pathology	Hematology Pathology	All	D	Neither	T
Infectious disease	Internal medicine Pediatrics	All	Both	I	Neither
Internal medicine	None	Adults	Both	I	Neither
Interventional radiology	Radiology	All	Both	-	Multidisciplinary
Intensive care medicine	Anesthesiology Emergency medicine Internal 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 medicine Internal 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 Medicine Internal medicine Pediatrics	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	T
Toxicology	Emergency Medicine	All	Both	Neither	O
Transfusion 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.^[2]

De table below dey detail de average range of salaries for physicians insyd de US of medical specialties:^[2]^[3]

Specialty	Average salary (USD)	Average hours work/week	Average salary/hour (USD)
Allergy den Immunology	$298K
Anesthesiology	$405K	59
Dermatology	$438K	44	103
Emergency medicine	$373K	44	180
Endocrinology	$257K
Cardiac surgery	218,684 to $500,000
Cardiology	$490K	55
Critical care	$369K
Infectious disease	$260K
Internal medicine	$264K	55	58
Family medicine	$255K	51	58
Nephrology	$329K
Neurology	$301K	54	93
Obstetrics den gynecology	$336K	59	83
Oncology	$411K
Ophthalmology	$417K	45
Orthopedic surgery	$557K	56
Otolaryngology	$469K	52
Oral den maxillofacial surgery	360,000 to $625,210	53
Pathology	$334K	44
Pediatrics	244K	52	69
Rheumatology	$289K
Physical medicine den rehabilitation	$322K
Preventative medicine	$243K
Pulmonary medicine	$353K	55
Psychiatry	$287K	46	72
Radiology	$437K	56
General surgery	$402K	58
Urology	$461K	59
Neurosurgery	350,000 to $705,000		132
Plastic surgery	$576K		114
Gastroenterology	$453K	55	93

References

↑ "Different Types of Doctors: Find the Specialist You Need". webmd.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
1 2 "Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2022: Incomes Gain, Pay Gaps Remain". Medscape (in English). Retrieved 2022-07-23.
↑ Katzowitz, Josh (2022-02-02). "How Much Do Doctors Make? [Salary by Specialty 2022] | White Coat Investor". The White Coat Investor - Investing & Personal Finance for Doctors (in American English). Retrieved 2022-07-23.

External links

[1] "Different Types of Doctors: Find the Specialist You Need". webmd.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

[medscape_com-2] 1 2 "Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2022: Incomes Gain, Pay Gaps Remain". Medscape (in English). Retrieved 2022-07-23.

[3] Katzowitz, Josh (2022-02-02). "How Much Do Doctors Make? [Salary by Specialty 2022] | White Coat Investor". The White Coat Investor - Investing & Personal Finance for Doctors (in American English). Retrieved 2022-07-23.

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