List of Doctors and their Specialization
Specialization | What do they do? |
Anesthesiologist | A doctor who gives anesthetics to a patient |
Cardiologist | A doctor who studies or treats heart diseases |
Dentist | Someone whose job is to treat people’s teeth |
Endocrinologist | A specially trained doctor who has a basic training in Internal Medicine as well |
General practitioner | A medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients |
Nephrologist | A physician who studies and deals with nephrology |
Surgeon | A doctor who does operations in a hospital |
Obstetrician | A doctor who has special training in obstetrics |
ENT Specialist | A surgical sub-specialty within medicine that deals with conditions of the ear, nose, and throat and related structures of the head and neck |
Parasitologist | A scientist who studies parasites and their biology and pathology, such as the parasitic diseases caused by them |
Pathologist | A physician/ medical doctor who specializes in pathology, which is the diagnosing of disease using organs, tissue, and body fluids |
Pediatrician | A doctor who deals with children and their illnesses |
Podiatrist | A doctor who takes care of people’s feet and treats foot diseases |
Psychiatrist | A doctor trained in the treatment of mental illness |
Rheumatologist | An internist or pediatrician who received further training in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disease and systemic autoimmune conditions commonly referred to as rheumatic diseases |
Urologist | A doctor who treats conditions relating to the urinary system and men’s sexual organs |
Veterinarian | Someone who is trained to give medical care and treatment to sick animals |
Optometrist | Someone who tests people’s eyes and orders glasses for them |
Radiologist | A hospital doctor who is trained in the use of radiation to treat people |
Coroner | An official whose job is to discover the cause of someone’s death, especially if they died in a sudden or unusual way |
Chiropractor | Someone who treats physical problems using chiropractic |
Clinician | A doctor who treats and examines people, rather than one who does research |
Dermatologist | A doctor who treats people who have skin diseases |
Gynaecologist | A doctor who treats medical conditions and diseases that affect women and their reproductive organs |
Herbalist | Someone who grows, sells, or uses herbs, especially to treat illness |
Doctor | Someone whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured. When written as a title, the abbreviation of doctor is Dr. |
Occupational therapist | Someone who uses the methods of occupational therapy to treat people who have been ill or injured |
Paramedic | Someone who is trained to give medical treatment to people at the place where an accident has happened |
Quack | A doctor who is not very good, or someone who cheats people by pretending to be a doctor |
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