Featured Specialties Allergy / Immunology Cardiology ENT / Otolaryngology Family Medicine Hematology / Oncology Internal Medicine OBGYN / Obstetrics & Gynecology Pediatrics.

How many specialties are there in healthcare?

Begin your specialty exploration by reading the profiles of more than 135 specialties and subspecialties in the United States and the nearly 40 specialties in Canada.

What are the 10 types of medical specialists?

Types of Specialists

• Addiction psychiatrist.
• Adolescent medicine specialist.
• Allergist (immunologist)
• Anesthesiologist.
• Cardiac electrophysiologist.
• Cardiologist.
• Cardiovascular surgeon.
• Colon and rectal surgeon.

What is the highest paying medical specialty?

The highest-paid physician specialties Specialists in plastic surgery earned the highest physician salary in 2020 — an average of $526,000. Orthopedics/orthopedic surgery is the next-highest specialty ($511,000 annually), followed by cardiology at $459,000 annually.

What are some of the medical specialties in medicine?

Specialists in allergy and immunology can pursue opportunities in research, education, or clinical practice. 2. Anesthesiology Anesthesiology is the branch of medicine dedicated to pain relief for patients before, during, and after surgery.

What are the different types of medical doctors?

1 Allergy & immunology. 2 Anesthesiology. 3 Dermatology. 4 Diagnostic radiology. 5 Emergency medicine. 6 Family medicine. 7 Internal medicine. 8 Medical genetics. 9 Neurology. 10 Nuclear medicine.

What are the medical specialties of emergency medicine?

Emergency medicine Physicians specializing in emergency medicine provide care for adult and pediatric patients in emergency situations. These specialists provide immediate decision making and action to save lives and prevent further injury.

What are the different specializations in public health?

Two additional things to note is that colleges and universities may combine similar specialties into one overarching concentration (ex: Community Health and Health Promotion) and that a school may use different names for their concentrations (ex: Industrial Hygiene instead of Occupational Health).