Medical Assistant Vocab
Specialty | Specialist Focus | ||
Allergy & Immunology | Allergic and immunologic diseases and their respiratory complications (such as pollen, chemical and food allergies, asthma, and AIDS) | ||
Anesthesia | Anesthesia or relief of pain during surgery and childbirth, and control of pain due to various causes | ||
Behavioral Health | Mental Health Therapists including Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Clinics, Psychologists, PHD, EDD, etc | ||
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) | Diseases of the heart and blood vessels | ||
Dermatology | Diseases of the skin | ||
Emergency Medicine | Diseases that are acute medical or surgical-conditions or injuries that require urgent or immediate care (usually in a hospital emergency room) | ||
Endocrinology and Metabolism | Diseases of the internal glands of the body, including diabetes mellitus | ||
Family Practice | All diseases and related total health care of an individual and the family | ||
Gastroenterology | Diseases of the digestive tract, including the stomach, bowel, liver and pancreas | ||
General Practice | All diseases and related total health care of an individual and the family | ||
Geriatric Medicine | Diseases of the elderly | ||
Gynecologic Oncology | Cancer diseases of the female reproductive system | ||
Gynecology | See "Obstetrics and Gynecology" | ||
Hematology | Disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs (including cancerous disorders of the blood) such as anemia, leukemia, and lymphoma (See Oncology, Medical) | ||
Home Health Care | Nurse or other para-professional treatment of patient in the home setting, including home infusion, physical therapy, hospice, etc | ||
Hospice | Palliative care at end of life | ||
Hospitalist | Physician who treats patients only in the hospital setting | ||
Infectious Diseases | Infections of all types | ||
Internal Medicine | All diseases and related total health care of adults, usually 18 years of age and older | ||
Medical Genetics | Study of heredity related to disease processes | ||
Neonatology | Diseases of the newborn child | ||
Nephrology | Diseases of the kidney, including dialysis | ||
Neurological Surgery | Diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nervous system, and related structures requiring surgery | ||
Nurse Midwife | Nurse with advanced training in women's health, including birth | ||
Nurse Practitioner | Nurse with advanced training in the health care of an individual and the family | ||
Obstetrics and Gynecology | Normal and abnormal pregnancy, diseases of the female reproductive system, and fertility disorders | ||
Occupational Medicine | Prevention of disease and injury and the promotion of people's health in their vocational environment | ||
Oncology, Medical | Cancer and disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs (see "Hematology") | ||
Ophthalmology | Disease of the eye | ||
Orthopedic Surgery Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose & | Diseases of the bones, joint muscles and tendons Disease of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, and upper airway passages | ||
Throat) | |||
Pain Management | Treatment of pain through various physical or medicinal methods | ||
Pathology | Tissues and specimens removed by biopsy and surgery to diagnose normal from diseases tissues and specimens; supervises and interprets laboratory tests of blood, urine and other body fluids | ||
Pediatrics | All diseases and total health care of newborns, infants, children and adolescents | ||
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Diseases with major and minor disabilities requiring restoration of functional ability such as assistance, retraining, and recondition of muscles, tendons and extremities for ambulation, and other activities of daily living | ||
Physical Therapy | The treatment of bodily ailments by various physical or non-medicinal means | ||
Physician Assistant | Advance training to provide health care of the individual and the family | ||
Plastic Surgery | Diseases and conditions requiring surgical reconstruction for deformity or loss of a body part, or for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance or function | ||
Podiatric Medicine (Podiatry) | Disease of the foot and ankle as they affect the condition of the feet | ||
Preventative Medicine | Health care and other measures to avoid, delay, or prevent disease or illness from occurring | ||
Psychiatry | Diseases affecting mental health, including diseases of the brain, nervous system and substance abuse of drugs or chemicals | ||
Pulmonary Disease | Diseases of the lung | ||
Radiation Oncology | X-ray, ultrasound, and other imaging techniques such as Computerized Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | ||
Rheumatology | Diseases of the joint, including arthritis and autoimmune diseases | ||
Sports Medicine | Diseases and injuries acquired in sports | ||
Surgery, Colon and Rectal | Diseases of the large intestine (bowel, rectum and anus that require surgical operation for diagnosis or treatment | ||
Surgery, General | Diseases that require surgical operation for diagnosis or treatment | ||
Surgery, Neuro | Diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nervous system, and related structures requiring surgery | ||
Surgery, Orthopedic | Disease of the bones, joints muscles, and tendons | ||
Surgery, Plastic | Diseases and conditions requiring surgical reconstruction for deformity or loss of a body part, or for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance or function | ||
Surgery, Thoracic | Diseases of the chest, including lungs, heart, blood vessels, and chest wall, that require surgical operation for diagnosis and/or treatment | ||
Surgery, Urology | Diseases of the kidneys, bladder and male reproductive tract that require surgical operation | ||
Specialty | Specialist Focus | ||
Neurology | Diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nervous system, and related structures | ||
Surgery, Vascular | Diseases of the blood vessels that require surgical operation for diagnosis or treatment | ||