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• Skin Doctor

See  Dermatologist



• Skin Pathologist

See  Dermatopathologist



• Spinal Cord Injury Physician

A subspecialty certification by the Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; practitioners address the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of traumatic spinal cord injury and non-traumatic diseases of the nervous system (such as Multiple Sclerosis), including the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of related disabilities and complications.
Specialty: Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine



• Sports Medicine Physician

A subspecialty certification by the Board of Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics; practitioners are responsible for continuous care in sports medicine, not only the enhancement of health and fitness but the prevention of injury and illness. Knowledge about the special areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation and epidemiology are essential to the practice of sports medicine.
Specialty: Sports Medicine



• Surgeon

A certification by the Board of Surgery; practitioners manage a wide range of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon provides the diagnosis and the care to patients before, during and after surgery. The surgeon is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of trauma victims and the critically ill. The surgeon has special knowledge and skills in birth defects, tumors, infections and metabolic problems relating to the head and neck, breast, abdomen, extremities including the hand, and the gastrointestinal, vascular and endocrine systems. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the most relevant features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist.
Specialty: Surgery, Surgery