This is a medical professional who specializes in treating disorders that are related to your cardio-pulmonary system and includes your lungs, blood vessels, and heart. All of these organs are working together to help you breathe so you are taking in oxygen and oxygenating your blood. Pulmonary medicine, which is what a pulmonologist practices, is a subspecialty of internal medicine. More
A nephrologist is a physician who works in the field of nephrology which is the study of the kidneys and the diseases that can affect the kidney and renal area in both pediatric and adults. Nephrology is also a subspecialty of internal medicine. They will run tests, do examinations and look at the patient’s symptoms in order to diagnosis and manage whatever kidney disease they have. There are some who think that a nephrologist and an urologist are one in the same but they are not. As mentioned a nephrologist is the physician to see if you have a kidney disorder or disease and an urologist is the physician who specializes in diseases and disorders of the reproductive system of men and the urinary tract for everyone. More
This is a physician who specializes in the treatment of any type of cancer. When they receive their license to practice as an oncologist they will have full training in the different types of cancer and what is the best treatment for each one. Some oncologists will specialize in one particular type of cancer. They will be trained to know just what to look for in regards to the symptoms of every type of cancer, what test that must be done to make the correct diagnosis and what is the best treatment plan that will have the best outcome. With the number of different cancer cases on the rise the demand and need for qualified oncologist are increasing also. This is a medical field in which there are many job openings not only for oncologists but others in the field of dealing with different types of cancer like surgical oncologists and pediatric oncologists. According to studies done world-wide from 2007-2030 the number of cancer cases will rise 45% which breaks down to 7.9 million-11.5 million dying from this horrible disease. More
A phlebotomist is the healthcare professional who, through an accredited training and after gaining a certification, is instructed and educated on how to draw blood from patients in order to make some testing or for clinical purposes. With other words, phlebotomy is described as being the process in which a needle is introduced into a vein to draw blood by making a small incision. More