Monday, August 05, 2013 5:49:11 PM
I'd be surprised if your mother ever gets a visit from B reps - internists don't usually deal with obesity TTBOMK? Unless she's a cardiologist or endocrinologist, of course - 13 types of internists:
Internal Medicine Subspecialties
Internists can choose to focus their practice on general internal medicine or take additional training to "subspecialize" in additional areas of internal medicine. The 13 subspecialties of internal medicine that internists can subspecialize in after medical school include:
* Adolescent medicine
* Allergy and immunology
* Cardiology (heart)
* Endocrinology (diabetes and other glandular disorders)
* Gastroenterology (colon and intestinal tract)
* Geriatrics (care of the elderly)
* Hematology (blood)
* Infectious disease
* Nephrology (kidneys)
* Oncology (cancer)
* Pulmonology (lungs)
* Rheumatology (arthritis)
* Sports medicine
Dunno if my internist has a subspecialty or not, at least not by formal training - he is very specialized though, only treats patients with two types of medical problems, and because those two problems involve pretty much all of the above except for sports medicine and oncology he's quite the diagnostician, magnificent at solving very complex health issues. His wife, a PA, *does* specialize in weight loss/obesity, though that's more like a side-job type thing for her, those patients do not come to the office for consultations - can't recall ever seeing an overweight person in their office, let alone an obese one, because keeping weight on (and retaining muscle mass), not losing it, is a problem most of his patients have to some degree.
Internal Medicine Subspecialties
Internists can choose to focus their practice on general internal medicine or take additional training to "subspecialize" in additional areas of internal medicine. The 13 subspecialties of internal medicine that internists can subspecialize in after medical school include:
* Adolescent medicine
* Allergy and immunology
* Cardiology (heart)
* Endocrinology (diabetes and other glandular disorders)
* Gastroenterology (colon and intestinal tract)
* Geriatrics (care of the elderly)
* Hematology (blood)
* Infectious disease
* Nephrology (kidneys)
* Oncology (cancer)
* Pulmonology (lungs)
* Rheumatology (arthritis)
* Sports medicine
Dunno if my internist has a subspecialty or not, at least not by formal training - he is very specialized though, only treats patients with two types of medical problems, and because those two problems involve pretty much all of the above except for sports medicine and oncology he's quite the diagnostician, magnificent at solving very complex health issues. His wife, a PA, *does* specialize in weight loss/obesity, though that's more like a side-job type thing for her, those patients do not come to the office for consultations - can't recall ever seeing an overweight person in their office, let alone an obese one, because keeping weight on (and retaining muscle mass), not losing it, is a problem most of his patients have to some degree.
