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What are some different specialities within medicine

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Richard’s Answer

There are so many types of physicians. Broadly there are family practice doctors, internal medicine and its subspecialties, and surgery with its subspecialties. There are also physicians that don't fit in these such as psychiatry, radiology, pathology , physical medicine/rehabilitation.
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Estelle’s Answer

The first major division is surgical versus nonsurgical specialties with a little bit of crossover in certain specialties.
Nonsurgical: Internal medicine, pediatrics, neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, rheumatology, etc
Surgical: general surgery, urology, gynecology, plastic surgery, orthopedics, etc
crossovers: interventional cardiology, interventional radiology
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Yume’s Answer

Hi Johnathon!
The specialties a physician can get into are endless! Just to list a few that were not listed above, physicians can go into dermatology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, neurology, sleep and respiration, pediatrics, plastic surgery. I hope this helps and that you find a specialty of interest!
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Rachel’s Answer

I perform colon and rectal surgery. I see a variety of patients with benign and malignant disease. I perform primarily abdominal operations and colonoscopies. I operate two days a week and see patients in clinic two days a week.
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Philomena’s Answer

We have internal medicine with its subspecialties and surgery with its subspecialties apart from that we have radiology , pathology and many more.
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Rahul’s Answer

Super-specialities in the country of my origin ( India ) include Neurology, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Medical oncology etc. The interesting fact is that, although, you have to complete your internal medicine training to pursue either Radiation oncology or Palliative medicine in the US, you are eligible to pursue these specialities right after completing your MBBS in India. Infact, I am pursuing my senior resident training in Palliative medicine after having competed my MD (India) in the subject.
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