Translations:Medical specialty/8/en
Specialties that are common worldwide
| Specialty | May be subspecialty of | Age range of patients |
Diagnostic (D) or therapeutic (T) specialty |
Surgical (S) or internal medicine (I) specialty |
Organ-based (O) or technique-based (T) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allergy and immunology | Internal medicine Pediatrics |
All | Both | I | O |
| Adolescent medicine | Pediatrics Family medicine |
Pediatric | Both | I | T |
| Anesthesiology | None | All | T | Both | Both |
| Aerospace medicine | Family Medicine | All | Both | Neither | Both |
| Bariatrics | Several | All | Both | Both | Both |
| Cardiology | Internal medicine | Adults | T | I | O |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | General surgery | Adults | T | S | O |
| Child and adolescent psychiatry | Psychiatry | Pediatric | T | I | T |
| Clinical neurophysiology | Neurology | All | D | I | Both |
| Colorectal surgery | General Surgery | All | Both | S | O |
| Dermatology | None | All | T | I | O |
| Developmental pediatrics | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | Neither |
| Emergency medicine | Family Medicine | All | Both | Both | Both |
| Endocrinology | Internal medicine | Adults | Both | I | Multidisciplinary |
| Family Medicine | None | All | Both | Both | Multidisciplinary |
| Forensic pathology | Pathology | All | D | Neither | T |
| Forensic psychiatry | Psychiatry | All | D | I | T |
| Gastroenterology | Internal medicine | Adults | T | I | O |
| General surgery | None | Adults | T | S | T |
| General surgical oncology | General surgery | Adults | T | S | T |
| Geriatrics | Family medicine Internal medicine |
Geriatric | T | I | Multidisciplinary |
| Geriatric psychiatry | Geriatrics Psychiatry |
Geriatric | T | I | Neither |
| Gynecologic oncology | Obstetrics and gynecology | All | T | S | O |
| Hematology | Internal medicine pathology |
Adults | D | I | Neither |
| Hematologic pathology | Hematology Pathology |
All | D | Neither | T |
| Infectious disease | Internal medicine Pediatrics |
All | Both | I | Neither |
| Internal medicine | None | Adults | Both | I | Neither |
| Interventional radiology | Radiology | All | Both | - | Multidisciplinary |
| Intensive care medicine | Anesthesiology Emergency medicine Internal medicine |
All | T | Both | Both |
| Maternal-fetal medicine | Obstetrics and gynecology | Adults | T | S | Both |
| Medical biochemistry | Internal medicine | All | D | I | Neither |
| Medical genetics | None | All | D | I | Neither |
| Medical oncology | Internal medicine | Adults | D | I | Neither |
| Neonatology | Pediatrics | Neonatal | T | I | Neither |
| Nephrology | Internal medicine | All | T | I | O |
| Neurology | Internal medicine | All | Both | I | O |
| Neuropathology | Pathology | All | D | Neither | T |
| Neurosurgery | None | All | T | S | O |
| Nuclear medicine (Nucleology) | None | All | Both | I | T |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | Family medicine | All | T | S | O |
| Occupational medicine | Family medicine Internal medicine |
Adults | T | I | Multidisciplinary |
| Ophthalmology | None | All | T | S | O |
| Orthopedic surgery | None | All | T | S | O |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgery | None | All | T | S | O |
| Otorhinolaryngology | None | All | T | S | O |
| Palliative care | Family Medicine Internal medicine Pediatrics |
All | Both | Neither | Neither |
| Pathology | None | All | D | Neither | T |
| Pediatrics | None | Pediatric | Both | I | Neither |
| Pediatric allergy and immunology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric cardiology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric emergency medicine | Pediatrics | Pediatric | Both | Both | Both |
| Pediatric endocrinology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | Both | I | Multidisciplinary |
| Pediatric gastroenterology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric hematology and oncology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric infectious disease | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric nephrology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric respiratory medicine | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric rheumatology | Pediatrics | Pediatric | T | I | O |
| Pediatric surgery | General surgery | Pediatric | T | S | O |
| Physical medicine and rehabilitation | None | All | T | I | Multidisciplinary |
| Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery | General surgery | All | T | S | O |
| Psychiatry | Family medicine | All | Both | I | T |
| Public health | Family medicine | All | Neither | Neither | T |
| Radiation oncology | None | All | T | Neither | T |
| Radiology | None | All | Both | I | T |
| Reproductive endocrinology and infertility | Obstetrics and gynecology | Adults | T | S | T |
| Pulmunology or Respiratory medicine | Internal medicine | Adults | T | I | O |
| Rheumatology | Internal medicine | Adults | T | I | Neither |
| Sports medicine | Family medicine | All | Both | Neither | Multidisciplinary |
| Thoracic surgery | General surgery | Adults | T | S | T |
| Toxicology | Emergency Medicine | All | Both | Neither | O |
| Transfusion Medicine | None | All | Both | Neither | Both |
| Neuroradiology | Radiology | All | Both | I | Both |
| Urology | None | All | T | S | O |
| Vascular surgery | General surgery | All | T | S | O |