The authorized boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) began to offer the certification examination for sleep medicine in 2007. Since then, the ABMS has recognized sleep medicine as a medical subspecialty of family medicine, internal medicine, otolaryngology, pediatrics,...
Neurological surgery, also called neurosurgery, is a medical discipline and surgical specialty that provides care for adult and pediatric patients in the treatment of pain or pathological processes that may modify the function or activity of the central nervous system (e.g., brain, hypophysis,...
Surgical critical care is a subspecialty of surgery that manages complex surgical and medical problems in critically ill surgical patients. The education of surgeons in the practice of surgical critical care encompasses didactic instruction in the basic and clinical sciences of surgical diseases...
Pediatric endocrinology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that manages diseases related to hormonal regulation during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.
Transplant hepatology is the study of liver diseases and liver transplantation. Transplant hepatologists manage patients before and after transplantation and work in conjunction with transplant surgeons. They have specialized training in the management of patients with end-stage liver disease,...
The subspecialty of hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is the medical component of the broad therapeutic model known as palliative care. These subspecialists reduce the burden of life-threatening conditions by supporting the best quality of life throughout the course of an illness and by...
Pediatric anesthesiology is an American Board of Medical Specialties–recognized subspecialty of anesthesiology that is concerned with providing anesthesia care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents undergoing a wide variety of surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. The...
Reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) is a subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN). Reproductive endocrinologists are OB/GYNs who are capable of managing complex problems relating to REI, according to the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). These physicians...
Oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery (OPRS) is a very specialized form of ophthalmology that focuses on the face, eyelids, brow, orbital bones, tear duct system, and nose. During a two-year fellowship, surgeons are trained in aesthetic and reconstructive facial surgery.
Occupational and environmental medicine (OEM), sometimes referred to simply as occupational medicine, is a clinical and population-based medical specialty devoted to the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness, and disability, as well as the promotion of the...
