HPIAM

HPIAM

Huntington Park Institute ofApplied Medicine

Daily enrichment for 2013-14

“Health –Related Careers and Description”

http://libary think quest.org 15569carla .html

Allopathic physician (m.d)

part 1

Duties and Responsibilities

Allopathic physician M.D.’s are medical doctors who treat diseases  and injury using counteractive methods. For example, they will prescribe antibiotics to kill bacteria that have caused an infection. Allopathic physician often work in public or private practices. Their work hours can long and irregular. Although many allopathics physician become internists, generalists, or family practitioners, most specialize in other medical fields .

Specialties includes

1. Anesthesiologist- administer anesthesia

2. cardiologist-treats heart diseases

3. Dermatologist-treats skin condition

4. Gastroenterologist –treats digestive problems

5. Obsertrician- pregnancy care and delivers babies

6. oncologist-treats cancer

7. ORTHOPEDIST-TREATS SKELETAL PROBLEMS

8. PATHOLOGIST-INTERPRETS DISEASES IN TISSUE

9. PEDIATRICIAN-PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN

10.   PULMONOLOGIST-TREATS  RESPIRATORY PROBLEM

11.SURGEON-PERFORMS OPERATION

12.UROLOGIST – TREATS URINARY PROBLEMS

AVERAGE SALARY: $100,000 - $275,000

CHOOSE THE RIGHT