Medical Specialties

These links are provided to help you learn more about what different medical specialists do.

The specialties listed below are part of the American Board of Medical Specialties, a not-for-profit organization that represents medical specialty boards.

Medical specialty boards establish and maintain high standards for physician certification and the delivery of safe, quality medical care by certified physician specialists.

Many boards have sub-specialties (listed indented under specialty).

Allergy & Immunology

Anesthesiology

Critical Care Medicine
Pain Medicine

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Dermatology

Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology
Dermatopathology
Pediatric Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

Medical Toxicology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Sports Medicine
Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Family Medicine

Adolescent Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Sports Medicine

Internal Medicine

Adolescent Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
Critical Care Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Interventional Cardiology
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine
Transplant Heptology

Medical Genetics

Molecular Genetic Pathology

Neurological Surgery

Nuclear Medicine

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Critical Care Medicine
Gynecologic Oncology
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Ophthalmology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Surgery of the Hand

Otolaryngology

Neurotology
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
Sleep Medicine

Pathology

Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Chemical Pathology
Cytopathology
Dermatopathology
Forensic Pathology
Hematology
Medical Microbiology
Molecular Genetic Pathology
Neuropathology
Pediatric Pathology

Pediatrics

Adolescent Medicine
Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Medical Toxicology
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Pulmonology
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Transplant Heptology
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neuromuscular Medicine
Pain Medicine
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
Surgery of the Hand

Preventive Medicine

Medical Toxicology
Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Psychiatry & Neurology

Addiction Psychiatry
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Neurophysiology
Forensic Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Pain Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine
Sleep Medicine

Radiology

Neuroradiology
Nuclear Radiology
Pediatric Radiology
Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Surgery

Pediatric Surgery
Surgery of the Hand
Surgical Critical Care

Thoracic Surgery

Urology