Health Care Providers, Health-Care Providers, Healthcare Providers
(medical professionals and scientists who specialize in designated areas of medical care)
A medical doctor who specializes in blood problems: A hematologist can diagnose and treat disorders or diseases of the lymphatic system in addition to blood bone marrow ailments.
A medical physician or scientist who studies the forms and structures of various tissues in bodies: Histologists study bodily tissues and cells by using microscopic techniques.
A physician who specializes in natural defense mechanisms against diseases or immunities of human bodies: Dr. Smith was Tim's father who was an immunologist who was an expert in cell-mediated and humoral characteristics of immunity and immune responses of a person.
A health care professional who uses a drugless systems for healing that are based on the principles that waste products and toxins build up in bodies and cause diseases: Naturopathologists use natural food and physical methods of treatments to treat diseases; including, air water, and light.
A medical doctor who specializes in the diseases of the kidneys: Dr. Kilfoil, a nephrologist, was an expert in the function and ailments of the kidneys which filters the blood and produces urine.
A health care professional who takes care of sick and injured patients: Nurse practitioners are not allowed to prescribe specific treatments for patients, but to provide the necessary attention and care that patients need after a medical doctor has determined what is medically required."
A medical physician who concentrates on pregnancies and deliveries of infants: Dr. Smile was an obstetrician who was present and helped Jill when she gave birth to her first child.
A medical professional who studies the causes, developments, characteristics, and treatments of tumors that are associated with cancer: Mr. Short was shocked when he heard the news that his wife had to go to an oncologist because she probably had a tumor in her right breast.
Medical doctors who specialize in the anatomies, physiologies, and diseases of the eyes.
Technicians who make eye-glasses and contact-lenses for the eyes based on prescriptions resulting from eye examinations.
Medical doctors who measure the visual powers and acuities of patients and then prescribe corrective lenses, and diagnose and treat various diseases of the eyes.
Physicians who specialize in the medical problems of the jaws and the mouths: "Oral surgeons usually extract teeth, while the maxillofacial surgeons often treat patients with facial problems that are associated with the upper and lower jaw structures."
Medical physicians who specialize in the bites and teeth alignments of the mouths of patients.
Physicians who specialize in the corrective treatments of musculo-skeletal deformities, diseases, and ailments.
Physicians who sometimes use manipulations of the neuro-musculoskeletal systems; such as, bones, muscles, tendons, nerves, spinal cords, tissues, and brains to determine and to treat health problems.
You may see this Index of Scientific and Technological Topics for additional topics.

