In the United States, you’ll get your routine care from your primary care provider (PCP), but when you have a complicated medical problem or need to have special tests, your PCP may refer you to a specialty provider at MIT Medical or elsewhere. Do you know what these specialty services deal with?
- Audiology: Hearing
- Cardiology: Heart, blood pressure
- Dental: Teeth, mouth, and gums
- Dermatology: Skin
- Dietary/Nutrition: Food, calories, special diets
- ENT: Ear, nose, throat
- Endocrinology: Hormones, glands, thyroid problems, diabetes
- Gastroenterology: Stomach, intestines, digestion
- Gynecology: Women’s health, birth control/contraception, Pap smears, reproductive health
- Mammography: Breast cancer screening, like an X-ray to look for breast cancer
- Neurology: Brain, nerves, migraine headaches
- Obstetrics: Pregnancy, maternity care, labor and delivery (giving birth to a baby)
- Ophthalmology: Eye exams, eye problems, getting glasses or contact lenses
- Orthopedics: Bones, joints, tendons, cartilage, sprains, broken bones/fractures
- Otolaryngology: Another name for “ENT” (ear-nose-throat)
- Pulmonology: Lungs, breathing, asthma, severe cough
- Radiology: X-ray
- Rheumatology: Arthritis, joint pain
