Specialty Profiles
Begin your specialty exploration by reading profiles of more than 200 specialties and subspecialties in the United States and the nearly 40 specialties in Canada. For each, you'll find descriptions of the work the physicians do, training requirements, links to relevant organizations and publications, and salary, signaling and geographic preference, and workforce information and data.
A
- Abdominal Imaging Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
- Addiction Medicine
- Addiction Psychiatry, Psychiatry
- Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics
- Adolescent Medicine, Family Medicine/Family Practice
- Adolescent Medicine, Internal Medicine
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology/Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Internal Medicine
- Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine
- Aerospace Medicine
- Allergy and Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine
C
- Cardiothoracic Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
- Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
- Chemical Pathology, Pathology
- Child Abuse Pediatrics, Pediatrics
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry
- Child Neurology/Pediatric Neurology, Neurology
- Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Internal Medicine
- Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Clinical Informatics, Pathology
- Clinical Informatics, Diagnostic Radiology
- Clinical Informatics, Pediatrics
- Clinical Informatics, Anesthesiology
- Clinical Informatics, Family Medicine/Family Practice
- Clinical Informatics, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
- Clinical Informatics, Internal Medicine
- Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Complex Family Planning, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Complex General Surgical Oncology, General Surgery
- Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery, General Surgery
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery/Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychiatry
- Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery
- Craniofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery
- Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology
- Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Cytopathology, Pathology
F
- Facial Plastic Surgery
- Family Medicine/Family Practice
- Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology
- Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Forensic Pathology, Pathology
- Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry
H
- Hand Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery
- Hand Surgery, General Surgery
- Hematology, Internal Medicine
- Hematology and Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine
- Hematopathology/Hematology, Pathology
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
I
- Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
- Integrated Plastic Surgery
- Integrated Thoracic Surgery
- Integrated Vascular Surgery
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Internal Medicine-Emergency Medicine
- Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
- Internal Medicine-Psychiatry
- Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine
- Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
- Interventional Radiology (Integrated)
M
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Medical Biochemical Genetics, Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Medical Microbiology Pathology, Pathology
- Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine
- Medical Physics, Diagnostic Radiology
- Medical Toxicology, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
- Medical Toxicology, Pediatrics
- Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
- Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery, Dermatology
- Microsurgery
- Molecular Genetic Pathology, Pathology
- Molecular Genetic Pathology, Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Movement Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Imaging Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
- Musculoskeletal Oncology
N
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics
- Nephrology, Internal Medicine
- Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology
- Neurocritcial Care , Anesthesiology
- Neurocritical Care, Neurological Surgery
- Neurocritical Care, Neurology
- Neurocritical Care, Internal Medicine
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Neurology
- Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Neurology
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Neuropathology, Pathology
- Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
- Neurotology, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Nuclear Medical Physics, Medical Physics
- Nuclear Medicine
- Nuclear Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
O
- Obstetric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Oculofacial Plastic Surgery/Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmic Pathology, Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
P
- Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine, Neurology
- Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Pain Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Pain Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology
- Pain Medicine, Family Medicine/Family Practice
- Pathology
- Pediatric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Dermatology, Dermatology
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatric Pathology, Pathology
- Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Pediatric Rheumatology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Sports Medicine, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, Pediatrics
- Pediatric Urology, Urology
- Pediatrics
- Pediatrics-Anesthesiology
- Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics-Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Pediatrics-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Pediatrics-Psychiatry-Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery within the Head and Neck, Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery within the Head and Neck, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry-Family Medicine
- Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease, Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine
S
- Selective Pathology, Pathology
- Sleep Medicine
- Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Sports Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Sports Medicine, Family Medicine/Family Practice
- Sports Medicine, Internal Medicine
- Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery