Healthcare Roles & Organizations terms

A physician is a person educated, trained, and licensed to practice medicine.

A health professional who is licensed to do certain medical procedures under the guidance of a doctor.

Physician Data Query is an online database developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute.

A surgeon who specializes in reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents, birth defects, or treatment for diseases.

A doctor who specializes in the care of the foot and ankle.

A doctor's order for medicine or another intervention.

A doctor who manages a person's health care over time.

A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the lungs.

A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the lungs.

A health professional who specializes in caring for people who are receiving radiation therapy.

A doctor who specializes in using radiation to treat cancer.

A health professional who gives radiation treatment.

A doctor who specializes in creating and interpreting pictures of areas inside the body.

A doctor who can surgically reshape or rebuild (reconstruct) a part of the body, such as a woman's breast after surgery for breast cancer.

A health professional with special training in the use of diet and nutrition to keep the body healthy.

A health professional trained to evaluate and treat people who have breathing problems or other lung disorders.

A specialist who evaluates and treats people with communication and swallowing problems.

A surgeon who specializes in operating on organs inside the chest, including the heart and lungs.

A registered nurse who has additional education and training in how to care for people who have a wound, an ostomy (surgery to create an opening in the abdomen for a new path for urine or stool), or…

A registered nurse who has additional education and training in how to care for people who have a wound, an ostomy (surgery to create an opening in the abdomen for a new path for urine or stool), or…