An internist is a physician or a doctor who treats diseases of the heart, blood, kidneys, joints, digestive, respiratory and vascular systems of a young, adult and elderly patients. These physicians or doctors give long-term and complete care in hospitals and offices. Because they undertake key care training on internal medicine, these physicians or doctors additionally address disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse and mental health.
Internal medicine subspecialties which include the following:
• Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
• Cardiovascular disease
• Clinical cardiac electrophysiology
• Critical care medicine
• Endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatric medicine
• Haematology
• Haematology and oncology
• Infectious disease
• Internal medicine
• Interventional cardiology
• Nephrology
• Oncology
• Paediatric internal medicine
• Pulmonary disease
• Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine
• Rheumatology
• Sleep medicine
• Sports medicine
• Transplant hepatology