Specialties That Are Common World-wide
| Specialty | Can be subspecialty of | Diagnostic (D) or therapeutic (T) specialty | Surgical (S) or internal medicine specialty (I) | Age range of patients | Organ-based (O) or technique-based (T) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allergy and Immunology | Paediatrics or Internal medicine | Both | I | All | O |
| Anaesthetics | None | T | S | All | T |
| Pathology | None | D | Neither | All | T |
| Cardiology | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | O |
| Paediatric cardiology | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | General surgery | T | S | Adults | O |
| Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy | None | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Clinical neurophysiology | Neurology | D | I | All | Both |
| Dermato-Venereology | None | T | I | All | O |
| Endocrinology | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | O |
| Gastroenterology | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | O |
| Geriatrics | Internal medicine | T | I | Geriatric | Multidisciplinary |
| Gynaecology and obstetrics | None | T | S | All | O |
| Health Informatics | None | T & D | Neither | All | Multidisciplinary |
| Infectious diseases | Internal medicine | T | I | Variable | Neither |
| Internal Medicine | None | T | I | Adults | Neither |
| Interventional Radiology | Radiology | T | Both | All | Multidisciplinary |
| Vascular medicine | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | O |
| Microbiology | None | D | I | All | T |
| Nephrology | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | O |
| Neurology | None | T | I | Adults | O |
| Neurosurgery | Surgery | T | S | All | O |
| Nuclear medicine | None | D | I | All | T |
| Occupational medicine | None | T | I | Working age | Multidisciplinary |
| Ophthalmology | None | T | S | All | O |
| Orthopaedics | General surgery | T | S | All | O |
| Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery | Several | T | S | All | O |
| Otorhinolaryngology | None | T | S | All | O |
| Paediatrics | None | T | I | Paediatric | Neither |
| Paediatric allergology | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric endocrinology and diabetes | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric haematology and oncology | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric infectious diseases | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Neonatology | Paediatrics | T | I | Neonatal | Neither |
| Paediatric Nephrology | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric respiratory medicine | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric rheumatology | Paediatrics | T | I | Paediatric | O |
| Paediatric surgery | General Surgery | T | S | Paediatric | O |
| Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine | None | T | I | Adults | Multidisciplinary |
| Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery | General surgery | T | S | All | O |
| Pneumology | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | O |
| Psychiatry | Internal medicine | T | I | Adults | T |
| Public Health | None | Neither | Neither | All | T |
| Radiology | None | D | I | All | T |
| Neuroradiology | Radiology | D | I | All | Both |
| Radiotherapy | (unknown) | T | Unknown | Unknown | T |
| General surgery | None | T | S | Variable | T |
| Urology | General surgery | T | S | All | O |
| Vascular surgery | General surgery | T | S | All | O |
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