Provider Descriptions
Allergist
A physician whose practice is concerned with the diagnoses, treatment, and management of allergy-related conditions, like allergic rhinitis and asthma. In addition to being board-certified in pediatrics or internal medicine, most allergists are certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI). If your allergist is ABAI-certified, he or she completed a two to three year fellowship of specialized study in asthma, allergy, and immunology, and passed a certifying exam.
Cardiologist
A physician whose practice is concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease. A cardiologist may practice invasive or interventional cardiology. Invasive cardiology is the theory and practice of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures that involve entry into the heart or central circulation. Interventional cardiology is the subspecialty of cardiology that uses catheter-based techniques to treat coronary artery, valvular, and congenital cardiac disease.
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Cardiovascular Surgeon: A physician whose practice is concerned with specializing in surgery involving the heart and the blood vessels.
Dermatologist
A physician whose practice is concerned with the dealing with the skin, its structure, functions and diseases.
Endocrinologist
Endocrinologists concentrate on disorders of the internal (endocrine) glands such as the thyroid and adrenal glands. Endocrinology also deals with diabetes, metabolic and nutritional disorders, pituitary disease and other metabolic disorders. The
Warren Clinic Diabetes Center offers access to diabetes management services on an outpatient basis.
Pediatric endocrinologists provide expert care for infants, children and adolescents who have diseases resulting from an abnormality in the endocrine glands. These diseases include, but are not limited to, diabetes mellitus, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, the genital region, disorders of the thyroid and the adrenal and pituitary glands.
Family Practice
Family practice is the specialty of medicine dealing with total health care of the individual and family. The family practice physician treats all ages, male and female and every disease entity.
Gastroenterologist
Gastroenterology provides comprehensive clinical services related to diseases of the digestive tract, liver and pancreas. Outpatient consultation, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic services, are provided by these specialists. Management of gastrointestinal bleeding, including endoscopic therapy, and treatment of biliary disease via diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP, are examples of the wide range of services provided. Continuing care is available for chronic gastrointestinal disorders such as acid peptic disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, reflux esophagitis, esophageal stricture management, hepatic diseases and motor disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
Gynecologist
Gynecologists possess special knowledge, skills and professional capability in the medical and surgical care of the female reproductive system and associated disorders. These physicians do not manage pregnancy, labor or the period just after delivery.
Internal Medicine
Internal medicine is the area of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases in adults. Specialists are called internists. Some internists limit their practices to specific areas of internal medicine, such as allergies, diseases of the heart and blood vessels or disorders of the digestive tract.
Neurologist
A neurologist specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and management of disorders of the brain and nervous system. Pediatric neurologists are doctors with specialized training in children's neurological disorders.
A neurologist's educational background and medical training includes an undergraduate degree, four years of medical school, a one-year internship and three years of specialized training. Many neurologists also have additional training in one area of neurology such as stroke, epilepsy or movement disorders.
Neurologists are principal care providers or consultants to other physicians. When a patient has a neurological disorder that requires frequent care, a neurologist is often the principal care provider. Patients with disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or multiple sclerosis may use a neurologist as their principal care physician.
In a consulting role, a neurologist will diagnose and treat a neurological disorder and then advise the primary care physician managing the patient's overall health. For example, a neurologist would act in a consulting role for conditions such as stroke, concussion or headache.
Neurologists can recommend surgical treatment, but do not perform surgery. When treatment includes surgery, neurologists will monitor surgically-treated patients and supervise their continuing treatment. Neurosurgeons are medical doctors who specialize in performing surgical treatments of the brain or nervous system.
Nurse Practitioner
A nurse practitioner is a masters-prepared registered nurse with extensive education beyond basic RN preparation. A family nurse practitioner provides basic health care for children and adults. The scope of practice includes performing physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic common illnesses, ordering diagnostic tests and prescribing certain medications.
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Obstetrics is the branch of medicine concerned with pregnancy, labor and the period just after childbirth. Obstetricians/gynecologists possess special knowledge, skills and professional capability in the medical and surgical care of the female reproductive system and associated disorders.
Ophthalmologist
An ophthalmologist is a physician (doctor of medicine, MD, or doctor of osteopathy, DO) who specializes in the medical and surgical care of the eyes and visual system and in the prevention of eye disease and injury. An ophthalmologist has completed four or more years of college premedical education, four or more years of medical school, one year of internship and three or more years of specialized medical, surgical and refractive training and experience in eye care. An ophthalmologist is a specialist who is qualified by lengthy medical education, training and experience to diagnose, treat and manage all eye and visual systems and is licensed by a state regulatory board to practice medicine and surgery. An ophthalmologist is a medically-trained specialist who can deliver total eye care: primary, secondary and tertiary (i.e., vision services, contact lenses, eye examinations, medical eye care and surgical eye care), diagnose general diseases of the body and treat ocular manifestations of systemic diseases.
Optometrist
An optometrist is a health service provider who is involved exclusively with vision problems. Optometrists are specifically educated and trained by an accredited optometry college in a four-year course, but have not attended medical school. They are state licensed to examine the eyes and to determine the presence of vision problems. Optometrists determine visual acuity and prescribe spectacles, contact lenses and eye exercises. Optometrists may perform all services listed under the definition of an optician. Some states permit optometrists to give limited treatments of some eye conditions.
Orthopedist
A physician who may also be an orthopedic surgeon whose practice is concerned with the correction or prevention of deformities, disorders or injuries of the skeleton and associated structures.
Otolaryngology (ENT)
A physician whose practice is concerned with the diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of maladies of the head and neck, including the ears, nose, and throat.
Pediatrician
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with the growth, development and diseases of children A pediatrician is specifically trained to provide comprehensive, coordinated healthcare to infants, children, adolescents and young adults throughout growth and development.
Pediatric Oncologist
A physician whose practice is concerned with diagnosing and treating childhood cancers who understand the ways cancer starts and proceeds differently in children than in adults.
Podiatrist
A physician whose practice is concerned with the study and care of the foot, including its anatomy, pathology, medical and surgical treatment, etc.
Radiologist
Radiology is the branch of medicine that involves radiography and radiotherapy. By using all modalities of radiant energy, Warren Clinic radiologists are diagnostic radiologists who assist in the detection and diagnosis of medical conditions. Diagnostic radiologists utilize X-rays, mammograms, computerized tomography (CT) scans, nuclear medicine studies, ultrasound magnetic imagining (MRI) and radiofluorography.
Rheumatologist
A physician whose practice is concerned with any of a variety of disorders caused by rheumatism. These are marked by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures of the body especially the joints and related structures, including muscles, bursae, tendons, and fibrous tissue, with pain, stiffness, or limitation of motion. Rheumatism confined to the joints is more precisely called arthritis.
Surgeon
A general surgeon is a specialist prepared to manage a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon establishes the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill. The surgeon has acquired knowledge of technical skills in congenital, infectious, metabolic and neoplastic problems relating to the head and neck, breast, abdomen, extremities including the hand and gastrointestinal, vascular and endocrine systems. The surgeon also uses a variety of diagnostic techniques.
Urgent Care/Emergency Medicine
Physicians who work in this medical specialty are concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention.
Urologist
A physician whose practice is concerned with the urinary tract in both male and female, and with the genital organs in the male.