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• Family Physician

A certification by the Board of Family Practice; practitioners prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide variety of ailments in patients of all ages, placing special emphasis on the care of families on a continuing basis. They have received a broad range of training that includes surgery, psychiatry, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and geriatrics.
Specialty: Family Practice, Family Practice
Common Name: Family Doctor



• Female Cancer Doctor

See  Gynecologic Oncologist



• Fertility Doctor

See  Reproductive Endocrinologist



• Foot Doctor

See  Podiatrist



• Forensic Pathologist

A subspecialty certification of Pathology; also called Medical Examiners, practitioners specialize in performing autopsies to investigate unexpected or suspicious deaths and determine the causes.
Specialty: Pathology: Forensic, Forensic Pathology



• Forensic Psychiatrist

A subspecialty certification by the Board of Psychiatry & Neurology; practitioners require special skills in knowledge and evaluation of certain diagnostic groups of patients, which include sexual disorders, antisocial personality disorders, paranoid disorders, and addictive disorders. The forensic psychiatrist requires special skills and training for the utilization of ancillary information such as police reports, interviews with relatives and witnesses, and careful review of prior medical records. The forensic psychiatrist who performs evaluations requiring reports and testimony also must be familiar with the knowledge of certain legal concepts and structures. These include the organization and structure of the judicial system, statutory, case and administrative law, rules of evidence, specific case law relevant to mental disorders in the practice of psychiatry and the organization and operations of the legislative process.
Specialty: Psychiatry: Forensic, Forensic Psychiatry