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Hand Surgeon
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery or General Surgery; practitioners focus on diagnosis, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical, and rehabilitative means of all structures directly affecting the hand and wrist. Specialty: Hand Surgery, Hand Surgery
Heart Doctor
See Cardiologist
Hematologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine or Pathology; Hematologists treat diseases of the blood, spleen, and lymph glands such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia, and lymphoma. They perform special types of transfusions and biopsy the bone marrow for analysis. Specialty: Hematology, Hematology Common Name: Blood Doctor
Hematologist-Oncologist
A dual subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners have expertise in both blood diseases and cancer. The Hematologist/Oncologists treats diseases of the blood and blood forming organs (i.e., spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, and thymus) as well as neoplastic diseases arising in any organ system. Specialty: Hematology-Oncology, Hematology/Oncology Common Name: Blood and Cancer Doctor
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