Dr. Randy Shemer - Can You Specialize in General Internal Medicine?

General Internal Physicians are specialists who can deal with the prevention, treatment of adult patients. They interact with patients and solve the problems i.e. cardiology, infectious disease, adolescent medicine, gastroenterology, etc and give the best treatment.

According to Dr. Randy Shemer, physician specializes in primary care for adult patients. They specialize in diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases that affect the heart, kidneys, joints, and respiratory system.

What Does an Internist Do?

Many interns can treat ill patients, also they can perform various duties such as to check chronic illnesses and create long-term relationships with their patients.

You can learn more about each specialty and subspecialties thoroughly:

Endocrinology: 

An endocrinologist is a doctor of internal medicine who is mainly focused on diagnosis and proper treatment of hormone imbalance such as diabetes mellitus, thyroid dysfunction, obesity or adiposity-based chronic disease, osteoporosis and adrenal disorders.

Cardiovascular Disease:

It mainly affects the heart or blood vessels. It includes various cardiovascular diseases such as heart diseases, heart attack, stroke, heart failure, arrhythmia, etc.

Gastroenterology:

It includes the doctors that can understand the problem of the digestive system and treatment of disorders such as stomach, the small intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, etc.

Infection Disease:

Many organisms live in and on our bodies such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, and parasites. Some viruses can be spread through one person to another.

Hematology:

It is the study of blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic systems. The doctors specialize in hospitals, clinics and blood banks. They practice in labs and are known as hematopathologists.

A career in General Internal Medicine :

To develop their career as a physician in GIM, the doctor completes a four-year bachelor's degree and four-year medical schooling to get a medical degree and a job in navigating a potential career in internal medicine.