How Many Health Professions Are There?

Everyone knows what a Nurse and a Doctor are but how many times have you met someone that has no idea what a Medical Laboratory Scientist is. Maybe they have heard of it and they respond by saying: “Aren’t those guys the ones that do the blood draws?” Maybe we’re guilty too of not knowing a couple major health care roles. So here’s a list: (And yes I created this very quickly, please comment any additions or improvements)

  • Doctorate Level Education
  • Medical Doctor (DO/MD)
  • Nurse Practitioner (DNP)
  • Optometrist (OD)
  • Podiatrist (DPM)
  • Chiropractor (DC)
  • Physical Therapist (DPT)
  • Researcher (PhD)
  • Pharmacist (PharmD)
  • Dentist (DDS/DMD)
  • Epidemiologist (Phd)
  • (please comment any I’ve left out, I’m still building this)
  • Master Level Education
  • Social Worker (MSW)
  • Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN/MRN)
  • Public Health Official (MPH/MsPH/MHS)
  • Physicians Assistant (PA)
  • Pathologists Assitant
  • Occupational Therapist (OT)
  • Speech Language Pathologist
  • Genetic Counselor
  • Bachelor Level Education
  • Nurse (BRN)
  • Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)
  • Dietitian
  • Audiologist
  • Perfusionist
  • Sonographer
  • Radiologist Tech
  • Specialty Education Programs
  • LCSW
  • CNA
  • MA
  • CPhT
  • MLT
  • LPN
  • EMR
  • EMT-B
  • Paramedic (EMT-A)
  • Phlebotomist
  • Dental Hygienist
  • Sugical Technologist
  • Orderly
  • Physician Subspecialties
  • Allergy and immunology
  • Anesthesiology (Critical care medicine
    1. Hospice and palliative care
    2. Pain medicine
    3. Pediatric anesthesiology
    4. Sleep medicine)
  • Dermatology
    1. Dermatopathology
    2. Pediatric dermatology
    3. Procedural dermatology
  • Diagnostic radiology
    1. Abdominal radiology
    2. Breast imaging
    3. Cardiothoracic radiology
    4. Cardiovascular radiology
    5. Chest radiology
    6. Emergency radiology
    7. Endovascular surgical neuroradiology
    8. Gastrointestinal radiology
    9. Genitourinary radiology
    10. Head and neck radiology
    11. Interventional radiology
    12. Musculoskeletal radiology
    13. Neuroradiology
    14. Nuclear radiology
    15. Pediatric radiology
    16. Radiation oncology
    17. Vascular and interventional radiology
  • Emergency medicine
    1. Anesthesiology critical care medicine
    2. Emergency medical services
    3. Hospice and palliative medicine
    4. Internal medicine / Critical care medicine
    5. Medical toxicology
    6. Pain medicine
    7. Pediatric emergency medicine
    8. Sports medicine
    9. Undersea and hyperbaric medicine
  • Family medicine
    1. Adolescent medicine
    2. Geriatric medicine
    3. Hospice and palliative medicine
    4. Pain medicine
    5. Sleep medicine
    6. Sports medicine
  • Internal medicine
    1. Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
    2. Cardiovascular disease
    3. Clinical cardiac electrophysiology
    4. Critical care medicine
    5. Endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism
    6. Gastroenterology
    7. Geriatric medicine
    8. Hematology
    9. Hematology and oncology
    10. Infectious disease
    11. Internal medicine
    12. Interventional cardiology
    13. Nephrology
    14. Oncology
    15. Pediatric internal medicine
    16. Pulmonary disease
    17. Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine
    18. Rheumatology
    19. Sleep medicine
    20. Sports medicine
    21. Transplant hepatology
  • Medical genetics
    1. Biochemical genetics
    2. Clinical cytogenetics
    3. Clinical genetics
    4. Molecular genetic pathology
  • Neurology
    1. Brain injury medicine
    2. Child neurology
    3. Clinical neurophysiology
    4. Endovascular surgical neuroradiology
    5. Hospice and palliative medicine
    6. Neurodevelopmental disabilities
    7. Neuromuscular medicine
    8. Pain medicine
    9. Sleep medicine
    10. Vascular neurology
  • Nuclear medicine
  • Obstetrics and gynecology
    1. Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery
    2. Gynecologic oncology
    3. Maternal-fetal medicine
    4. Reproductive endocrinologists and infertility
  • Ophthalmology
    1. Anterior segment/cornea ophthalmology
    2. Glaucoma ophthalmology
    3. Neuro-ophthalmology
    4. Ocular oncology
    5. Oculoplastics/orbit
    6. Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
    7. Retina/uveitis
    8. Strabismus/pediatric ophthalmology
  • Pathology
    1. Anatomical pathology
    2. Blood banking and transfusion medicine
    3. Chemical pathology
    4. Clinical pathology
    5. Cytopathology
    6. Forensic pathology
    7. Genetic pathology
    8. Hematopathology
    9. Immunopathology
    10. Medical microbiology
    11. Molecular pathology
    12. Neuropathology
    13. Pediatric pathology
  • Pediatrics
    1. Adolescent medicine
    2. Child abuse pediatrics
    3. Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
    4. Neonatal-perinatal medicine
    5. Pediatric cardiology
    6. Pediatric critical care medicine
    7. Pediatric endocrinology
    8. Pediatric gastroenterology
    9. Pediatric hematology-oncology
    10. Pediatric infectious diseases
    11. Pediatric nephrology
    12. Pediatric pulmonology
    13. Pediatric rheumatology
    14. Pediatric sports medicine
    15. Pediatric transplant hepatology
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation
    1. Brain injury medicine
    2. Hospice and palliative medicine
    3. Neuromuscular medicine
    4. Pain medicine
    5. Pediatric rehabilitation medicine
    6. Spinal cord injury medicine
    7. Sports medicine
  • Preventive medicine
    1. Aerospace medicine
    2. Medical toxicology
    3. Occupational medicine
    4. Public health medicine
  • Psychiatry
    1. Addiction psychiatryAdministrative psychiatry
    2. Child and adolescent psychiatry
    3. Community psychiatry
    4. Consultation/liaison psychiatry
    5. Emergency psychiatry
    6. Forensic psychiatry
    7. Geriatric psychiatry
    8. Mental retardation psychiatry
    9. Military psychiatry
    10. Pain medicine
    11. Psychiatric research
    12. Psychosomatic medicine
  • Radiation oncology
    1. Hospice and palliative medicine
    2. Pain medicine
  • Surgery
    1. Colon and rectal surgery
    2. General surgery
      1. Surgical critical care
    3. Gynecologic oncology
    4. Plastic surgery
      1. Craniofacial surgery
      2. Hand surgery
    5. Neurological surgery
      1. Endovascular surgical neuroradiology
    6. Ophthalmic surgery
    7. Oral and maxillofacial surgery
    8. Orthopedic surgery
      1. Adult reconstructive orthopedics
      2. Foot and ankle orthopedics
      3. Musculoskeletal oncology
      4. Orthopedic sports medicine
    9. Orthopedic surgery of the spine
    10. Orthopedic trauma
    11. Pediatric orthopedics
    12. Otolaryngology
      1. Pediatric otolaryngology
    13. Otology neurotology
    14. Pediatric surgery
      1. Neonatal
      2. Prenatal
      3. Trauma
      4. Pediatric oncology
    15. Surgical Intensivists, specializing in critical care patients
    16. Thoracic Surgery
      1. Congenital cardiac surgery
      2. Thoracic surgery-integrated
    17. Vascular surgery
  • Urology
    1. Pediatric urology
    2. Urologic oncology
    3. Renal transplant
    4. Male infertility
    5. Calculi
    6. Female urology
    7. Neurourology