Internal Medicine

Internal medicine covers a wide range of conditions affecting the internal organs of the body - the heart, lung, liver, kidneys, the brain, nerves, muscles and joints...

Internal Medicine physicians reflect a wide range of specialties and have advanced medical training, extensive clinical and research experience, and technological expertise.

An internist can serve as your primary care doctor, with a unique focus on adult medicine. They have wide-ranging knowledge of complex diseases that affects adults and often coordinate subspecialists a patient might see during the course of treating an illness.

Internal medicine physicians regularly deal with complex medical problems. In addition, they provide the complete range of general internal medical care, including the diagnosis and treatment of both acute and chronic illnesses, gynecological care, urgent care and minor surgery.

Services

• Physical examinations
• Gynecological care, including Pap smears and family planning
• Cancer prevention and screening
• Healthy lifestyle management including smoking cessation, heart disease prevention, weight management and osteoporosis prevention
• Mild injury care (sprains, strains, cuts and bruises)
• Management of complex, ongoing disorders such as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis and diabetes
• Acute care
• Referrals to specialists