General Medicine

General Medicine

General Medicine

Internal medicine doctors specialize in preventing, diagnosing, and treating a wide variety of diseases and other health issues that affect adults. They are experts in health promotion, disease prevention, and the care of problems both simple and complex, acute and chronic.

Internal medicine doctors apply research-based knowledge and clinical expertise to promote wellness and to diagnose and treat adults experiencing a very broad range of health concerns and diseases — from cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, gastrointestinal problems, and sports injuries to diabetes, age-related concerns, lung disease, and more.

Also called internists or general internists, internal medicine physicians often care for people with complex, chronic, and multisystem disorders.

Based on their subspecialties and their patients’ medical conditions, needs, and goals, internists may refer patients to (and partner with) physicians in other medical specialties, such as cardiologists, surgeons, and OB/GYN doctors.