Doctors of internal medicine are specially trained to focus on adult
medicine and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of adult
diseases. They provide primary care or complex care to patients
ranging in age from teens to the elderly, and see patients in the office,
or in a variety of medical settings. Because of their expertise, internal
medicine physicians are often called upon to act as consultants to other
physicians to help solve puzzling diagnostic problems. Many internists
subspecialize in areas such as cardiology, infectious diseases, arthritis
and other inflammatory disease, gastroenterology oncology, and other
specialty areas.
