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  • Less than 5.7% of physicians are black
  • Less than 6% of surgeons are black
  • Less than 9% of APN’s are black
  • Less than 3% of dentists are black
  • African-Americans consistently have more negative health outcomes compared to other races. Mistrust of the healthcare system is a common reason.

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  • Acupuncture
  • Traditional Chinese medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force — known as chi or qi (chee) — believed to flow through pathways (meridians) in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe that your energy flow will re-balance.

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  • Allergy
  • Exaggerated or pathological immunological reaction (as by sneezing, difficult breathing, itching, or skin rashes) to substances, situations, or physical states that are without comparable effect on the average individual

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  • Allergy & Immunology
  • Alt Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine is a primary, or first-contact point of care for patients requiring the use of the health care system.
    Emergency physicians are responsible for providing immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, to adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.

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  • Anesthesiologist
  • A physician trained to give you anesthesia (pain medicine) and who cares for you before, during and after your surgery.

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  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • This includes surgeons who can be called cardiac surgeonscardiovascular surgeons, general thoracic surgeons, and congenital heart surgeons.

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  • Cardiology
  • We know that the suffix -ologist refers to someone who studies some area. To that, we add cardio-, which comes from the Greek kardia, meaning “heart,” and we get “someone who studies the heart.” The actual study of the heart is called cardiology, with cardiologist coming along a few years later. Besides treating the heart, a cardiologist is also concerned with the circulatory system, including arteries and veins.

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  • Chiropractic Medicine
  • Chiropractic employs manipulation and adjustment of body structures, such as the spinal column, so that pressure on nerves coming from the spinal cord due to displacement (subluxation) of a vertebral body may be relieved.

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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Some of the more common disorders that might be treated include learning disabilities, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

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  • Clinical Social Work
  • Social workers who provide these services are required to be licensed or certified at the clinical level in their state of practice.

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  • Counseling
  • These professionals work with a variety of patients and may specialize in areas such as trauma, addiction, or youth services.

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  • Critical Care

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  • Pain Management
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Ped. Hospice & Palliative Med.
  • Pediatric Allergy
  • Pediatric Dentist
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • Periodontist
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Physical Therapy
  • Physician
  • Physician Assistant
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Primary Care
  • Prosthodontist
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry-Child
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Pulmonary Diseases
  • Pulmonology

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  • Radiology
  • Rheumatology

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  • Specialist
  • Speech Therapy
  • Sports Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Surgical Oncology

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  • Telemedicine
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Transplant Surgery

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  • Urgent Care
  • Urology

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  • Vascular Surgery

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  • Weight Loss Specialist
  • Women's Health