BIRTE WISTINGHAUSEN, MD
Mt Sinai, Pediatric Hem/Onc 1468 Madison Ave Fl 4 Annenberg Bldg New York, NY 10029
Phone:
212-241-7022
Mt Sinai, Pediatric Hem/Onc 1468 Madison Ave Fl 4 Annenberg Bldg New York, NY 10029
Phone:
212-241-7022
1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-7990
Winthrop Univ Hosp, Pediatric Hem/Onc 120 Mineola Blvd, Ste 460 Mineola, NY 11501
Phone:
516-663-9400
MSKCC, Div Pediatric Hem/Onc 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-8267
525 E 68th St Fl 6 - Ste 695 New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-746-3400
1275 York Ave Pediatric Day Hospital Fl 9 New York, NY 10021
Phone:
212-639-6715
SBUMC, Pediatric Hem/Onc 3 Edmund D Pellegrino Rd Fl 4 Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone:
631-638-1000
1275 York Ave Pediatric Day Hospital Fl 9 New York, NY 10021
Phone:
212-639-7623
MSKCC, Pediatric Hem/Onc 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-5952
Cohen Chldn's Med Ctr of New York Pediatric Hem/Onc & Stem Cell 269-01 76th Ave, Ste 255 New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Phone:
718-470-3470
A pediatric specialist is a physician who has extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of specific conditions in children.
These doctors are specialists in one particular therapy area, such as dermatology, pulmonology, surgery, or ophthalmology, in addition to being pediatricians.
Pediatric specialists are who parents would take their children to when they are diagnosed with a condition requiring specialist treatment not provided by their pediatrician or primary care provider.
While specialists in any area are qualified to treat children as well as adults, pediatric specialists have specific training in the way diseases affect children who are still growing and have different emotional needs than adults.
An oncology specialist is a physician who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of different cancers. This physician has extensive knowledge of the different signs and symptoms of cancer, as well as the various methods of treatment.
Oncology specialists diagnose cancer through methods such as biopsy, endoscopy, X-ray, blood tests, ultrasound, and different forms of nuclear medicine.
Oncology doctors treat cancer through surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, or antibody treatments.
If it is determined that a cancer cannot successfully be treated, oncology specialists then focus on providing palliative care – the use of pain medication to make a dying person more comfortable.
A Doctor of Medicine (MD) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In some countries, the MD denotes a first professional graduate degree awarded upon initial graduation from medical school. In other countries, the MD denotes an academic research doctorate, higher doctorate, honorary doctorate or advanced clinical coursework degree restricted to medical graduates; in those countries, the equivalent first professional degree is titled differently (for example, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in countries following the tradition of the United Kingdom)
In 1703, the University of Glasgow's first medical graduate, Samuel Benion, was issued with the academic degree of Doctor of Medicine.
University medical education in England culminated with the MB qualification, and in Scotland the MD, until in the mid-19th century the public bodies who regulated medical practice at the time required practitioners in Scotland as well as England to hold the dual Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees (MB BS/MBChB/MB BChir/BM BCh etc.). North American medical schools switched to the tradition of the ancient universities of Scotland and began granting the MoD title rather than the MB beginning in the late 18th century. The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York (which at the time was referred to as King's College of Medicine) was the first American university to grant the MD degree instead of the MB.
Early medical schools in North America that granted the Doctor of Medicine degrees were Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Maryland, and McGill. These first few North American medical schools that were established were (for the most part) founded by physicians and surgeons who had been trained in England and Scotland.
A feminine form, "Doctress of Medicine" or Medicinae Doctrix, has also been used by the New England Female Medical College in Boston in the 1860s. In most countries having a Doctor of Medicine degree does not mean that the individual will be allowed to practice medicine. Typically a doctor must go through a residency (medicine) for at least four years and take some form of licensing examination in their jurisdiction.