Internal Medicine: What people should know

Over the past few months, Dr. Matt Boente MD has written and released a series of blogs where he imparts his knowledge on all things about being a doctor. He explored various when pursuing a medical degree to the challenges that doctors face daily on the job.

For today’s blog, Dr. Matt Boente MD talks about the internist or internal medicine physician.

Internists are also called general physicians (GPs) for adults. These doctors specialize in disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of adult patients. Internists help patients through multi-system disease processes. Other parts of their job include checking patient histories, performing physical exams, prescribing medicine after diagnosing a patient, and working in hospitals. However, internists do not perform surgery.

Dr. Matt Boente MD explains that internists often opt to train for sub-specialties to further their skill set and broaden their service scope. Some of these doctors undergo fellowship training, which takes around two to four years.

According to Dr. Matt Boente MD, other specialties that internists may opt for include hepatology, cardiology, endocrinology, hematology/oncology, rheumatology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, nephrology, allergy/immunology, and geriatrics.

Dr. Matt Boente, MD, is a physician with more than 30 years of experience in Gynecologic Oncology. Dr. Boente has had academic administrative appointments at different medical institutions including the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, University of Minnesota, and Minnesota Oncology both in Minneapolis. For more related reads, visit this page.