Bariatric surgery is a type of weight loss surgery that is performed on individuals who are obese or have severe obesity. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, while severe obesity is defined as having a BMI of 40 or higher.

Anesthesiology is the division of medicine that deals with the use of pharmaceutical agents (anesthetic drugs) for sedation and pain management before…

Addiction psychiatry is a subspecialty in the field of psychiatry that deals with individuals with dependencies, for example, to alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and other…

Pulmonology (pulmonary or respiratory medicine) is a subspecialty of internal medicine that deals with…

Cardiac (heart) transplantation is a surgical treatment option for patients who have end-stage…

Endocrinology is a branch of internal medicine that deals with the…

Hepatology is a division of internal medicine, specifically gastroenterology, that…