Many people believe that there is one animal that is called a black panther. Really, the term black panther is refering to a melanistic (black) member of the Panthera family, or big cats. This means it could be a leopard, jaguar, lion or tiger.
Pulmonary specialists work closely with other doctors and nurses as a part of a medical care team. Pulmonary circulation is the movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart again. A pulmonary specialist treats patients who have problems with their lungs or respiratory systems. Becoming a pulmonary specialist requires a major commitment to education. A pulmonary specialist must have a comforting bedside manner.
1. A pain management specialist is a physician with special training in evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of all different types of pain. Pain is actually a wide spectrum of disorders including acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain and sometimes a combination of these.. The best way to be referred to a pain management specialist is through your primary care physician. Most pain physicians work closely with their patients' primary care physicians to insure good communication, which in turn helps provide the optimum treatment for their patients.