The Road to Attending Physician

Question

What does a family medicine physician do?

Answer

Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. Doctors trained in this specialty are known as family medicine physicians. Family medicine physicians are also trained to do prenatal care, deliver babies and perform procedures such as IUD/ nexplanon insertions and removals, steroid injections, skin biopsies and more.