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What is an internist?

Your internist coordinates your care with other specialists as needed to provide quality care. Whether it's facilitating appropriate screenings, providing information on leading a healthy lifestyle or managing chronic disease, your internist serves as your personal health advocate. Internists provide a range of services, including: 1 Care for common problems of the ears, eyes, skin, and nervous and reproductive systems 2 Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases, including arthritis, asthma, diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure 3 Immunizations 4 Inpatient and outpatient care for diseases 5 Preventive care, including physical exams and well-woman exams 6 Sports physical exams 7 Senior care services

What is an internist in medical?

Internal medicine doctors , also known as internists, focus on prevention and treatment of conditions and diseases in adults. Davis Regional Medical Center's internists are trained in adult medicine and care for adolescents and adults with a wide range of health concerns, from common illnesses to complex, chronic medical problems. They solve difficult diagnostic challenges and can manage care for severe chronic conditions or in situations where multiple illnesses are involved.

What is the Department of Internal Medicine?

The Department of Internal Medicine stands ready to cure when possible, but always to care for and promote the healing of patients with both catastrophic and chronic illness. Our physicians strive to prevent illness and maintain functionality and quality of life. We combine the best of therapeutic and diagnostic technology with a caring attitude toward the spiritual and personal crises that often accompany life and illness. Providing dynamic leadership through the medical staff and multidisciplinary centers and improving quality of patient care are top priorities for the clinical care portion of our mission.

What is UC Davis Telehealth?

The nationally acclaimed UC Davis Regional Outreach and TeleHealth Program is among the country's largest and the only one ranked in the top 10 for four consecutive years. Telehealth services have facilitated more than 2,000 patient consults in a broad range of specialties, including the internal-medicine areas of cardiology, endocrinology, hematology and oncology, hepatology, infectious diseases, nephrology, nutrition, palliative care, pulmonary medicine, rheumatology, and transplantation.