How is a pulmonologist different from other doctors?

How is a pulmonologist different from other doctors?

Richard Sheldon (Medical Advisor to the CA State Respiratory Care Board) gives expert video advice on: How is a pulmonologist different from other doctors?; What is the difference between the nasal cavity and the sinuses? and more...

A pulmonologist differs from other doctros in that they must first be trained in internal medicine and then will be able to branch into solely treatment of the lungs. A pulmonologist must know a lot about other organs. A nephrologist is trained in kidney treatment, but although kidney doctors focus just on kidney disorders, they are aware of other organs. Our systems in medicine now, have become so sophisticated that it's impossible to learn all the information that you have to know just for one speciality or even two. Medical care has been divided up so the cardiologist takes care of the heart, the pulmonologist the lungs and the neurologist the brain. So doctors are different in the respect that they diagnose and treat different organs.