Author: Addi Barnum

  • Simplified: Everything You Need to Know About Primary Care Physician

    Overview Many people are there to help you along your health journey. However, a primary care physician, or PCP, is usually the first person to come in contact with you. Unlike most surgeons or nurses, they have the opportunity to be the patient’s lasting care provider over many years, getting…

  • Simplified: Everything You Need to Know About General Surgeons

    Overview General surgeons have extensive knowledge of the entire surgical process and understand all nine basic areas of surgery. Though they don’t specialize in anything, they have a broad understanding of many diseases and conditions and how to treat them. General surgery frequently treats the abdominal organs and the musculoskeletal…

  • Simplified: What You Need To Know About Physician Assistant

    Physician’s Assistants care for people of all ages in virtually all specialty and primary care areas, diagnosing and treating common illnesses and working minor procedures. Typically, their specific duties vary depending on their supervising physician and state law, but they provide many of the same services as a primary care…