The practitioner with an internal medicine focus has spent at least three years training after medical school in the prevention and treatment of adult diseases. He or she is an expert on the adult body’s internal systems and their relationships with one another.

An internist can typically help patients coordinate care among many sub-specialists and is a good primary physician choice for a person with any medical problem.

Your internist will use a variety of diagnostic techniques to identify health problems from many thousands of possibilities. He or she will then select the appropriate therapy to restore your health.

Your Duke internal medicine practitioner can also connect you to the vast resources of Duke Medicine’s many medical specialties when needed. He or she will closely supervise your care along the way.