15.5 Career Connections Related to the Urinary System
Career Connections[1]
A nephrologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney conditions.
A urologist is a specialist who diagnoses and treats urinary system conditions, disorders, and diseases.
To learn more about urology, visit the Why Urology? webpage by the American Urological Association.
- Ernstmeyer, K., & Christman, E. (Eds.). (2024). Medical terminology 2e. Open RN | WisTech Open. https://wtcs.pressbooks.pub/medterm/ ↵
definition
A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney diseases and conditions.
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatments of disorders of the urinary and reproductive systems.
