Internal Medicine is a non-surgical medical specialty concerned with diseases of internal organs in adults. Physicians who specialize in the field, known as Internists, are skilled in disease prevention and in managing complex disorders of the body. Internists may be either generalists or specialists.
General internists are personal physicians developing long-term relationships with patients. Internists give patients regular physical examinations, offer preventive care, diagnose and treat most non-surgical illnesses, and refer serious or unusual cases to an appropriate specialist.