General physicians
General practice
A general physician is the first doctor most people see.
5,942 listed
Also searched as: family physician, family doctor, gp
Find a doctor by speciality
27,219 practising doctors and health professionals across India, grouped by the kind of care they give. Each speciality page says what that specialist treats, when people usually see one, and which cities have them — and every profile names the register its practitioner is on, and whether that has been checked yet. Modern medicine, dental, AYUSH and allied health are kept apart, because each answers to a different regulator.
Not sure where to start? A general physician sees everything first and refers on when a specialist is needed. For chest pain, sudden weakness or anything that feels like an emergency, call 108 — this is a directory, not an emergency service.
General & family medicine
The usual first stop, and the physicians who coordinate care when several conditions overlap.
Internal medicine physicians
Internal medicine
Internal medicine physicians treat adults with complex or overlapping medical problems — someone with diabetes, kidney disease and heart failure at once.
1,837 listed
Also searched as: md medicine, medicine specialist, general medicine
Geriatricians
Geriatric medicine
Geriatricians look after older adults as a whole rather than one organ at a time — several conditions at once, long medication lists, falls, memory change, frailty, and the practical business of staying independent.
23 listed
Also searched as: elderly care, old age doctor, senior citizen doctor
Infectious disease specialists
Infectious diseases
Infectious disease specialists diagnose and treat infections that are severe, unusual, recurrent or resistant to the usual antibiotics — prolonged fever without a cause, tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis, infections after surgery or transplant, and travel-related illness.
3 listed
Also searched as: id specialist, infection specialist, fever specialist
AYUSH & alternative
Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and other systems, each labelled by the register it answers to.
AYUSH practitioners
AYUSH (Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha)
AYUSH covers Ayurveda, Yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy.
3,195 listed
Also searched as: ayurvedic doctor, ayurveda, homeopathy
Acupuncturists
Acupuncture & acupressure
Acupuncturists treat pain and other symptoms by inserting fine needles at defined points; acupressure applies pressure instead.
36 listed
Also searched as: acupressure, acupuncture
Women's health
Pregnancy, childbirth, periods, fertility and menopause.
Gynaecologists
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Obstetricians and gynaecologists look after pregnancy and childbirth and conditions of the female reproductive system — periods, fibroids, PCOS, infertility, menopause and cervical screening.
2,509 listed · 1 verified
Also searched as: gynecologist, obstetrician, lady doctor
Surgery
Surgical specialities, and the anaesthesia and transplant teams around them.
General surgeons
General surgery
General surgeons operate on the abdomen and its contents, and on hernias, gallstones, appendicitis, breast lumps, thyroid swellings and skin lesions.
1,216 listed
Also searched as: surgeon, ms surgery, laparoscopic surgeon
Anaesthesiologists
Anaesthesiology
Anaesthesiologists keep patients safe through surgery — assessing fitness beforehand, giving general, regional or spinal anaesthesia, and monitoring breathing, circulation and pain during the operation and after it.
825 listed
Also searched as: anesthesiologist, anaesthetist, anesthesia
Plastic surgeons
Plastic & cosmetic surgery
Plastic surgeons do reconstructive work — burns, trauma, cleft lip and palate, hand surgery, breast reconstruction after cancer — as well as cosmetic procedures.
82 listed
Also searched as: cosmetic surgeon, aesthetic surgeon, hair transplant
Transplant specialists
Organ transplantation
Organ transplantation teams assess people with end-stage organ failure, carry out kidney, liver, heart, lung and other transplants, and look after recipients and living donors for life.
5 listed
Also searched as: transplant surgeon, organ transplant, kidney transplant surgeon
Dental
Teeth, gums and mouth. Dentists are registered with the dental councils, not the medical register.
Dentists
Dentistry
Dentists treat the teeth, gums and mouth — decay, pain, gum disease, extractions, root canals, crowns, braces and implants.
2,032 listed
Also searched as: dental surgeon, tooth doctor, dental clinic
Child Health
Newborns, children and adolescents — medical and surgical.
Paediatricians
Paediatrics
Paediatricians care for infants, children and adolescents — growth and development, immunisation, common infections and long-term childhood conditions.
1,671 listed
Also searched as: child specialist, children doctor, kids doctor
Paediatric surgeons
Paediatric surgery
Paediatric surgeons operate on children, from newborns to adolescents — congenital anomalies, hernias, undescended testes, appendicitis and childhood tumours.
57 listed
Also searched as: child surgeon, pediatric surgeon
Diagnostics
The doctors who read the scans and run the lab tests other doctors act on.
Pathologists
Pathology & microbiology
Pathologists and microbiologists examine blood, tissue and fluid samples to produce the report a treating doctor acts on — blood counts, biopsies, cultures and antibiotic sensitivity.
784 listed
Also searched as: microbiologist, lab doctor, pathology lab
Radiologists
Radiology
Radiologists read and report X-rays, ultrasound, CT, MRI and mammography; interventional radiologists also perform image-guided procedures such as biopsies, drainages and angioplasty.
600 listed · 1 verified
Also searched as: sonologist, ultrasound, ct scan
Nuclear medicine physicians
Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine physicians use small amounts of radioactive tracers to image how organs work — PET-CT, bone scans, thyroid and kidney scans — and to treat some conditions, such as radioiodine for an overactive thyroid or thyroid cancer.
1 listed
Also searched as: pet scan, pet ct, bone scan
Bones & Joints
Bones, joints, spine and muscles, and the recovery of movement.
Orthopaedic surgeons
Orthopaedics
Orthopaedic surgeons manage injuries and disorders of bones, joints, ligaments and the spine.
1,129 listed · 2 verified
Also searched as: bone specialist, bone doctor, joint pain
Rheumatologists
Rheumatology
Rheumatologists treat immune and inflammatory disease of the joints, muscles and connective tissue — rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, vasculitis and osteoporosis.
32 listed
Also searched as: arthritis doctor, joint specialist, autoimmune
Rehabilitation physicians
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Rehabilitation physicians (physiatrists) are medical doctors who plan recovery of function after stroke, spinal cord or brain injury, amputation, major surgery or long-term pain.
9 listed
Also searched as: pmr, pm&r, physiatrist
Mental health
Mental illness and psychological difficulty — medication and talking therapy.
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychiatrists are medical doctors who diagnose and treat mental illness and can prescribe medication — for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, addiction, and sleep and memory problems.
840 listed
Also searched as: mental health doctor, depression, anxiety
Clinical psychologists
Clinical psychology
Clinical psychologists assess and treat psychological difficulties with talking therapy and structured programmes — cognitive behavioural therapy, child and family work, and psychometric or neuropsychological testing.
89 listed
Also searched as: psychologist, counsellor, therapist
Eyes
Eye disease, vision and eye surgery.
Ophthalmologists
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who diagnose and treat eye disease and perform eye surgery — cataract, glaucoma, retinal disease, squint and injury.
847 listed
Also searched as: eye specialist, eye doctor, eye surgeon
Ear, nose & throat
Hearing, sinuses, throat, voice, head and neck.
ENT surgeons
Ear, nose & throat
ENT surgeons treat the ear, nose, throat, head and neck — hearing loss, ear discharge, blocked nose and sinusitis, tonsils, voice change, snoring and neck lumps.
645 listed · 1 verified
Also searched as: ent, ear doctor, throat doctor
Allied health
Therapists and allied professionals, who answer to their own registering bodies rather than a medical council.
Physiotherapists
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists treat movement and pain problems with exercise, manual therapy and graded rehabilitation — after injury, surgery or stroke, and for long-standing back, neck and joint pain.
396 listed · 1 verified
Also searched as: physio, physical therapy, rehab
Dietitians
Dietetics & nutrition
Dietitians translate a medical condition into what a person actually eats — for diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, pregnancy, food allergy, or recovery after illness.
113 listed
Also searched as: dietician, nutritionist, diet doctor
Audiologists
Audiology & speech
Audiologists test hearing and balance and fit hearing aids and cochlear implant programming; speech-language pathologists treat speech, language, voice and swallowing difficulties.
21 listed
Also searched as: hearing test, speech therapist, hearing aid
Occupational therapists
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapists help people do the everyday things that illness or injury has made difficult — dressing, writing, working, returning to school — through retraining, adapted equipment, and changes to the home or workplace.
13 listed
Also searched as: ot, rehabilitation therapist
Skin & Hair
Skin, hair, nails and scalp — medical and cosmetic.
Dermatologists
Dermatology
Dermatologists treat conditions of the skin, hair and nails — from acne, eczema and psoriasis to hair loss and skin growths that change in size or colour.
420 listed
Also searched as: skin specialist, skin doctor, hair doctor
Cosmetologists
Cosmetology & trichology
Cosmetologists and trichologists work on the appearance of skin, hair and scalp — facials, peels, laser hair reduction, hair-fall treatment and scalp care.
22 listed
Also searched as: trichologist, hair loss, skin care
Heart & Vascular
The heart, blood pressure and blood vessels — medical and surgical.
Cardiologists
Cardiology
Cardiologists diagnose and treat conditions of the heart and blood vessels — chest pain, palpitations, blood pressure that is hard to control, heart failure and rhythm problems.
272 listed
Also searched as: heart specialist, heart doctor, cardiac specialist
Cardiothoracic surgeons
Cardiothoracic & vascular surgery
Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons operate on the heart, lungs, chest and blood vessels — bypass grafting, valve repair and replacement, lung resection, aortic aneurysm and varicose veins.
80 listed
Also searched as: heart surgeon, bypass surgeon, ctvs
Brain & nerves
The brain, spinal cord and nerves — medical and surgical.
Neurologists
Neurology
Neurologists diagnose and treat disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles — stroke, epilepsy, migraine, Parkinson's disease, neuropathy and memory loss — with medication and rehabilitation rather than surgery.
149 listed
Also searched as: nerve specialist, brain doctor, epilepsy
Neurosurgeons
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeons operate on the brain, spine and peripheral nerves — tumours, head and spinal injury, slipped discs, hydrocephalus and some causes of epilepsy.
116 listed
Also searched as: brain surgeon, spine surgeon
Lungs & breathing
Asthma, COPD, tuberculosis and other lung and breathing problems.
Pulmonologists
Pulmonology
Pulmonologists treat the lungs and breathing — asthma, COPD, tuberculosis, pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, sleep apnoea and occupational lung disease — and perform bronchoscopy and lung function testing.
255 listed
Also searched as: chest physician, chest specialist, lung doctor
Kidney & urinary
The kidneys, bladder, prostate and urinary tract.
Urologists
Urology
Urologists treat the urinary tract in both sexes and the male reproductive system — stones, prostate enlargement, urinary infection, incontinence, blood in the urine and male infertility.
160 listed
Also searched as: kidney stone, prostate, urine problem
Nephrologists
Nephrology
Nephrologists treat kidney disease — declining kidney function, protein or blood in the urine, blood pressure that resists treatment, and electrolyte disorders — and manage dialysis and care before and after a transplant.
73 listed
Also searched as: kidney specialist, kidney doctor, dialysis
Cancer
Cancer and blood disorders — surgery, radiation and drug treatment.
Surgical oncologists
Surgical oncology
Surgical oncologists remove cancers and the lymph nodes around them, and sit on the tumour board that decides the order of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
89 listed
Also searched as: cancer surgeon, onco surgeon
Medical oncologists
Medical oncology
Medical oncologists treat cancer with drugs — chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and hormone treatment — and usually coordinate the overall plan alongside surgical and radiation oncologists.
61 listed
Also searched as: oncologist, cancer doctor, cancer specialist
Radiation oncologists
Radiation oncology
Radiation oncologists treat cancer with targeted radiation — planning the dose, mapping it onto a scan, and managing side effects through the course.
55 listed
Also searched as: radiotherapy, cancer radiation
Haematologists
Haematology
Haematologists treat diseases of the blood and bone marrow — anaemia, thalassaemia and sickle cell disease, clotting and bleeding disorders, leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma — and run bone marrow transplant programmes.
7 listed
Also searched as: hematologist, blood doctor, blood disorder
Digestive
Stomach, intestine, liver and pancreas — medical and surgical.
Gastroenterologists
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterologists diagnose and treat conditions of the digestive system and liver — acidity and reflux, ulcers, irritable bowel, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis, fatty liver and cirrhosis — and perform endoscopy and colonoscopy.
117 listed
Also searched as: gastro physician, stomach doctor, liver doctor
GI surgeons
Gastrointestinal surgery
Gastrointestinal surgeons operate on the digestive tract and its organs — oesophagus, stomach, intestine, liver, pancreas and bile ducts — including laparoscopic and bariatric procedures.
56 listed
Also searched as: gastro surgeon, surgical gastroenterologist, liver surgeon
Hormones & metabolism
Diabetes, thyroid and other hormone disorders.
Diabetologists
Diabetology
Diabetologists concentrate on diabetes and the problems that follow it — blood sugar control, insulin, foot ulcers, and eye and kidney complications.
53 listed
Also searched as: diabetes doctor, sugar doctor, diabetes specialist
Endocrinologists
Endocrinology
Endocrinologists treat the hormone glands — thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid, pancreas and gonads.
45 listed
Also searched as: hormone doctor, thyroid doctor, thyroid specialist
Emergency & critical care
Emergency departments and intensive care. In an emergency, call 108 — do not browse.
Intensivists
Critical care medicine
Intensivists lead care in the intensive care unit — for people on ventilators, in shock, with organ failure or recovering from major surgery.
25 listed
Also searched as: icu doctor, critical care, intensive care
Emergency physicians
Emergency medicine
Emergency physicians staff hospital emergency departments.
15 listed
Also searched as: emergency doctor, casualty, accident and emergency
Other
Specialities that do not sit under one organ system.
Non-clinical doctors
Non-clinical medicine
Non-clinical doctors hold a medical qualification but do not see patients.
182 listed
Also searched as: anatomy, physiology, pharmacology
Sexologists
Sexual medicine
Sexual medicine covers sexual function and sexually transmitted infection — erectile difficulty, premature ejaculation, low desire, pain during intercourse and related fertility concerns — overlapping with urology, gynaecology, endocrinology and psychiatry.
15 listed
Also searched as: sexual health, sex doctor, erectile dysfunction
Questions about choosing a specialist
Which doctor should I see if I am not sure which specialist I need?
Usually a general physician. They diagnose and treat common illness across the whole body, manage long-term conditions such as blood pressure and diabetes, and decide when a specialist is needed. Starting there is usually faster and cheaper than guessing which specialist to book. If it feels like an emergency, call 108 instead. General physicians →
What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist?
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental illness and can prescribe medication. A clinical psychologist treats with talking therapy and structured programmes, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, and does psychometric testing; they do not prescribe, and work alongside a psychiatrist where medication is needed. Clinical psychologists in India are registered with the Rehabilitation Council of India. Clinical psychologists →
Should I see a neurologist or a neurosurgeon?
A neurologist diagnoses and treats disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles — stroke, epilepsy, migraine, Parkinson's disease, neuropathy and memory loss — with medication and rehabilitation. A neurosurgeon operates, for tumours, head and spinal injury, slipped discs and hydrocephalus. Most people see a neurologist first. Neurologists →
Are dentists, AYUSH practitioners and physiotherapists checked the same way as doctors?
No. Each is checked against its own register. Modern-medicine doctors are registered with the National Medical Commission and the state medical councils; dentists with the dental councils; Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha practitioners with the NCISM; homoeopaths with the NCH; and allied health professionals with their own bodies. Every profile names its own register and says whether the number has been checked there, rather than showing one generic badge. All registers →
What do 'listed' and 'verified' mean on this page?
Listed counts every published profile in that speciality — 27,219 across all of them today. Verified counts the profiles that have passed every check in the verification policy, including a registration checked against the register — 6 so far. Each profile says exactly which checks it has passed and which are still pending. How verification works →
Is the guidance on these pages medically reviewed?
Only where it says so. 4 of the 49 speciality pages carry guidance signed off by a named clinician, with the date of that review. The rest carry plain-language guidance written for this site that has not yet been reviewed by a clinician. None of it replaces a consultation.
Can a doctor pay to appear higher in these lists?
No. Organic ranking is never for sale, and basic profiles are permanently free. The ranking policy sets out what does decide the order. How ranking works →