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When you're looking for menopause help or menopause treatment, the medical credentials you find may be a bit confusing. The clinicians in the NAMS Find a Menopause Clinician searchable database include several types of healthcare professionals. For example:
- MD signifies physician
- DO means osteopathic physician
- ND and NMD mean naturopathic physician
- PA means physician assistant
- NP, ANP, ARNP, CRNP, and FNP are nurse practitioners; nurse midwives are CNM
- RPh and PharmD are pharmacists
- APRN, RN, RNC, BSN, and MSN are nurses
- LCSW and MSW are social workers
- PhD means a doctorate degree, such as in psychology, among others
- NCMP means special competency demonstrated in the field of menopause
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