Dr. Karen Thampoe is specializes in Internal Medicine. She practices in Katy, Tx at Christus St. Catherine Hospital. Her patients are of all genders and age group from young adults to the elderly.

Internal Medicine is a specialized of medicine where the specialty focuses on whole body of the patient. Although the name suggests internal organs, internists also treat external conditions. Internists are often used to solve medical puzzles, since they are familiar with a wide range of medical conditions and their causes.

Specialists in internal medicine treat people with all sorts of conditions, from hepatitis to cancer, and careers in internal medicine are incredibly varied.

General Internal Medicine covers all aspects of the pathology of adolescents, adults and the elderly (it does not treat children). It is neither surgical nor invasive.

The preferred level of attention of General Internal Medicine is curative or “secondary prevention”, although internists have the knowledge and training for primary attention. 
Internal Medicine can treat the medical pathologies (non obstetric) of pregnant women and the medical complications associated with surgery and anesthesia.

Internal Medicine has a strong foundation in epidemiology and evidence based medicine, nevertheless its objective is not the attention of great populations but the patient himself, using the bio-psycho-social model.