I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ leading , top
▪
a leading cancer ~
▪ experienced , qualified , trained
▪ independent
▪ academic , industry , professional , research , technical
▪ clinical , hospital , medical , public-health
▪ cancer , ear , ear, nose and throat , eye , fertility , heart , mental-health , skin
▪ finance , financial , marketing , property ( BrE ), tax
▪ recruitment ( esp. BrE )
▪ development , education , foreign-policy , technology
▪
a rural-development ~
▪ communications , computer , information-technology (abbreviated to IT ) , software , systems
▪ intelligence , security
▪
a new generation of computer security ~s
VERB + SPECIALIST
▪ bring in , hire
▪
They brought in an outside ~ to install the computer system.
▪ consult , see
▪
He went to see a cancer ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
She is a ~ in children's literature.
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on the history of this city
PHRASES
▪ a group of ~s , a team of ~s
▪ a ~ in the field
▪
The book is written by a noted ~ in the field.
II.
adj.
Specialist is used with these nouns: ↑ advice , ↑ editor , ↑ equipment , ↑ expertise , ↑ field , ↑ help , ↑ input , ↑ journal , ↑ knowledge , ↑ library , ↑ magazine , ↑ nature , ↑ nurse , ↑ outlet , ↑ producer , ↑ publication , ↑ publisher , ↑ qualification , ↑ reader , ↑ retailer , ↑ shop , ↑ skill , ↑ subject , ↑ surgeon , ↑ teacher , ↑ training , ↑ treatment