What do the letters after a dermatologist name mean?

Answer 1

It depends on what letters you're talking about. If they are an M.D. or D.O. (equivalent degrees), that means he or she is a Medicinae Doctor (Medical Doctor) (Latin for "teacher of medicine") or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, the specific medical degree the physician possesses. A dentist will probably have DDS, "Doctor of Dental Surgery".

Many physicians are affiliated with some group of specialists or other and will list those after their name also; for example FACS stands for Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Answer 2

There are a lot of different letters you may see but when you see the letters FACP after your physician's name they mean that he or she is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Answer 3

Most of the times they represent the degree of a given doctor. For example, House M.D. means you are talking about House, Doctor of Medicine. The term comes from the latin Medicinae Doctor, abbreviated as M.D. Additionally, D.O. is a medical degree in the United States equivalent to that of M.D. and stands for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

Answer 4

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. D.O's complete a training and licensing program that is very similar to the more common M.D., but the training emphasizes the musculo-skeletal system and uses some manipulation and the like. A D. O. may see you and do exactly what an MD would do, presecribe the same tests and medicines, and you might not know the difference.

Answer 5

The letters DO after a physician's name mean Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. That is the name of the degree the physician earned after completing four years of medical school in the United States.

Answer 6

The letters DO after a physician's name stand for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.