FAMILI DOCTORS
A doctor with M.D. after his or her name is a Doctor of Medicine and is a type of medical physician.
For musculoskeletal problems, the type of doctor/physician to see would be an orthopedist or orthopedic surgeon. Probably a physician who specializes in sports medicine would be best.
This type of doctor is called an anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist is an MD; an anesthetist is an RN (nurse).
DO after a doctor's name stands for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
Yes, a physician is a type of doctor, but not all doctors are physicians. The term "doctor" broadly refers to anyone who holds a doctoral degree, including those in various fields such as philosophy or education. In contrast, a physician specifically refers to a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats illnesses.
A doctor can be a general practitioner or any one of many specialists. A physician - a specialist physician - is trained in medication and is expert at balancing drugs in order to keep a patient well, or help them recover, assessing drug type and dosage so the treatment provides the optimum benefit to the patient, with no clash between medications.
general surgeon
General practitioner.
A respirologist. ============ You should go to your primary care physician (family physician, general pediatrician, general internist) for asthma. The majority of asthma patients are managed by primary care physicians. There are those with severe asthma may need to see a Pulmonologist for evaluations and treatments. However, once stabilized and controlled, the patients of then is followed by the primary care physicians.
JD is a general doctor who works in the ICU in Internal Medicine.
If you're referring to a general "jack-of-all-trades" doctor, that would be your general physician. If you're looking for statistics on which type of doctor people see most often, then a) I don't believe most people would be willing to publish that information and b) I'm too lazy to do research on winter break :)
Well, ophthalmology is the field, but an ophthalmologist is a type of medical physician.