Doctor

Doctor(s) may refer to:

• Doctor (title), a tile of respect customarily accorded to those who have received a doctorate. It comes to English from Old French and is the agent form of the Latin verb docere, "to teach".
• A registered medical practitioner.
• Doctor of the Church, a title granted by the Roman Catholic Church to a small number of its saints.
• A Lambeth doctor: a Doctor of Divinity degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Anglican clerics and a few Rabbis.

Academic title

• A person who holds a research doctorate (e.g. Ph.D.) in an academic discipline.

Professional title

Main article: Doctor (title)

• Physician or Surgeon (MD, DO, MB, MBBS, MBChB, MDCM, etc.)
• Dentist (DDS, DMD, BDent, BDS, BDSc, etc.)
• Optometrist (B.Optom, OD)
• Audiologist (BSc, AuD, or MS)
• Podiatrist (DPM, DP, BPod, PodB, or PodD)
• Psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D.)
• Social worker (D.S.W., Ph.D.)
• Chiropractor (DC, DCM, BChiro, or MChiro)
• Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND, NMD, BSc)
• Naprapath (DN)
• Veterinarian (DVM, BVS, BVSc, VMD, etc.)
• Pharmacist (Pharm.D., PharmB, MPharm)
• Nurse (DNS, PhD)
• Minister (D.Min)
• Physical therapist (BSc, BSPT, MSPT, DPT, or DPhysio)
• Occupational therapist (OTD)

Persons

• The Doctor (born 1979), Italian racer Valentino Rossi
• Doctor Greenwood (1860-1951), English footballer

Fictional characters:

• House (House MD)
• The Doctor, an antagonist in the computer game Cave Story
• Doctor (Doctor Who)
• Doctor (Hellsing)
• Doctor (Star Trek), artificially intelligent chief medical officer of USS Voyager
• The Doctor (Wildstorm)
• Doctor (YuYu Hakusho) or Minoru Kamiya, a character in YuYu Hakusho media
• Doctor Destiny, DC Comics villain
• Doctor Dolittle
• Doctor Evil, from the Austin Powers film series
• Doctor Fate, DC Comics sorcerer
• Dr. Finlay, the hero of A.J. Cronin's stories
• Doctor Octopus, a supervillain in Marvel Comics
• Doctor Strange, Marvel Comics hero
• Il Dottore (The Doctor), a commedia dell'arte stock character

Expressive works:

• The Doctor, a Victorian painting by Luke Fildes
• Doctors (novel), 1988 novel by Erich Segal
• The Doctor (film), 1991 film starring William Hurt and Elizabeth Perkins
• Doctor Zhivago, novel by Boris Pasternak
• Television:
  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook, BBC television series (1962-1971)
  • Doctor Finlay, ITV and PBS television series (1993-1996)
  • Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
  • The Doctors (1963 TV series), NBC television series from 1963–1982
  • Doctors (2000 TV series), BBC drama series which first aired in 2000
  • The Doctors (1969 TV series), BBC television series from 1969–1971
• Music:
  • The Doctor (album), 1986 album by American band Cheap Trick
  • Doctor (band), Canadian rock band
  • Dr. Finlay, 1965 single by Andy Stewart
  • The Doctor, leader Clive Jackson of British band Doctor and the Medics

See also

• Doc
• Script doctor
• Spin doctor
• Doctor Doctor (disambiguation)