Doctor

Doctor(s) may refer to:

• Doctor (title), a title of respect. It comes to English from Old French and is the agent form of the Latin verb docere, "to teach".
• 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 Orthodox Chief 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 (OD or Doctor of Optometry)
• Audiologist (Au.D. or Doctor of Audiology)
• 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)
• Naturopath (ND)
• Naprapath (DN)
• Veterinarian (DVM, BVS, BVSc, VMD, etc.)
• Pharmacist (Pharm.D., PharmB, MPharm)
• Nurse (DNP, DNS, or PhD)
• Minister (D.Min)
• Physical Therapist (D.P.T.)

Persons

• The Doctor (born 1979), Italian racer Valentino Rossi
• Doctor Greenwood (1860-1951), English footballer
• Dr. Imaan Shaikh (born 1989), Indian Physiotherapist,India's Youngest Therapist

Fictional characters

• Doctor (comics)
• Doctor (Doctor Who)
• Doctor Dolittle
• Doctor Evil, from Austin Powers
• Doctor (Star Trek), simulated chief medical officer
• Doctor (Wildstorm)
• Doctor (YuYu Hakusho) or Minoru Kamiya, a character in YuYu Hakusho media
• The Doctor, stock character Il Dottore
• The Doctor, fictional character in game Cave Story
• The Doctor (Hellsing)

Expressive works

• The Doctor, a famous Victorian painting by Luke Fildes that shows a physician sitting at the bedside of a child
• Doctors (novel), a 1988 novel by Erich Segal
• The Doctor (film), a 1991 film starring William Hurt and Elizabeth Perkins
• Television:
  • Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
  • The Doctors (1963 TV series), an NBC television series which aired 1963–1982
  • Doctors (2000 TV series), a BBC drama series which first aired in 2000
  • The Doctors (1969 TV series), a BBC television series from 1969–1971
• Music:
  • The Doctor (album), a 1986 album by Cheap Trick
  • Doctor (band), Canadian rock band
  • The Doctor, leader Clive Jackson of British band Doctor and the Medics

Other

• Doctor (children's game)

See also

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