MD

MD is the designation for Doctor of Medicine.

In the United States and Canada, the term Doctor, Physician or MD is used to describe those holding the degrees of Doctor of Medicine (MD or M.D.). It is also used to describe the holders of medical degrees from other countries when practicing in North America (in the UK and other Commonwealth countries, such degrees are typically MB BS, MB BChir etc which are equivalent to the US MD degree). The American Medical Association, established in 1847, uses physician in this broad sense to describe all its members.

It's accepted practice for those who hold a medical degree MD to use the title of "doctor" and prefix their names with "Dr."

In the bloggosphere, MD's usually refer to physicians who are bloggers, or who utilze a blog to provide patient informaton, market their medical practice, or share and disseminate research information. A number of MDs have widely read medical blogs that relate stories or context from their personal lives as they practice medicine.

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• AVA SHAMBAN MD – “Extreme Makeover” Dermatologist

  
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• Md. police search for suspect in attempted rape

  
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  Montgomery County police say they are searching for a man who attempted to rape a woman as she exited a bus in Aspen Hill.
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• Holiday Gift Idea & A Skin MD Giveaway

  
  Decisionally Challenged — Authority: 118
  Hope your holidays are so bright you gotta wear shades! That is the childrens Christmas card this year, I love that pic of them and wanted a way to use it that was out of the box not your traditional card...I wanted something fun...Oh I made some traditional cards as well but now they have their own cards to ...
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• Renal Replacement Therapies Registry – A First for Kidney Disease Research

  
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• House Season 6 Episode 6 Known Unknowns Part 1/5

  
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• Explore business with web marketing services in Baltimore Maryland MD

  
  $480 - Custom Website Design | Cheap Web Design | SEO Web Designers LA, New York, Phoenix & Miami | Raleigh | Seattle Web Design Company — Authority: 141
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• Ehrlich official Audrey E. Scott to lead Md. Republicans

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 967
  Maryland Republicans on Saturday overwhelmingly elected Audrey E. Scott, a Cabinet secretary under former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R), as their new party chairwoman.
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• Robert McCartney: U-Md. shouldnt drop ideals in hard times

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 967
  Perched on a rise at the northern tip of campus, near the arena where the Terps play basketball, is a small forest known as the Wooded Hillock where University of Maryland students jog, study and smoke the occasional joint.
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• Storm damage limited in Ocean City, Md.

  
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  Wind and waves from the powerful northeaster that pummeled the Mid-Atlantic coast last week ate away as much as a quarter of Ocean Citys dune line. The sand will have to be replaced, but the man-made storm barrier did its job, city officials said.
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• Why Would I Lie?

  
  The *Angriest* Pharmacist — Authority: 99
  I hate how several times per day I find myself in a situation where the only possible outcomes in the mind of the patient is that I am either A) Idiotic and know nothing about what I’m talking or B) Lying. For instance, a patient approached today (who was confrontational from the get-go) and told us he wanted all ...
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• Genital Warts HPV Treatment STD

  
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• Ocean City, MD, Storm Over — Mild Weather Saturday and Sunday

  
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  The unusual three-day Nor’easter is over, done, history. However, a coastal flood advisory remains in effect until Sunday.The rain has stopped in Ocean City, Maryland, the wind is down to 10-20 mph, our high temperature Saturday will be about 59.  The sky remains overcast Saturday. I think the surf will continue a ...
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• $17 Million To UC San Diego For Methamphetamine/AIDS Research

  
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  Igor Grant, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues have been awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center (TMARC) at UC San Diego. Grant is director of the HIV ...
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• Renal Replacement Therapies Registry – A First for Kidney Disease Research

  
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• House Season 6 Episode 6 PART (3/5) Known Unknowns

  
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• Ocean City Storm Photos: Friday p.m., Part 2

  
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  The Ocean City Beach, and West Ocean CityThese photos were taken between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday. This is a shot from the Boardwalk. You can see that the ocean is still quite angry, and lots of sand has piled up behind the sand fence line, creating a small dune.Over in West Ocean City, [...]
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• Ocean City Storm Photos: Friday p.m. Part 1

  
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  In Town, On The StreetsStarting out on a cheerful note, Christmas decorations are up at City Hall. Coming soon, the Winterfest of Lights. Watch this space for details. Note the traffic barrel in the middle of Baltimore Avenue on Friday afternoon, to create one lane southbound and one lane northbound.Water up to the ...
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