family physician

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Recent Examples of family physician Daphne Miller is a family physician and a clinical professor at UC San Francisco. Daphne Miller, Mercury News, 28 May 2025 There is a family physician at a medical clinic in the same area named Dr. Alsewaidi, but Newsweek cannot confirm if this is the same individual, as the doctor did not respond to a request for comment. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025 Here’s what colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists, and family physicians have to say. Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 June 2025 In our clinic, Casas helped nurse midwives and family physicians set up and facilitate groups for pregnant women. Daphne Miller, Mercury News, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for family physician
Recent Examples of Synonyms for family physician
Noun
  • Their son is a North Carolina social entrepreneur and Duke faculty member, while their daughter, Katherine, works as a family doctor at the Boston Medical Center.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 July 2025
  • Two years ago, Republican Sen. Justin Busch's bill to do so was changed in the House to only apply to family doctors.
    Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • If a referral is needed, ask your regular healthcare provider, such as a family practitioner, primary care provider, or, in some cases, a gynecologist.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Drawing from obscure archival material, the episode outlines how a group of Dutch experts, most of them doctors and chemists, helped improve and formalise distillation techniques in Scotland.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • The doctor also alleged agents have committed ethics violations, including not showing their identification, not allowing patient privacy during interviews and examinations, preventing doctors from contacting family for necessary medical information and preventing family from visiting.
    Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • On The Pitt, Wyle plays the senior attending physician who leads the day shift at an underfunded and understaffed Pittsburgh trauma hospital.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 15 July 2025
  • For example, predictive AI instantly decides whether to allow each credit card charge, whereas the wholesale replacement of physicians with machines is a very long way off at best.
    Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

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“Family physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20physician. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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