as in physician
a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinician
What all this means is that as demand climbs, the US is projected to face a shortage of up to 86,000 clinicians by 2036.
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Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
MEDVi partners with OpenLoop Health, a network of licensed clinicians, to determine your eligibility and provide treatments when appropriate.
—Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Many patients report being dismissed by clinicians or told their concerns are cosmetic.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
For clinicians, learning to recognize and treat PMDD is a priority.
—Eliza Zhitnik, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
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Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
MEDVi partners with OpenLoop Health, a network of licensed clinicians, to determine your eligibility and provide treatments when appropriate.
—Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Many patients report being dismissed by clinicians or told their concerns are cosmetic.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
For clinicians, learning to recognize and treat PMDD is a priority.
—Eliza Zhitnik, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
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Another physician, Patrick LaRochelle, 46, is thought to have been exposed through a second patient and is being flown from Congo to Bulovka Hospital, in the Czech capital, Prague, according to Serge.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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Entire dimensions of physician quality — judgment, communication, professionalism, leadership, resilience, bedside manner, decision-making under pressure — are dismissed as irrelevant ‘woke’ distractions.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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There are doctors, like anaesthetists, who want to do things to patients.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Yet doctors eventually assured her that physical activity for a recovering pediatric leukemia patient would be beneficial to his quality of life.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Nearly everything The Pitt revealed about Al-Hashimi has been filtered through Robby’s reaction to it, from her ethnic name to her time with international NGOs to her desire to hire two attendings for the daytime shift.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Episode 15 picks right up with the revelation that the Pitt’s new senior attending is experiencing a resurgence of absence seizures she’s battled since a childhood case of viral meningitis.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2026
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Ascension stated that telehealth complements in-person care and that protocols are in place for emergencies, utilizing on-site hospitalists and other staff.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 May 2026
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Deleon is associate chief medical officer and a pediatric hospitalist at Oklahoma Children’s OU Health where there’s been a steady influx of children admitted for rotavirus over the last two months.—
Lauren Dunn,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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