attending physician

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The ambulance transfer happened because of Waldorf’s “specific request,” he wrote, and not because the attending physician believed that Waldorf needed a “higher level of care.”

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“Patient passports” introduced by Dr. Al-Hashimi, the new chief attending physician, to improve people’s experience at the hospital became fans in the hot waiting room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Under California law, he is what is known as the attending physician who must confirm, in addition to a second doctor, that Wayne is eligible for aid in dying.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Brock, 74, said he had been an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai since the early 1980s, and had never before faced an accusation from the medical board.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

It was the year my mother died, my apartment got broken into, and I was taken to the emergency room suffering from what the attending physician diagnosed as "housewife's knee."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris