attending physician
Example Sentences
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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
“There are some moms who produce enough to feed the whole neighborhood but others do not,” said Dr. Craig Garfield, an attending physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital and professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
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
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
