Redundant?

[DRIN]

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I'm sorry if someone has asked this previously, but I searched...honest. Anyway, I just had a question about naming a specific physician in one of my secondary essays. Would it be redundant to say "Dr. Cole Hamels, M.D." or should I just leave it as "Cole Hamels, M.D."?? Thanks for your input. Go Phillies.

 

[armybound]

Dr MD is a bit redundant, yes. If you are writing about him in the sense of saying you shadowed him or something, you should just say Dr. Hamels. It's very awkward to list name, MD when discussing someone.

 

[Laryngophed]

Dr MD is a bit redundant, yes.

I agree with you about it being redundant but I could see where it is necessary. Obviously, you want to offer the respect due to the degree by saying doctor, but it may be important (particularly for osteopathic candidates) to delineate which school of physician they are working with in their application. Since this is the allopathic forum, it's probably moot, but I could see where it may be necessary to be redundant.

 

[Bacchus]

Not necessarily. If you're writing about an experience it should be clear to osteopathic schools through your ideas that the physician was an osteopathic physician.

To the OP: I would just do Dr. Hamels and not put the degree designation. And, I'm glad you picked someone from the Phillies roster as an example. 👍

 

[armybound]

Not necessarily. If you're writing about an experience it should be clear to osteopathic schools through your ideas that the physician was an osteopathic physician.

To the OP: I would just do Dr. Hamels and not put the degree designation. And, I'm glad you picked someone from the Phillies roster as an example. 👍

"I shadowed an osteopathic physician, Dr. ____"