What is an "Assistant in Medicine"?

[hhospitalldoctor]

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I've seen several faculty attending hospitalists in academic medical centers list their formal title on their CVs as "Assistant in Medicine" at so-so hospital. What does this term mean and where did it come from? Why is their formal title not just "hospitalist"?

 

[Internist_Sandman]

Could they mean Assistant Professor of Medicine? If they're academic faculty the tiers are assistant -> associate -> full professor

 

[hhospitalldoctor]

Could they mean Assistant Professor of Medicine? If they're academic faculty the tiers are assistant -> associate -> full professor

I think it's separate from their academic rank. For ex this individual (albeit in pediatrics):

Amanda Growdon, MD | Boston Children's Hospital

www.childrenshospital.org

Her title at at the hospital is "Assistant in Medicine" while her academic rank at the med school is "Instructor."

 

[Vandalia]

It is an old fashioned title that is used in older, usually east coast hospitals. Basically it just means attending physician. If I remember correctly, physicians at these institutions can be "promoted" in sort of the same manner as in academia.

Keep in mind that no university would touch medicine until the late 1800's. Therefore, in some of these older hospitals, the original classification of attending physicians remains.

 

[hhospitalldoctor]

It is an old fashioned title that is used in older, usually east coast hospitals. Basically it just means attending physician. If I remember correctly, physicians at these institutions can be "promoted" in sort of the same manner as in academia.

Keep in mind that no university would touch medicine until the late 1800's. Therefore, in some of these older hospitals, the original classification of attending physicians remains.

Thanks for the insight! Didn't know that.

Any idea what the next rank would be? "Associate in Medicine"?