Kathy said:
>This discussion was a chuckle for me.  Shortly after I obtained my PhD
>(variously referred to as having "piled it higher and deeper" than others;
>or my Phuddy Duddy name! :-)  ), I encountered some MDs who insisted on
>calling me by my first name in settings where I felt it was more
>appropriate to use my professional title.  I found that returning the favor
>by calling them THEIR first name STOPPED their presumption of familiarity
>(by using my first name) when they wanted me to use THEIR title.  :-)

Gee, Kathy, I was told that PhD stood for Phony Doctor.  ;-)  I have found
at the medical center here when an MD addresses me by my first name and I
then refer to them by their first name, they really don't seem to mind.
But then again, with a name like mine perhaps they would prefer to be
addressed by their first name just so they don't have to pronounce my last
name.

Donna

Donna J. Spannaus-Martin, Ph.D., MT (ASCP)
Assistant Professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
University of Tennessee, Memphis