This should follow the same rules as any title. If you have a formal relationship and would call them Mrs. or Mr. (or Miss or Ms.) then say Doctor. If you are on a first name basis, use it. Doctors are only humans!> > How many LC's address physicians with whom they work by their first name? > How many use the honorific, "doctor ------"? > > How many doctors address LC's with whom they work by their first name? > > I'm wondering what's going on in other places. > > Arly Helm > > [log in to unmask] (Arly Helm, LC) > -- **************************************************** * Deena Zimmerman MD MPH * * Department of Pediatrics * * UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School * * 1 RWJ Place * * New Brunswick, NJ 08903 * * * * phone (908) 235-7248 * * fax (908) 235-7345 * * email [log in to unmask] (internet) * ****************************************************