How to Use family doctor in a Sentence

family doctor

noun
  • Soon the family doctor, black medicine kit in hand, arrived at the door.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022
  • All this is a long way from the family doctor of my youth and many will miss face-to-face contact.
    — Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 13 June 2021
  • After all, the 58-year-old family doctor was that guy just a few weeks ago.
    — Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2020
  • His next stop was his family doctor, more blood tests, more of the same results … white blood cells going up.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 21 July 2022
  • My dentist, family doctor and an ear, nose and throat doctor gave me no answers.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2022
  • There are drugs for blood pressure and cholesterol and follow-ups with the family doctor.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2020
  • As a family doctor, my heart is with those patients and their families.
    — Time, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Asking them to lead your exit is like asking your family doctor to perform heart surgery.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Bradley has been Baker's family doctor for more than 30 years.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 16 Aug. 2020
  • His father worked as a family doctor, and his mother ran a pharmacy.
    — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 8 June 2020
  • These are reasons to go in and talk with your family doctor and do any lab work to see if anything is happening with your adrenals.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And, with the average wait to see a family doctor now around two weeks, some happily pay to avoid delay.
    — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • In the past, she would likely have been sent home with little continuing care aside from her family doctor.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • My family doctor started me on hydralazine at 50 mg twice a day, then 50 mg three times a day.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 July 2022
  • Mudassir spoke to the family doctor about what to do, and the doctor said the Lego would find its own way out through the body.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • But many men can’t comfortably discuss the issue with their family doctor.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Her mother was a family doctor and her father worked in a local factory.
    — Logan Johnson, NBC News, 2 May 2021
  • In Taungoo, a midsized city in the Burmese plains, she is mostly known as a family doctor.
    — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Lyme disease made family doctors begin to suspect tick bites in patients with fevers and to blood more often.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018
  • Gone are the family doctors who know the whole family across generations and manage all health care.
    — Marc Agronin, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2017
  • And, as always, caregivers can always call their family doctor with any concerns, Oller adds.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
  • For the minority whose mental health symptoms don’t go away, the family doctor is supposed to step in.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Patinkin, whose arc will span two episodes, plays a family doctor who visits Bronx General.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 July 2024
  • Starting at quarterback at 45 is akin to being a family doctor well into his ninth decade.
    — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Start with your family doctor, and depending on the age of your child, a pediatrician.
    — Hansa Bhargava, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Pediatricians and family doctors are urged to check booster status for teens and adults.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The family doctor doesn’t talk to the physical therapist.
    — Mehmet Oz, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And on Monday, Banat’s relatives asked his family doctor not to join the panel.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • His mother took him to the family doctor who immediately sent Lillard and his mom to the emergency room.
    — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022
  • His father, Ed Davis, was family doctor for most of the residents in the town and surrounding counties.
    — Al.com and The Huntsville Times, AL.com, 25 Jan. 2018

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