Most doctors are kind to their patients. They explain things twice and let you finish your questions.
The pages written about them and for them never say so.
I’ve written for healthcare for seven years, and most of what I read about a doctor, his bio, his profile, a directory listing, his own hospital’s introduction, opens the same way: where he trained, and how many years he has practised.
A patient is a patient. She can’t judge either. If he is licensed, she assumes he is qualified.
So she reads the reviews. In rater8’s survey this year, 3 in 4 American patients said they won’t book a doctor rated below 4 stars. Strangers usually write what his page leaves out: “He explained everything.” “He took the time to answer all my questions.”
When I write for a doctor, I listen for the words he comes back to without noticing, and for what he believes about the person sitting across from him. That I usually put at the top.
The fellowships go in the second paragraph.