Definition:

Intensive care specialist. A hospital-based critical care physician working primarily in an ICU.

Usage:

Oh, him? Yeah, he's been an intensivist on this unit for the past ten years.

Synonyms:

critical care physician, intensive care specialist

Created Jan 16, 2010

Definition:

An expensive, extensive, intensive, and sometimes painful diagnostic evaluation initiated by a particular patient complaint.

Usage:

He came in with his x-rays in hand and was complaining that he had the "worst headache of his life," so we gave him a million-dollar workup.

Created Jan 18, 2010

Definition:

A physician who has been sanctioned for serious state and federal offenses and placed on a list by the Public Citizen's Health Research Group.

Usage:

Umm, he's a questionable doctor. He's been sanctioned for handing out painkillers like Tic Tacs.

Synonyms:

impaired physician

Created Jan 21, 2010

Definition:

A popular phrase for the mental and financial consequences of being sued for health care-related activities.

Usage:

Malpractice stress syndrome is in full effect for my neighbor, or as you may know him from the paper, "Dr. Perp."

Created Jan 22, 2010

Definition:

A simple case for junior doctors/interns.

Usage:

Another day of bumps and lumps? If I get one more request for a Hoveround I'm going to lose it.

Created Feb 11, 2010

Definition:

When surgeons perform an operation very quickly so as not to be late for another engagement, usually non-medically related.

Usage:

This case is going to have to be a hit and run if I'm going to catch the second half of the Raiders' game.

Created Feb 12, 2010

Definition:

A doctor who is still up and working after a 24 hour stretch.

Usage:

Hey, Jack Bauer, go home and get some rest, will ya?

Created Feb 12, 2010

Definition:

A medical professional with an uncanny knack to disappear (or to not answer a phone or pager) when there is work to be done. The name comes from movie 'The Usual Suspects'.

Usage:

The guy's a regular Kaiser Soze when he's needed.

Created Feb 15, 2010

Definition:

Infectious disease doctor.

Usage:

When the ID doc came around, he said she was fine.

Created May 19, 2010