• A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disorder and injury

• This is accomplished through a definite knowledge of anatomy, physiology, diseases and treatment — the science of medicine — and its applied practice — the art or Baltimore Sports Doctor craft of medicine.

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are not described as physicians; the American College of Nurse Practitioners do not define themselves this way. They are classified as allied healthcare professionals. Some nurse practitioners may perform commission collateral to that of some physicians, especially in fab care, but of a lesser scope. Physician Assistants are classed as advance proceeding clinicians.