It’s interesting how “surgeon” and “doctor” are so far apart.
As I noted earlier I know physicians in general.Surgeons are a whole different breed that physicians in the "internal medicine" specialties.It's hard to describe briefly but here's a brief glimpse of what I'm saying:each Spring the Chief Residents for the various services are announced by teaching hospitals.I once was on an elevator with a surgical resident that I liked (she was nice *and* gorgeous) who had just been named as Chief Resident for the following year.I jokingly asked her what the motto of her chief residency was gonna be.She paused for a second,smiled,and said "the only contraindication to surgery is an allergy to steel".Surgery is a "macho" field,even for the women whereas the "medical" specialties are more about waiting and handholding.It's why the large majority of female med school grads go into either OB/GYN or one of the medical specialties...or primary care (which is "medical").