[Fudd Fan]

I thought he was a psychiatrist. Is that still an MD? I'm not positive of his specialty however.

[smoothsailing]

Hey FF! Actually,we are both correct.He is an MD and a Psychiatrist.

[Dave S]

I thought he was a psychiatrist. Is that still an MD

He is psychiatrist but you have to complete medical residency before you can start study psychiatry so yes he is MD. Psychologists are not MDs.

[curiosity]

Yes. Psychiatrists do have MD's.

[trisham]

Krauthammer was born in New York City and raised in Montreal. He was educated at McGill University, majoring in political science and economics, Oxford University (Commonwealth Scholar in Politics) and Harvard (M.D. in 1975). He practiced medicine for three years as a resident and then chief resident in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 1978, he quit medical practice, came to Washington to direct planning in psychiatric research for the Carter administration, and began contributing articles to The New Republic. During the presidential campaign of 1980, he served as a speech writer to Vice President Walter Mondale. He joined The New Republic as a writer and editor in 1981. He writes regular essays for Time magazine and contributes to several other publications, including The Weekly Standard, The New Republic and The National Interest. In 1997, the Washingtonian magazine named him among the top 50 most influential journalists in the national press corps.

http://www.postwritersgroup.com/krauthammer.htm