I, OTOH, am appalled by how the medical profession has stolen the title 'doctor.' A doctor should be someone who has expanded the sum total of human knowledge

I, OTOH, am appalled by how the medical profession has stolen the title 'doctor.' A doctor should be someone who has expanded the sum total of human knowledge by performing original research; an MD is just a technical degree. I always refer to those who have earned an MD as 'physicians' or 'surgeons.'