43 Great Thank You Notes to Doctors

Becoming a doctor does not happen overnight. Many medical schools require a Bachelors Degree from an accredited university, science courses, and a minimum score of a 30 on the MCAT. The average MCAT score seen among Med School entrants is 31.1. More women are choosing to become doctors with more than 8,000 dedicating their lives to it in 2011. The average practice physician is between the ages of 40 and 59. If you had an excellent experience with your doctor, be sure to let them know about it and send them a thank you note. The following samples will help to encourage the message you want to relay.

A patient’s testimonial is less of a recognition of a doctor’s professional expertise and more of a recommendation of a doctor’s ability to listen, care and heal. I can vouch for the fact that your abilities are unmatched. Thanks doctor.

Actual recovery may be in the hands of God but making a patient believe in recovery lies only in the hands of awesome doctors like you. Thanks for helping me doctor.

An apple a day keeps a doctor away. But who wants to keep good doctors like you at bay? Thanks for helping me out doc.

Before saying that you are an extraordinary doctor, I want to tell you that you are an extraordinary human being. Thanks for showing me so much care and concern.

Cancer as a disease is frustrating and very tough. But good oncologists like you make this illness a little less rough. Thanks for your care, doctor.

Dear doctor, thanks for teaching me the difference between Fact and Faith: Fact is when any ordinary doctor diagnoses illness in a report. Faith is when good doctors like you give their patients the strength to recover.

Dear doctor, your contribution in my life is nothing short of magical. Thanks for all your support – medical and emotional.

Doctors like you replace the Fear of Illness with Trust in Recovery. Thanks.

Exorbitant bills, tasteless food and painful recovery – all of this was bearable only because I had a wonderful doctor like you. Thanks a lot.

Going through childbirth is a mix of immense pain followed by immense happiness. In this journey, the presence of a wonderful doctor is simply priceless. Thanks doctor, for comforting me and taking away all my stress.

I always thought that surgeons were haughty, arrogant and self obsessed. Thanks for proving that they are the exact opposites.

I am writing to express my gratitude for the treatment I received at your hands last month. It is a great feeling to know that you have someone to rely on in times of bad health. I sincerely thank you for making me feel at home, when I felt uncomfortable in the hospital environment. I believe that you are one of the best doctors in the world. God bless you.

I am writing to thank you for your excellent work. It is hard for me to get over my illness. Your treatment coupled with the caring attitude of the hospital staff has helped me attain fast recovery. You have always been kind and offered me the moral support when I was down with health problems. It is not just the treatment, but the care and empathy shown by doctors like you which makes the world a better place to live in.

I hate going hospitals but your friendly staff made sure that my hospitalization very pleasant. Thanks.

I still remember the day when I was admitted to your hospital for a surgery. It was one of the toughest times in my life. The personal attention and kindness shown by you and your staff helped me overcome my fears about surgery. I have never felt as comfortable going to a hospital in my life before. The counseling I received from you before undergoing the surgery was crucial in my speedy recovery. Thanks a lot.

I want you to know I think you’re doing a wonderful job. You made me feel safe, cared for, and comfortable. Thanks for your warmth, humor, care, and attention.

I was an ordinary patient of ordinary means but your team took care of me as if I was the most important person on earth. Thank you for your services, doctor.

I will be able to thank you for your medical services by paying my dues but I will never be able to thank you enough for all the support and advice you gave me as friend. Thanks doctor.

I would like to say thank you to the nursing staff on the 200 hall. My husband was a patient at your hospital and received excellent care with great kindness and consideration.

If every doctor strives to be as caring and generous as you, the world would be filled with smiles and laughter instead of pain and sorrow. Thanks for everything doctor.

It wasn’t the medicines, but your reassuring words which gave me the strength to pull through my illness. Thanks doc.

Just a note to say thank you all so much for the wonderful care I received after my recent surgery. Everyone was so wonderful, especially night staff. They were so sweet, kind and professional. I am in awe of the great people there.

Just a short note to thank you for all the caring and concern that you have shown me. It puts my mind at ease knowing that your always there for me. I’m so lucky to have you as my #1 doctor.

Many of your patients have recommended you as a good doctor. But I am going to recommend you as a great human being and a fine gentleman. Thanks for your help doctor.

More than a good doctor, I value the fact that you were a good listener. More than being just professionals, I value the fact that your staff’s caring attitude was exceptional. Thank you doctor.

My baby was able to see the light of day because you kept awake all night for my C-section. Thank you doctor.

Nine months of my pregnancy could have been a nightmare without your medical supervision. Thanks for making my journey to become a mommy a dream come true.

Other doctors simply treat their patients with medicines but forget to do the most important thing which you do – help them to move on with their lives with motivating words and inspirational thoughts. Thanks for everything doc.

Other then our parents, there is no other person on this earth who has had a greater impact on our lives At a time when we most desperately needed it, you restored our faith.. Your quiet confidence & compassion has changed all of our lives. Words alone will never capture our sincerest gratitude

Surgeons like you are not just doctors, but real lifesavers. I may not have talked to God in my prayers, but in your services I have seen one of His favors. Thank you doctor.

Thanks for treating my pain. Otherwise I would have gone insane. Cheers doc.

Thanks for your effective analysis and diagnosis. Else, I would never have been able to continue living a life of bliss.

The nightmare of my illness slowly became a dream of recovery, all thanks to a wonderful doctor who changed my destiny. Thanks doc.

The very thought of hospitalization is scary and traumatizing. But caring doctors like you make it friendly and pleasing. Thanks doc.

This is a certificate which is much more valuable than any degree a doctor can frame and show off. My testimonial certifies that apart from being a qualified MD, this doctor has the following skills – Good Listener, Lots of Patience and Caring Attitude.

Until now I associated the word Surgery with Misery. After being under the careful watch of a doctor like you, I associate Surgery with Healthy Recovery. Thanks doctor.

Whether it is a headache, fever or the common flu, no illness stands a chance against a doctor like you. Thank you.

While most doctors are busy figuring out how to cope up with their own professional stress, few good doctors like you have already figured out how to help patients to cope up with the stress of illness. Thanks doctor, for helping me get back on track with life.

You are a hero not just because you are the reason my surgery was a success. But because you dealt with an irritable and annoying patient like me. Thank you for your patience doctor.

You have been much more to me than just a doctor. You have been my therapist, supporter, friend, well wisher and angel in disguise. Thank you doctor.

Your comforting words of support gave me much more reassurance than the antibiotics I was taking during my illness. Thanks doctor.

Your medicines may have cured my illness but your kind words gave me the inner strength to fight it away. Thanks doc.

Your surgery gave my life a new beginning because the recovery is nothing short of inspiring. Thanks.

The below infographic provides an outlook to the medical profession and requirements and standards seen throughout. An estimated 130,000 new physicians are expected to enter the medical industry by 2025. More than 45,000 will focus on primary care with more than 46,000 on surgery. With an estimated 15 million more patients going on medicare, a large group of people will be demanding medical attention.