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The Best TV Doctors For Surgeon General

Teenage doctor Doogie Howser, MD, would be perfect if the country were to experience an acne epidemic.
Marcus Welby, MD, had the best bedside manner of any TV doctor, particularly helpful for breaking particularly bad, national health news.
Dr. Izzie often gets emotionally involved with her patients and fellow doctors on 'Grey's Anatomy.' Which means, as her nation of patients, we all have a chance.
Dr. Ross on 'E.R.' is the dreamiest doctor of them all. Bedroom eyes go a long way when you are asking a country to cut its fat intake and exercise more.
The irrepressible Dr. 'Hawkeye' Pierce from 'M.A.S.H.' would be great with opening jokes for the many conferences he will be keynoting. However, it would probably not be wise for him to construct a still in his living quarters, as Hawkeye and bunkmate Trapper did in their tent in Korea.
Young Dr. Kildare (right) was always under the watchful eye of the all-knowing Dr. Gillespie. The nation could replace Dr. Gillespie in keeping an eye on our emotional young charge.
Sterilization and anaesthetic techniques have come a long way since Dr. Quinn employed shots of whiskey for both in the 1860s. But if there is ever an emergency, and all we as as a nation have on hand is whiskey, we know who to call.
We'd have to get used to Dr. House's surliness and overlook his pill-popping, but the medical insight we gain would be worth it. Plus whenever we start convulsing and our eyes popping out and our brains start swelling and blood starts seeping through our every pore, Dr. House is the doctor we want.