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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]someone posted this same issue last month.  do a search in the archives. yes, people with PhDs have the right to be called doctor.  but it's common to address colleagues by their first name, so you're not in the wrong.[/quote]
They have the right to be called doctor, I guess, but I have the right to call them by their name.

An MD has the right to laugh at a PhD who wants to be called Dr.[/quote]
And most PhDs will chuckle to themselves that MDs are so insecure that they need to keep Dr. for themselves only.

OP, I'm confused by your first post, because it's just so odd. She told you to call her Dr. Smith while addressing you by your first name...when presumably you address her by her first name in person? That's seriously nuts. What I'm wondering is if she meant that you shoudl address her as Dr. Smith when listing out your references or whatever professional capacity in which you are reaching out to her (I can't tell if you want her as a professional reference or some kind of legal expert). If you are talking about her in a professional capacity, then it is completely reasonable to present her to others as Dr. Smith. But I would never tell someone who addresses me by my first name in person to call me Dr. DCUM in writing...that's just weird.

-- PhD[/quote]

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