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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you call a new doctor? Probably "DR." 
PhD's go to graduate school longer than doctors to to medical school (though I understand they have clinical training beyond that).

My point is, the culturally appropriate behavior is to start off formal (ie. with optimal respect) and become familiar with permission. Isn't that what you did with even your child's high school teachers? Why would college professors deserve less respect?

Funny that you start off with, "Daughter claims basically all of her professors and faculty prefer first name basis."
Obviously, assuming this was your child's first mistake. It is much more common in graduate school (especially for doctoral students who are typically there for 5-7 years, so they become colleagues by the end of their training). But even then, there are exceptions.

This could be a valuable lesson for your daughter. Don't undermine it with comments like, "They must be obnoxious jerks."[/quote]

I’m a pediatrician. Patients and parents can and do call me by my first name. I don’t mind. Now the egomaniac surgeons, some of them do care.[/quote]

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