attending

1. (Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.Examples: "All the new interns had heard of his operative speed, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature."; "All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before."CanadaUS