Korean · Titles & Forms of Address
의사醫師
uisa
Also written: doctor; physician
A doctor or physician.
Literal meaning
physician
Cultural context
Uisa is the profession. In direct respectful address, characters often use 의사 선생님 or a job title and surname rather than calling someone 의사 alone.
How dramas use it
Medical dramas distinguish doctors by specialty, rank, training stage, department, and institutional authority even when subtitles repeatedly use the broad word doctor.
Usage & formality
Translate the exact title when available—professor, resident, intern, surgeon, director, or department chief—rather than flattening every role into doctor.