According to a study in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal Doctors at the University of Barcelona hospital in Spain noticed that the tallest and most handsome male medical students were more likely to become surgeons and that the shortest perhaps not so good looking one were more likely to become Physicians. Researchers selected a random sample of 12 surgeons and 12 physicians and senior staff and all male from the hospital- recorded their height and compared digital pictures of those real doctors against pictures of four well-known stars who play doctors in movies or on TV.

The star were Harison Ford as Richard Kimble ( a neurosurgeon in the film “ The Fugitive” ) George Clooney as Doug Ross ( a pediatrician in the TV series “ ER” ) Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shephered ( a surgeon in the TV series “ Grey’s Anatomy) and Hugh Laurie as Gregory House ( a nephrologist and infectious disease specialist in the House )
All pictures were shown to eight willing females- three doctors and five nurses from the hospital, all in the same age bracket as the men pictured. The women used the ever so-scientific ‘ good looking score’ on a scale of one to seven to rate each photo. The survey found, on average, senior male surgeons were taller and better looking than physicians.
The results also showed that actors who played doctors on the big or little screen were significantly better looking than real surgeons and physicians.

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