Doctors’ Day
The holiday is typically celebrated by health care organizations with events like a staff lunch or gifts of appreciation for doctors.
Names: Doctors’ Day, National Doctors’ Day
Summary: According to the Southern Medical Association, the first Doctors’ Day took place on March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, the wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, initiated the idea of recognizing a day to honor doctors. Doctors’ Day occurred on the anniversary of the first administration of an anesthetic for a surgical procedure in 1842.
What to say: There is no traditional greeting for Doctors’ Day. The holiday is typically celebrated by health care organizations with events like a staff lunch or gifts of appreciation for doctors.