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3 Most Asked Questions About Listing Doctors on Envelopes

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How to List Doctors on Invitation Envelope?

Dear Polite One,

How does one address an envelope for the two following scenarios?

1) The wife is a physician, but the husband is not.

2) Both the wife and husband are physicians, and she used her maiden name.

Lots of Doctors

Dear Lots of Doctors,

The doctor and husband:

Doctor Jane and Mr. John Smith

The doctor couple:

Doctor Jane Jones

Doctor John Smith

Most sincerely,

The Polite One

What is the Proper Salutation for Doctor Couple?

Dear Polite One,

How do you write the correct salutation when both the husband and wife are doctors?

Doctors All-Around

Dear Doctors All-Around,

If you are close friends, you would use their first names.  If this is a formal or business letter, you would use the title doctor for both: Doctors Smith, Doctor Sam Smith, and Doctor Tina Smith, or Doctors Tina and Sam Smith. 

Most sincerely,

The Polite One

Don’t Know Husband’s Name and the Wife is a Doctor!  How to Address the Envelope?

Dear Polite One,

How would you address an envelope to a female physician and her significant other when you do not know their first or last name?  Some female physicians are married but do not use their spouse's last name. 

Lost

Dear Lost,

It would be best to address the envelope to the physician as you know her.   Then if using inner envelopes, you could write ‘and guest.’  If not using inner envelopes, you could write ‘and guest’ on the outer envelope or include a little note stating that she may bring an escort.

Most sincerely,

The Polite One

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