What is the right way to introduce the doctor to a new patient? With a deliberate, formal handoff that makes the patient feel something is about to happen. The wrong way is the common way: the doctor just wanders into the room, and all the expert status you spent the whole visit building quietly evaporates. Do not let that happen. The assistant should set it up like an event. This is the doctor you have been reading about, I am pleased to introduce you to Dr. Smith, who is going to ask you a few questions and take very good care [...]