Quite simply, relationships between doctors often begin because they work in close proximity and endure the same hardships. In other words, physicians are working in the trenches together during their long years of training and even afterwards.

Do doctors only marry other doctors?

About 80% of physicians are married, according to a recent online survey, and these doctors often marry other doctors or other health professionals. Meanwhile, 35% of male doctors are married to nonphysician health professionals, and 11% of women physicians are married to such health professionals.