attending

Etymology

attend + -ing

adj

1. That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
2. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.

noun

1. (Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
   All the new interns had heard of his operative speed, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature. 2002, Harry Lee Kraus, Could I Have This Dance?, page 45
   All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before. March 11, 2009, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times

verb

1. present participle and gerund of attend