It's very clear, darkizzle. You are a doctor. You will continue to be a doctor. There is shift you have not yet made about being a stutterer. A good speech language pathologist, *one who specializes in stuttering* (very important), can help you with techniques that will allow you more fluency. Really, almost any decent slp can get you to speak almost stutter-free. In the office. The trick is when you go back to real life. That's where someone who really understands the psychological/emotional aspects of what stuttering does to a person's sense of self is crucial. The best speech therapists, whether it's someone trained traditionally whom you see once a week in his or her office, or someone teaching in one of the various intensive programs that also sometimes work extremely well, or not -- know how to help you shift your entire perspective on yourself as a person who stutters. This is what really leads to more fluent speech and the kind of confidence that means you don't crumble and want to disappear into the floor when you do stutter *even in front of people you're currently intimidated by.* It happens through talking in a very open way about your fears and through some variation of exposure therapy. You say you have not gone to any speech therapy because it might not work. Well...I'll just remind you that statistics, even completely imprecise ones like this (might help; might not), do not apply to any individual. Find someone unusually good and go to them. I came here too late for the lawyer's comment. I gather that they lawyer was talking about real ways that stuttering can (will) keep you down in your profession. I don't want to diminish the veracity of that. How could I? But, since you're doing this regardless, and because some of how others treat you will depend on your attitude about yourself, I say that acquiring a "yeah I stutter; deal with it" attitude is your best weapon. I am NOT saying "just decide to be that way!" That's incredibly unhelpful advice. You would have done that already if it were possible. But I do think certain experiences can lead to a radical shift in attitude. Working with a good speech therapist is a way to get there. I wish you much luck. And if you do decide to be a gp for a while, I won't complain. We need good gps!