Full Disclosure: I am not a doctor. I have never played a doctor on TV. I have worn a white lab coat. I am not basing this posting on any sort of research other than my completely arbitrary observations. Ice cream makes all medical experiences better.
I have found a direct relationship between specialized medicine and awkwardness. Regular doctors and dentists are approachable. You could have a drink with them and next thing you know, boom, you are exchanging "Driving While Puking" stories and becoming Facebook friends. You trust their brilliance, but you are still comfortable talking about your summer vacation while their hands are down your shirt listening to your heartbeat.
Specialists are generally attractive, and they know it. Any hesitation you have to tell them about burning, itching, or midnight binging is due to the fact that you are imaging them naked at the exact moment they are holding up the film footage of your golf ball sized kidney stone. Specialists will inevitably be nearby once you're under the influence of sedatives or anesthesia, and you will ask them out...repeatedly....mostly because you have the short-term memory of a fruit fly.
Super Smart Extra-Specialists are awkward. It's almost as if they have been kept on a protective island and the only part of you that isn't scary is your disease/condition/films/medical history. You quickly realize that you are trying to put THEM at ease. You barely restrain yourself from speaking in soothing tones while gently stroking their frightened hands. You tell great jokes, and they don't laugh. You say something like, "I'm monitoring my sodium intake" and they laugh hysterically.
Just like the ending of this post...it's awkward.
