I'm not a doctor, but my previous job, current job, and future jobs will have me interacting with people from 1 on 1 situations to groups of people. So I think I may be able to give you some advice. Before I start, my background. I'm a 26 year old Korean American male who stutters and used to have ALOT of anxiety issues (shy and self conscious issues because of stutter). Currently I work as a museum guide and temporary geology instructor for K-12 students around S Michigan. I'm also a grad student in geology. So the advice. 1.) By forcing myself to work as a museum guide I forced myself into speaking situations. The more and more opportunities I got speak publically the better my speech fluency got. I'm guessing this happened because I became less self conscious of my stutter. As someone who interacts with patients all day, I'm pretty sure you're making ALOT of progress in this area and you may not have realized it. It takes steel balls to talk to people about their medical needs/conditions and it seems every patient you have talked to had positive feedback for you. Keep on doing this and things will get easier. Which leads me to... 2.) Anxiety issues. Having stuttered for almost 10 years I developed a lot of anxiety issues because of my stutter. I saw a psychiatrist about it and was prescribed to an SSRI called Citalopram. I've been on it for 4 years now and it's worked reducing my anxiety. This solution may not work for everyone who stutters, but I'd give it a try. 3.) I also recommend seeing a speech therapist. 4.) If any of your bosses, management, colleagues, hospital support staff, and professors judge you for your stutter....they can go F themselves. Those people work in health care and are supposed to show everyone empathy and compassion. To judge you they'd be hypocrites to their chosen profession. Basically, remind yourself that you're awesome for choosing becoming a doctor and you're better than those haters. I think you're awesome for choosing to save people's lives and I'm humbled by the fact you studied and worked your ass off to get this far. If anyone judges you for your stutter, then they're not worth your time and attention. If they are your patient, remind them their health is at your mercy (but subtly, since I don't want you getting sued for medical mal practice). Edit: whoops, forgot to answer some of your questions. So.... 5.) Phone calls have gotten easier for me. My stutter and anxiety was so bad I'd be afraid of ordering food at restaurants. 6.) Most of the bosses, supervisors, and managers I've had were understanding and kind to me. I've only had one boss who probably thought I was medically "retarded" because of my stutter. I quit that job after 3 months by telling my boss "I Need more time to study for the GRE because I'm going to grad school, bye." He gave me skeptical look, probably laughed at me when I left the office. I'm in grad school for geology now....who's laughing now? Heh... Anyway, hope this helped.