medical director; chief physician
Title for the head doctor of a hospital department or medical team.
He was appointed medical director of the surgery department at the university hospital.
He will become the chief physician of surgery next year.
She has served as the chief physician of pediatrics for many years.
医長 (chief physician) and 胃腸 (stomach and intestines) share the exact same reading いちょう but have completely unrelated meanings.
Used for counting 医長 (chief physicians) in formal contexts.
Compound of 医 (i, 'medicine') and 長 (chō, 'head, chief').