Start with six essentials
- A clear introduction. Your name, earned credentials, specialty, current role and a professional portrait you have permission to publish.
- A focused biography. Explain your professional interests in plain language. Keep your current practice and academic appointments accurate.
- Training and credentials. Separate completed degrees, residency, fellowship and current certifications. Include dates where useful; do not imply that an expired credential is current.
- Selected work. Link to relevant publications, research, presentations, teaching or leadership. Explain your role and credit collaborators. A few useful examples are easier to scan than an unfiltered CV.
- A public-safe CV. If you offer a download, remove private addresses, references, identifiers and information you do not want indexed. Do not publish patient details or confidential materials.
- The right next step. Direct professional inquiries to a business contact. For appointments, link to the practice's existing approved booking page rather than collecting medical details.
Write for the person visiting
- Employers and collaborators
- Make academic and clinical appointments, training, selected research and a current CV easy to find. A website supplements applications; it does not replace required submissions.
- Patients and referring clinicians
- Use understandable specialty descriptions, current practice links and an appropriate appointment or referral destination. Avoid outcome guarantees.
- Conference and media teams
- Include speaking topics, approved appearances and a professional inquiry route. Publish only materials you have permission to share.
Applying to medical school? See the student portfolio guide for appropriate titles and application boundaries.
Choose the right level of help
- Keep a professional profile
- A current directory or professional-network profile may be enough if you only need a short public record. Compare a Doximity profile with a personal website.
- Build your own
- A website builder gives you editing control. Budget time for writing, design, accessibility, domain setup and ongoing maintenance.
- Use a managed service
- CredentialedMD offers an Editorial template and a separately scoped Custom design. You provide approved materials and review the draft; the team handles the website work. Compare scope, billing and current availability.
Common questions
Is a portfolio the same as a clinic website?
No. A personal portfolio centers on one professional's record. A clinic site may need multiple staff profiles, scheduling and platform integrations. CredentialedMD scopes whole-staff and integration projects separately; they are not included in a single physician plan.
What should my domain look like?
For fictional physician Maya Ellison, MD, examples are mayaellisonmd.com, ellisonmd.com and mellisonmd.com. These are illustrations, not checked availability or links. Use only earned credentials; a DO uses DO, and a student uses their name without an unearned title. Registration requires an availability check and a separate price approval.
Will a website bring patients or job offers?
It can make your professional information easier to share and understand. Search rankings, patient bookings and employment outcomes are not guaranteed. Keep your practice profiles current and follow each employer's application process.
What happens before publication?
Review the wording, credential claims, images, links and contact details on the exact draft. CredentialedMD requires team review and your approval before launch. Domain registration costs are separate.