In years past, all of the medical drama shows pretty much featured men as the doctors, with women relegated to the positions of nurses and lovers (and in some cases, both). All that has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or so. While we’ll give a nod to feminism and the portrayal of strong women characters, the one thing that we’ve noticed is that a lot of these doctors are hot. As long as you have medical insurance, it might not even be a bad thing to have to go to the hospital if you can get treated by one of these ladies. Here are some of our favorites:

• Lucy Bennet. Played by nubile Kerry Biché, who has become the show’s leading character. If you like brunettes (and we do), she’s worth looking at. Like most of the others on the list, she even manages to make surgical scrubs seem sexy.

• Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo. She’s the title character of Grey’s Anatomy, of course, and a total babe. Of course, to get to her, you’d have to do in the McDreamy twerp, but that’s bonus as far as most of us are concerned.

• Erica Hahn, played by Brooke Smith on Grey’s Anatomy. Admittedly, she’s a bit overly professional and kind of a bitch, but if you can get past that, she’s also kinda hot, if you like blondes. And, let’s face it, who doesn’t like blondes?

• Susan Lewis, played by Sherry Stringfield. She was in the early seasons of ER as an intern, then popped back up a few years later as an honest to goodness doctor. Admittedly, the blonde was hotter back in ’96 when she was an eager young intern, but the years didn’t do any serious harm. She was still one of the hottest blonde doctors on TV.

• Christina Yang, played by Sandra Oh on Grey’s Anatomy. OK, we expect to catch some flack for this pick, but we are totally into Asians, and she was the best we could find, so she makes the list. And really, she is a good looking lady. Frankly, we’d be willing to pay extra for medical insurance to have her work on us.

So, who’s your favorite? We know you have one. After all, when the wife or girlfriend makes you watch these silly, sappy medical dramas, they’re the only things that make the show worth watching.

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