professional degresses, others are Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine(D.O.), Doctor of Dental Surgery(D.D.S) and Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.),Doctor of Arts (D.Arts/D.A.), Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, Doctor of Pharmacy(PharmD)or(PD)or(DrPh)and(DPh)....It's reasonable to award MD degree of US to people who gained medical batchler degree in China.They just had their medical training at a different country.