Breakdown of El médico de la familia es excelente.
ser
to be
la familia
the family
excelente
excellent
el médico
the doctor (physician)
Questions & Answers about El médico de la familia es excelente.
Why use médico instead of doctor here?
Both words are very common in Latin America. Médico refers specifically to the medical profession (a physician), whereas doctor is technically an academic title, though it is used every day to mean a medical doctor. You can safely use either one.
Could I say médico familiar instead of médico de la familia?
Why do we use es instead of está with excelente?
If the doctor is female, does the word excelente change?
It does not change. Adjectives that end in -e in Spanish, like excelente, inteligente, or amable, are gender-neutral. If the doctor were female, the sentence would simply change the nouns and articles to La médica de la familia es excelente.