Consultant vs. Proband — What's the Difference?

A consultant (from Latin: consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as Expert, Specialist, see variations of meaning below) who provides advice and further purposeful activities in an area of specialization.

In medical genetics and other medical fields, a proband, proposito (male proband), or proposita (female proband) is a particular subject (person or animal) being studied or reported on. On pedigrees, the proband is noted with a square (male) or circle (female) shaded accordingly.

One who gives expert or professional advice.

See index case.

One who consults another.

An individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the investigation of the individual's family

A person or party that is consulted.

A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.

A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

An expert who gives advice.

An expert who gives advice;