Being a doctor is one of the highest callings in life, and the world is filled with many fine medical practitioners. Gaming, however, does not offer a flattering depiction of the profession. Here's a look at the worst of the worst; the Top 5 doctors who have no business treating anyone for anything.

5. Mario - Dr. Mario

Don't let his stethoscope, medical chart and lab coat fool you; this is no doctor. No one is precisely sure where he got his medical license, or if he even has one. His method of treatment, regardless of symptoms, is to jam colored pills down your throat. He shows no regard for dosage or potential allergies to medications. Dr. Mario's "close ties" with the Royal Family have shielded him from scandal, but it doesn't take much digging to see how deep he is in the pockets of Big Pharma.

4. Dr. Abel - Tekken

This Tekken Doctor made his claim to medical fame when he successfully reanimated the corpse of one Brian Fury. An impressive feat, no doubt, but this Frankenstein-like tale raised more red flags that any reasonable doctor would abide. Bryan Fury was a notorious dirty cop with a wicked temper and ties to the Japanese drug trade. Of all the people Abel could have picked to revive, Bryan Fury was voted "most likely to murder his zombifier" in high school. While his medical skills are perhaps unparalleled, Dr. Abel desperately needs a better patient vetting process.

3. Dr. Trager - Outlast

Richard Trager is a skilled self-taught surgeon who grew tired of life at the Murkoff Corporation R&D team and turned to medicine. He has excellent bedside manner, always referring to his patients as "buddy." This almost puts journalist Miles Upshur at ease, even as Trager cuts off two of Miles' fingers. Surgeries of questionable merit aside, you have to admire Trager's ambition to learn about medicine entirely through amputations. That said, he's probably a little too specialized for his own good (or his patients).

2. Dr. Crane - Batman: Arkham Asylum

Once a successful psychologist, Dr. Johnathan Crane caught a case of the crazies and adopted the moniker "Scarecrow." To better understand his own fears, Dr. Crane experiments on inmates of Arkham Asylum by gassing them with a toxin that induces paranoid schizophrenia. While other doctors might spend their lab time developing cures for diseases, Crane prefers to mix cures for sanity. At least we have Batman to send Crane to the real doctors.

1. Dr. Baldhead (Faust) - Guilty Gear

Dr. Baldhead is one of the more tragic figures in Guilty Gear. After a young girl died in one of his surgeries, he went ever so slightly postal. Convinced that it is not his fault, Faust becomes obsessed with the mystery of the girl's death, which totally justifies killing a bunch of other people to solve it. His operating tool of choice is a five-foot scalpel, so it's actually not hard at all to figure out the cause of death. The real mystery is how any of his prior patients survived.