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"To It May Concern:
I am writing to bring to your attention a grievous mistake on your hospital's website: the inclusion of the initials "D.O." after certain physicians' names. As I am sure you know, your website is a very public reflection upon both your institution and the physicians whom work within it. What you may not know is that it is an indisputable fact that almost all osteopathic physicians seek to hide the initials "D.O." from the public at large to avoid causing confusion, spending inordinate amounts of time explaining what a D.O. is to their patients, and publicly declaring their, likely, substandard qualifications to have entered into the realm of medicine. I am absolutely sure that it is exceedingly rare for you to see osteopathic physicians with these letters embroidered on their lab coats or emblazoned on their ID cards. By very publicly placing these letters behind these physicians' names-instead of simply writing Dr. So-And-So- you have clearly demonstrated that you're willing to put this undue burden upon these employees. I would kindly ask you to please immediately alter the way you describe these physicians' credentials on your website. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.
Humbly,
Concerned Physician"
http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site2286/mainpageS2286P6sublevel12.html
http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site2132/mainpageS2132P12sublevel31.html
http://www.mmc.org/mmc_body.cfm?id=816
(expand the tabs to look at the physicians)
http://www.umassmed.edu/emed/faculty/umms.aspx
http://www.lahey.org/pdf/alumnimag/alumni_spring2004.pdf
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17620
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17665
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17575
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/pat_care_fam_serv/staff_profile_page.jsp?sid=26621&id=47962
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/meet_the_team.jsp?sid=87413
http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?ID=4018
http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/10484710.html
http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/12108871.html
http://www.mayo.edu/alumni/about-board.html
http://www.texaschildrens.org/CareCenters/fetalsurgery/Johnson.aspx
http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-...rofessionals/fellowships/faculty-fellows.html
http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/...arch&fn=&ln=&orgid=&spec=6&search_dir=Search!
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/facultydata/php_files/search_allfaculty1.php
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/facultydata/php_files/search_allfaculty1.php
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/refe...ail.cfm?DeptID=7&DivisionID=&PhysicianID=1786
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff...ology&tab=true&type=advanced&pg=2&action=next
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff...s.aspx?type=advanced&dept=Pediatrics&tab=true
http://www.gme.duke.edu/programs/allprograms.htm
http://www.washington.edu/medicine/pediatrics/divisions/nephrology.php
http://pennhealth.com/WagForm/MainP...=PL&S=PRIM-IM&Z=&SL=&SI=&submit=Find+Provider
http://webserver01.bjc.org/sfnet/BJH_PhysicianListing.asp
http://www.ccm.upmc.edu/education/fellows.html
http://www2.med.umich.edu/healthcen...phys_specialty=&sourcepg=&servicename=&SFlag=
http://www2.med.umich.edu/healthcen...phys_specialty=&sourcepg=&servicename=&SFlag=
http://www.csmc.edu/8237.html
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/9536.html
http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/martin-burke.html
http://www.chw.org/display/PPF/DocID/40244/Nav/1/router.asp
http://www.chw.org/Applications/PPF/Nav/1/DocID/20023/CSG/0/CredentialingID/1417/PhysHomePage.asp
http://www.rileyhospital.org/physicians/profile.jsp?id=380
http://www.rileyhospital.org/physicians/profile.jsp?id=643
http://www.rileyhospital.org/physicians/profile.jsp?id=339
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/pediatrics/fellowships/index.html
"To It May Concern:
I am writing to bring to your attention a grievous mistake on your hospital's website: the inclusion of the initials "D.O." after certain physicians' names. As I am sure you know, your website is a very public reflection upon both your institution and the physicians whom work within it. What you may not know is that it is an indisputable fact that almost all osteopathic physicians seek to hide the initials "D.O." from the public at large to avoid causing confusion, spending inordinate amounts of time explaining what a D.O. is to their patients, and publicly declaring their, likely, substandard qualifications to have entered into the realm of medicine. I am absolutely sure that it is exceedingly rare for you to see osteopathic physicians with these letters embroidered on their lab coats or emblazoned on their ID cards. By very publicly placing these letters behind these physicians' names-instead of simply writing Dr. So-And-So- you have clearly demonstrated that you're willing to put this undue burden upon these employees. I would kindly ask you to please immediately alter the way you describe these physicians' credentials on your website. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.
Humbly,
Concerned Physician"
http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site2286/mainpageS2286P6sublevel12.html
http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site2132/mainpageS2132P12sublevel31.html
http://www.mmc.org/mmc_body.cfm?id=816
(expand the tabs to look at the physicians)
http://www.umassmed.edu/emed/faculty/umms.aspx
http://www.lahey.org/pdf/alumnimag/alumni_spring2004.pdf
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17620
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17665
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17575
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/pat_care_fam_serv/staff_profile_page.jsp?sid=26621&id=47962
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/meet_the_team.jsp?sid=87413
http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?ID=4018
http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/10484710.html
http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/12108871.html
http://www.mayo.edu/alumni/about-board.html
http://www.texaschildrens.org/CareCenters/fetalsurgery/Johnson.aspx
http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-...rofessionals/fellowships/faculty-fellows.html
http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/...arch&fn=&ln=&orgid=&spec=6&search_dir=Search!
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/facultydata/php_files/search_allfaculty1.php
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/facultydata/php_files/search_allfaculty1.php
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/refe...ail.cfm?DeptID=7&DivisionID=&PhysicianID=1786
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff...ology&tab=true&type=advanced&pg=2&action=next
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff...s.aspx?type=advanced&dept=Pediatrics&tab=true
http://www.gme.duke.edu/programs/allprograms.htm
http://www.washington.edu/medicine/pediatrics/divisions/nephrology.php
http://pennhealth.com/WagForm/MainP...=PL&S=PRIM-IM&Z=&SL=&SI=&submit=Find+Provider
http://webserver01.bjc.org/sfnet/BJH_PhysicianListing.asp
http://www.ccm.upmc.edu/education/fellows.html
http://www2.med.umich.edu/healthcen...phys_specialty=&sourcepg=&servicename=&SFlag=
http://www2.med.umich.edu/healthcen...phys_specialty=&sourcepg=&servicename=&SFlag=
http://www.csmc.edu/8237.html
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/9536.html
http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/martin-burke.html
http://www.chw.org/display/PPF/DocID/40244/Nav/1/router.asp
http://www.chw.org/Applications/PPF/Nav/1/DocID/20023/CSG/0/CredentialingID/1417/PhysHomePage.asp
http://www.rileyhospital.org/physicians/profile.jsp?id=380
http://www.rileyhospital.org/physicians/profile.jsp?id=643
http://www.rileyhospital.org/physicians/profile.jsp?id=339
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/pediatrics/fellowships/index.html
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