Famous DOs
Started by callipygian
The search function will bring up a much better list, but just off the top of my head:
Dr. Will Kirby of Dr. 90210 and Big Brother fame is a DO from NOVA, the current head of space medicine at Nasa who helped with the Chilean minor crisis is a DO from KCOM, Several Presidents (including Clinton) had DOs as their official docs, the Dr. who officially diagnosed the last pope with Parkinson's is a very famous DO neurologist, the current head of the federal state medical board association is a DO, etc, etc, etc.
Dr. Will Kirby of Dr. 90210 and Big Brother fame is a DO from NOVA, the current head of space medicine at Nasa who helped with the Chilean minor crisis is a DO from KCOM, Several Presidents (including Clinton) had DOs as their official docs, the Dr. who officially diagnosed the last pope with Parkinson's is a very famous DO neurologist, the current head of the federal state medical board association is a DO, etc, etc, etc.
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Ronnie from Jersey Shore visited a DO to get his a** checked.
I remember reading this a while back. I think only one post was serious and the rest....well, typical SDN.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=64176
Lol. Seriously? I've been missing a lot this season 🙁.
Haha, yeah. He went to get a colonoscopy (I think) and when they displayed the doc's name it was Yadayada, DO.
He has advertisements and locations all over socal. Must be doing pretty well for himself.
Maurizio Miglietta. Couldn't tell you which school he went to, but I know where he went after that. He did a surgery residency and then was the first DO accepted at University of Maryland's shock trauma fellowship (considered the best in the nation for trauma). He went on to be the head of trauma for Bellevue for a while, and is currently the head of trauma for Columbia Presbyterian.
Oh and he is Obama's personal surgeon when he is in the NYC area. Interesting, Miglietta's brother is Obama's physician when he is in the NYC area. Nepotism? hahaha.
Oh and he also funded the "mobile trauma unit" a group of trauma surgeons who provide healthcare to the secret service. And in his free time he sells kits to heal GSR and other ballistic traumas to police forces and the army. The dude is a pimp. He also never took the USMLE. Only COMLEX and charisma from this guy.
Oh and he is Obama's personal surgeon when he is in the NYC area. Interesting, Miglietta's brother is Obama's physician when he is in the NYC area. Nepotism? hahaha.
Oh and he also funded the "mobile trauma unit" a group of trauma surgeons who provide healthcare to the secret service. And in his free time he sells kits to heal GSR and other ballistic traumas to police forces and the army. The dude is a pimp. He also never took the USMLE. Only COMLEX and charisma from this guy.
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Don't forget the guy that inspired the television show The Fugitive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheppard
does that count as famous? Interesting none the less.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheppard
does that count as famous? Interesting none the less.
Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, sorry I couldn't resist the urge.
That dudes a hero right there.
Joseph Mercola, D.O. - http://www.drmercola.com/
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Not trolling, check all my prior posts. Posted the web link for anyone interested in reading about his practice. Not sure how this would be considered trolling. Also, he is pretty well known in Chicago.
I guess I was answering the OPs original question. I guess because of issues with some aspects of his practice that it may not have been the best example. However, he has a financially successful practice and is well know..
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Hero, M.D. ... errr, I mean D.O. Our bad - Time Magazine.
Certainly I don't think you were trolling, I just think DocE was more-or-less referencing the fact that certain aspects of Mercola's beliefs regarding healthcare are non-traditional at best and harmful at worst (read: he's in the immunizations are bad camp, among other things) and that his site primarily peddles wares in nearly every story it publishes and that all of this is the type of notoriety DOs as a whole have been trying to avoid.
I agree with you on that, and don't agree with a lot of his views either. I know a lot of DOs and MDs in the Chicago area that do share his belief. Either way, sorry for the bad example.
Yea. I was just thinking that he has a few (not tons, though) crazy views that i think are very much what we want to distance from. and then him shilling his wares in every article, thats just a personal quality of his I dislike.
Interesting. I just can't believe a physician who went to school in the US believes immunizations are bad. Might as well be one of those who think HIV doesn't cause AIDS.
"HIV doesnt cause aids, the govt does."
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