How do I find out more info about DO? don't say google

[universe]

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All the pre-DO people I have talked to are going into primary care. However, I want to go into psychiatry or neurology. Furthermore, I don't see myself solely doing practice. I also want to be involved with research and possibly even public health stuff or consulting.

Therefore, while a DO may not have any limits for my primary care classmates, I am wondering if there may be limits for someone like myself.

Should I just call a bunch of DO schools and try to get in touch with an advisor? What's the best way to get these questions answered?

 

[rocketbooster]

http://www.webcrawler.com

 

[digitlnoize]

All the pre-DO people I have talked to are going into primary care. However, I want to go into psychiatry or neurology. Furthermore, I don't see myself solely doing practice. I also want to be involved with research and possibly even public health stuff or consulting.

Therefore, while a DO may not have any limits for my primary care classmates, I am wondering if there may be limits for someone like myself.

Should I just call a bunch of DO schools and try to get in touch with an advisor? What's the best way to get these questions answered?

Plenty of DO's in psych and neuro. There aren't really any limits. Some of the competitive residencies are supposedly a bit harder to get into, but they're hard to get into anyways, and are always subject to change...

Research...depends on what you mean. Many DO schools don't really have much research going on, but I think we all probably have some. I'm at LECOM-B and while there's not a TON of research, there's certainly a few projects going on you could work on...Many people do a Research elective during 3rd/4th year...or during residency.

I too have found it hard to google "D.O.'s". All you get is a billion results with the word "do". Osteopath(ic) works slightly better. I know there's do-online and opportunities.osteopathic.org (I think) and a few other websites...

FWIW, the primary care tide is turning. It's still somewhat school and class dependent, but if you look at the match lists, there's a good number of people going into other things (anesthesia, rads, IM sub specialties, neuro, ER, etc). Technically, ER/IM/Psych are all primary care too, but who's counting...

To sum it up...no limits. Chillax.

 

[universe]

But can a DO work at an Allopathic School/Hospital? Say I went to TUCOM-NY and wanted to work for NYU (maybe be on the faculty).

 

[NontradICUdoc]

www.osteopathic.org

 

[TexasTriathlete]

But can a DO work at an Allopathic School/Hospital? Say I went to TUCOM-NY and wanted to work for NYU (maybe be on the faculty).

I would say that most DO's who work at hospitals/schools are at allopathic institutions, since there are a lot more allopathic hospitals/schools than osteopathic.

 

[group_theory]

But can a DO work at an Allopathic School/Hospital? Say I went to TUCOM-NY and wanted to work for NYU (maybe be on the faculty).

Yes. Your researching skills are pathetic btw.

Agree with sideways - your researching skills definately need some work

Here is a DO who happens to be a neurologist and on faculty at NYU and works at NYU Medical Center

Enrico Fazzini, DO - Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology (residency at Boston University, fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian)
http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/fazzie01.html

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Agree with sideways - your researching skills definately need some work

Here is a DO who happens to be a neurologist and on faculty at NYU and works at NYU Medical Center

Enrico Fazzini, DO - Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology (residency at Boston University, fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian)
http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/fazzie01.html

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTcR9Gzvwf8[/YOUTUBE]

 

[universe]

Agree with sideways - your researching skills definately need some work

Here is a DO who happens to be a neurologist and on faculty at NYU and works at NYU Medical Center

Enrico Fazzini, DO - Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology (residency at Boston University, fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian)
http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/fazzie01.html

Thanks for the link. I am interested in Parkinson's disease, so reading about him is very helpful. However, I am frustrated that his bio/profile does not say where he got his PhD. I assumed it was a joint PhD/DO program, but his alma mater UMOHS Des Moines does not seem to offer a PhD/DO.

Any more links for me? lol jk

 

[group_theory]

Thanks for the link. I am interested in Parkinson's disease, so reading about him is very helpful. However, I am frustrated that his bio/profile does not say where he got his PhD. I assumed it was a joint PhD/DO program, but his alma mater UMOHS Des Moines does not seem to offer a PhD/DO.

Any more links for me? lol jk

His PhD is in neuropsychology and it was from Boston University.

He's actually a world-renown expert in Parkinson's Disease - he was the doctor who made the initial diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease in Michael J Fox and he served as a consultant to the Vatican for the late John Paul II

http://www.theparkinsonsdoctor.com/

 

[apumic]

www.askjeebs.com/ or www.dictionary.com/do

 

[droogdoc]

Isn't the guy in the video above, who yells "Enrico Pallazo", the guy who stole Pee Wee Herman's bike in one of those movies? Daaaaamn, why do I remember that!

 

[digitlnoize]

Oh. You were asking if a DO could work at an MD school or hospital. Well...only as the Janitor...

But, seriously...yes. There's many DO's in all specialties at pretty much any hospital you can find. Go to your State Board of Medicine website and do a search or something...

Incidentally, it goes the other way too. Most DO schools have more than a few MD's on faculty and vice versa.

You will still find certain places with certain departments that are still slightly perjudiced against DO's for whatever reason...but, as time passes and bigots retire, it's fading fast, and more dependent on specific staff members than on the organization...i.e. not much of a problem anymore...

It's more of an issue of just being a minority. Not that many DO's go into research. Even those of us who want to go into a specialty are in it for the clinical aspects. A few do research, but no matter where you wind up, you'll be a minority. As long as you're ok with that...everyone else will be too...

 

[JanikeyDoc]

All the pre-DO people I have talked to are going into primary care. However, I want to go into psychiatry or neurology. Furthermore, I don't see myself solely doing practice. I also want to be involved with research and possibly even public health stuff or consulting.

Therefore, while a DO may not have any limits for my primary care classmates, I am wondering if there may be limits for someone like myself.

Should I just call a bunch of DO schools and try to get in touch with an advisor? What's the best way to get these questions answered?

I would suggest looking up a DO and asking him or her if you could shadow him or her for a while. As far as specialty training is concerned, a high percentage of DO are beginning to enter specialty programs. In the past you used to be limited to primary care but these days there is a lot of opportunity in other fields. Some people think DOs are "poor man's MDs", which is so false because there are many DOs who practice in upscale areas of the country. There are two Beverly Hills doctors who are DOs and there are some who are professors at the nation's best research hospitals.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

May I suggest calling John Schriner, PhD who is the Director of Admissions at Ohio Uuniversity College of Osteopathic Medicine.

I had one quick question for the college one afternoon and he and I ended up talking for the better part of an hour. If he's got the time it's all yours.

After answering one question he would follow up with "Do you have any other questions?" I mean, like, ten times he did this. Wow! I was racking my brain just to come up with another and another.

Then, he got a call and said he had to go but that he'd call me back! Over the top! Sure enough, the next day he called to continue the conversation.

Great Resource. His number is here.

 

[lawyerdoc2b]

In my journey that we are all traveling together, I went to Amazon.com and searched osteopathic medicine. I found and purchased two books that were most helpful.

One is called "The Difference a D.O. Makes." This book was written by the Executive Director of a state D.O. society - Oklahoma as I recall

The second is "Fire on the Prairie" which a biography of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still - the founder of Osteopathy.

I'm sure that there are other books that will make you sound very much informed as you wright your essays and attend interviews.

 

[danimjo]

I definitely recommend What a Difference a D.O. makes, it is a little outdated, but still completely covers the field, how and why it got started, and how it differs from allopathic. you can get it on amazon for around $4

 

[WhatsNext]

I'm sure this has been mentioned in other threads, but another book to consider is The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America by Norman Gevitz. It desribes the history and evolution of osteopathic medicine. It also goes into detail about some of the past challenges and how the profession overcame those challenges to get where it is today and has some speculations about the future of osteopathic medicine. I'm applying to osteopathic schools this cycle, and I'm glad I read this book. If you decide to get it, make sure you pick up the 2004 edition.

Better yet, you might try to find D.O. neurologists and/or psychologists in your area and see if you can shadow any of them. That way you can get your information from physicians who have already done what you're trying to do. Don't get mad, but you can actually use Google to accomplish this. Just enter the following into the search field: neurologist do {your city}. I've actually found several specialist D.O.s in my area using this method. Best of luck to you.

 

[Van Chowder]

ask.com

 

[MossPoh]

FYI, many people and scholarship programs consider psych primary care.