Job market for D.O. in San Francisco

[toothless rufus]

Ok, so it seems that it is impossible to land a residency actually in sf as a DO, but how difficult is it to find employment?

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[igcgnerd]

Really cus depending on the residency there a a good number of DO's. Take internal medicine for instance there are plenty of DO's at SF kaiser, St mary's, California pacific....

 

[toothless rufus]

Really cus depending on the residency there a a good number of DO's. Take internal medicine for instance there are plenty of DO's at SF kaiser, St mary's, California pacific....

Oh, that's cool! I must have missed sf kaiser when I checked the program's residents webpage, and I was especially interested in California Pacific that didn't list their residents. I wonder if their psychiatry program takes DOs? I'm undecided still, but interested in IM (hospitalist), psych, or maybe PM&R. Who knows! Thanks!

 

[rockdascrubs786]

I'm sure its not hard for a DO to find work in SF....its in America.

 

[igcgnerd]

Oh, that's cool! I must have missed sf kaiser when I checked the program's residents webpage, and I was especially interested in California Pacific that didn't list their residents. I wonder if their psychiatry program takes DOs? I'm undecided still, but interested in IM (hospitalist), psych, or maybe PM&R. Who knows! Thanks!

Well PM and R never has a shortage of DO residents. I can't speak to SF specifically but Davis has them. Half of the NYU PMR residents are from NYCOM.

 

[JaggerPlate]

Ok, so it seems that it is impossible to land a residency actually in sf as a DO, but how difficult is it to find employment?

The same as it is for an MD ... not hard. Doctors are always in demand.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Most DO's cannot get jobs, and they end up working as baristas at starbucks. And that's cool, because starbucks is a good company that treats their employees well.

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[toothless rufus]

The same as it is for an MD ... not hard. Doctors are always in demand.

Most DO's cannot get jobs, and they end up working as baristas at starbucks. And that's cool, because starbucks is a good company that treats their employees well.

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lol

Ok, cool. I am just concerned because sf seems to be such a MD dominated place in terms of residencies that it might also spill over into difficulties finding a job as well. I'm in sf right now visiting friends, and I just might want to move here someday.I see that there are a fair number of DOs in nearby residencies outside the city though. Maybe I should go bug some DOs who work here, lol!

 

[theserbatron]

Most DO's cannot get jobs, and they end up working as baristas at starbucks. And that's cool, because starbucks is a good company that treats their employees well.

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i've always wanted to have that gig, but never got around to it.

 

[MossPoh]

I don't want to get involved with any drink that takes two full breaths to say.

 

[Lamborghini1315]

From what i heard...california is notorious for being unwelcoming to out of state medical graduates. In regards to DO's..most of the DO's that find ample opportunities tend to be in state as well..idk this is what i was told by a bunch of good friends. CA has quite a lot of medical schools and i can see why they might not need an outside source for doctors..also they do have some of the most competitive residencies in the country.

 

[drusso]

lol

Ok, cool. I am just concerned because sf seems to be such a MD dominated place in terms of residencies that it might also spill over into difficulties finding a job as well. I'm in sf right now visiting friends, and I just might want to move here someday.I see that there are a fair number of DOs in nearby residencies outside the city though. Maybe I should go bug some DOs who work here, lol!

There are DO's there. At least there were when I lived there in the heydey of the dot-com 1990's! Persevere.

 

[CorpuSpongiosum]

There is a special demand for OMM in the gay community specifically treating bath house accidents. Think Trazodone.

 

[kpresidency]

Toothless, all 3 Kaiser IM programs in the Bay Area (Oakland, SF, and Santa Clara) currently have DO's in their residencies.

http://residency.kp.org/ncal/

 

[igcgnerd]

Kaiser Oakland's peds had a DO chief resident last year along w/ their IM program.

 

[rddoms]

A DO anesthesiologist that I met during undergrad got a fellowship in SF, and stayed there for work. She said that there are a lot more DO's than you would think.

 

[heech]

In addition to all of the Kaiser programs... there are also a number of DO residents at the St. Mary's Internal Medicine program, also in SF. One of the chief residents last year was a DO.

And there's a huge number of DO residents all around the Bay Area, if you're not stuck in the city of SF itself. Alameda County Medical Center has numerous DOs, for example. Stanford has had several DOs.