Just shadowed a D.O

[gotgame83]

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Thats it its official DO's are everywhere, I love it.
I went with my sister today to the oncologists office for her chemo and the room filled up pretty quickly. She must of told them last time that im trying to go to med school. Well the head nurse grabbed me, threw a white coat on me and i shadowed the doctor for 5 hours. I asked him about his DO degree and he said he graduated in the first class at UMDNJ-SOM.

It was truely a great experience. Obviously being an oncologist your not going to be doing OMM but i think just his overall attitude is what being a DO is all about. Sorry for just rambling on, I just got back an hour ago and thought id share.

 

[DRJME]

Thats it its official DO's are everywhere, I love it.
I went with my sister today to the oncologists office for her chemo and the room filled up pretty quickly. She must of told them last time that im trying to go to med school. Well the head nurse grabbed me, threw a white coat on me and i shadowed the doctor for 5 hours. I asked him about his DO degree and he said he graduated in the first class at UMDNJ-SOM.

It was truely a great experience. Obviously being an oncologist your not going to be doing OMM but i think just his overall attitude is what being a DO is all about. Sorry for just rambling on, I just got back an hour ago and thought id share.

Don't be sorry for sharing great information! It is always good to here that DOs are out there and they are making a difference!!! 🙂

 

[crys20]

what i want to know is did you get a letter out of him 😀

 

[gotgame83]

what i want to know is did you get a letter out of him 😀

haha, he was a great guy. My sister has to go back there tomorrow and friday so its better if i take her so her husband can go to work. So hopefully ill be shadowing him again tomorrow. Im sure if i need a letter he would help out, and i might just get one just so i have it. Yea, sometimes i read threads on here about DO's having a hard time doing things other then family medicine and internal. Thats BS, i live in NJ and i looked in my insurance book the other night, DO's are everywhere and in everything.

It was still kind of funny though. He has pictures all over his office of different football players he has met and different plaques from giving donations. And the one plaque was from a local church to whom he donated money and i guess they just assumed he was an MD because they engraved it Dr.__ _____ M.D. i dunno just made me laugh.

 

[crys20]

i know what you mean....i was shadowing yesterday and the doc had recieved an invite to some continuing education thing and it said her name, MD. also when i did a web search for her a while back one site had it as MD.