Osteopathic path to Heme/Oncology

[biggKman]

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I am currently a second year student at an Osteopathic medical school. I am very interested in going into Heme/Onc. I was wondering if it is best to enter into a dually accredited IM residency and then apply to allopathic fellowships? Or is doing an allopathic (ACGME) IM residency a better option? Would I have to complete an internship year before entering into an allopathic IM residency? Does anyone know what allopathic programs in the Eastern US are more DO friendly or are most pretty accepting?

Any and all information is greatly appreciated...

 

[bleeker10]

I am currently a second year student at an Osteopathic medical school. I am very interested in going into Heme/Onc. I was wondering if it is best to enter into a dually accredited IM residency and then apply to allopathic fellowships? Or is doing an allopathic (ACGME) IM residency a better option? Would I have to complete an internship year before entering into an allopathic IM residency? Does anyone know what allopathic programs in the Eastern US are more DO friendly or are most pretty accepting?

Any and all information is greatly appreciated...

We just had a DO Heme/Onc lecture us this week. He did his IM in Pittsburgh (not sure which program) and then did a heme/onc fellowship in MI (again not exactly sure where). Now he works at the University of Nebraska Med Center and focuses on multiple myeloma. I know this doesn't answer your question exactly but maybe it will help you out still.

 

[DrWBD]

I am currently a second year student at an Osteopathic medical school. I am very interested in going into Heme/Onc. I was wondering if it is best to enter into a dually accredited IM residency and then apply to allopathic fellowships? Or is doing an allopathic (ACGME) IM residency a better option? Would I have to complete an internship year before entering into an allopathic IM residency? Does anyone know what allopathic programs in the Eastern US are more DO friendly or are most pretty accepting?

Any and all information is greatly appreciated...

If you want an ACGME fellowship, do an ACGME residency. Preferably, a solid university program with in-house fellowship programs that have taken DOs in the past.

Unless you plan to practice in a state that does not allow DOs to practice without a rotating internship or a Resolution 42 exemption, don't even bother with an AOA residency or dual-accredited program.

 

[biggKman]

Thanks for the information. I am from PA and I go to school in PA, I'm not dead set on practicing in PA but it is one of the four states that require the rotating internship or reso. 42 exemption.

I am now curious to hear your thoughts on whether or not I need to take USMLE step 1 to be competitive for Allo IM residency. Or will most just accept COMLEX step 1 only with no problem...

Thanks again...

 

[DrWBD]

Thanks for the information. I am from PA and I go to school in PA, I'm not dead set on practicing in PA but it is one of the four states that require the rotating internship or reso. 42 exemption.

I am now curious to hear your thoughts on whether or not I need to take USMLE step 1 to be competitive for Allo IM residency. Or will most just accept COMLEX step 1 only with no problem...

Thanks again...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=687166

 

[dozitgetchahi]

If you want an ACGME fellowship, do an ACGME residency. Preferably, a solid university program with in-house fellowship programs that have taken DOs in the past.

If a DO matches at a solid, university-based allo residency and performs well, how will they be regarded by allo fellowship directors? Are they considered to be on a par with their fellow MD applicants, or not?

 

[Rollo]

If a DO matches at a solid, university-based allo residency and performs well, how will they be regarded by allo fellowship directors? Are they considered to be on a par with their fellow MD applicants, or not?

Why wouldn't they be considered on par with fellow MD applicants who trained in the same type of setting?

 

[dozitgetchahi]

Why wouldn't they be considered on par with fellow MD applicants who trained in the same type of setting?

You'd think, but who knows - there seems to be some degree of stigma attached to being a DO at every level on the allo side.