Put one down for the DO!!!!!!!!

[whatdapho]

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Okay so I don't normally watch the Montel Williams show but I was surfing the tube and started to watch the show. It was about rare genetic diseases and they had this physician who was an expert on rare genetic diseases. They show his name on the screen and what do you know, he is a DO/PhD from MSU. Yay for DO's!!!!!!!!!!! I hope people notice that this doctor doesn't have a MD after his name but a DO. However, I wonder what type of people watch Montel, hehe. Any exposure is good exposure I guess. It's a definitely better exposure than the Hydroxycut guy...muahaha

 

[Taus]

its nice to see...but realistically I doubt anyone (besides medical professionals) noticed the degree if it wasn't specifically talked about

 

[jkhamlin]

Okay so I don't normally watch the Montel Williams show but I was surfing the tube and started to watch the show. It was about rare genetic diseases and they had this physician who was an expert on rare genetic diseases. They show his name on the screen and what do you know, he is a DO/PhD from MSU. Yay for DO's!!!!!!!!!!! I hope people notice that this doctor doesn't have a MD after his name but a DO. However, I wonder what type of people watch Montel, hehe. Any exposure is good exposure I guess. It's a definitely better exposure than the Hydroxycut guy...muahaha

I share your sentiment, however, I've noticed on TV, half the time when some expert is presented as "doctor" so and so, most of the time they don't even give their degree, and when they do, they don't say what it is in. Even worse, these journalists are supposed to be well spoken and written (yeah right 🙄 ), but they will plaster someone's name on the screen Dr. ___________, PhD. You either introduce them as Dr. ___________, or you introduce them as ___________, PhD, not both. If you are trying to set them up as some kind of relevant expert, you should give their actual credentials including, if they are a physician, what their certified specialty is. What if they're talking about astro physics and their PhD is in English? 😡 Apparently no one cares but me.

 

[Yes_I_DO]

I share your sentiment, however, I've noticed on TV, half the time when some expert is presented as "doctor" so and so, most of the time they don't even give their degree, and when they do, they don't say what it is in. Even worse, these journalists are supposed to be well spoken and written (yeah right 🙄 ), but they will plaster someone's name on the screen Dr. ___________, PhD. You either introduce them as Dr. ___________, or you introduce them as ___________, PhD, not both. If you are trying to set them up as some kind of relevant expert, you should give their actual credentials including, if they are a physician, what their certified specialty is. What if they're talking about astro physics and their PhD is in English? 😡 Apparently no one cares but me.

I know what you mean. There was actually a whole article about this in the AOA I think. (And I dont wanna hear any crap about the source!) I do think it's important to specify someone's degree b/c ppl talk about all kinds of BS that they may have no real basis for. But if they have Dr. in front of their name, their listening audience will far too often take everything they say as gospel truth. But if I know the guy has a PhD in English but he's talking about astro physics, I can decide what weight to place on his opinion, as an informed consumer of info. True, not everyone has a goal of evaluating the source of their info, but the tools should be available for those who wish to use them.

 

[mrjbb]

Yeah it is nice to see that, but I dont know if to many people besides people in the Medical field saw and noticed that. I hope that other people did notice so they know that not all Physicians are MD's, but in reality ALOT of people are either A) Misinformed about DO's, B) They know about DO but choose to be ignorant and make believe they don't exist, or C)Don't think DO's are REAL doctors so they tend to try to step all over them. ( o yeah both A and C fall into the Ignorant category!)

 

[seismicCHICK]

the gastroenterologist from "supersize me" is a DO

 

[PlasticMan]

the gastroenterologist from "supersize me" is a DO

I believe she is a NYCOM grad. 😎

 

[SleepPsych72]

The Guy from big brother Will whatever was a D.O. from Nova Southeastern. He won big brother in the past I believe. He was a dermatologist.

 

[jkhamlin]

the gastroenterologist from "supersize me" is a DO

Never saw it, never plan to. That movie was pure sensationalism, and pseudoscience. I hope it wasn't too much of an embarassment that a DO was in it.

 

[nrut88]

The Guy from big brother Will whatever was a D.O. from Nova Southeastern. He won big brother in the past I believe. He was a dermatologist.

Really? I thought he said he was a plastic surgeon? Where did you find out his info? I love big brother and Will is definitely my all time favorite. lol thanks

 

[chaeymaey]

It's actually a really good movie. I also wasn't interested in seeing it, but I had to watch it for a Nutrition class and really liked it. The reaction of the 3 doctors in the film to the changes in Spurlock's body were priceless.

 

[Bluemirage]

On the subject of D.O.'s on T.V. shows, Dr. Michael Thornton D.O. was featured in "Trauma: Life in the ER" during his general surgery residency at Grant Medical Center. He went on to complete his trauma/critical care fellowship at the famous University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He is now a successful surgeon in Dallas. Another is Dr. Stephen Fletcher, D.O. He is the chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at UT-Houston and was featured on a live global web-cast for surgery of a Chiari Malformation as the lead surgeon. Both are graduates of TCOM. Anything is possible with hard work and personal conviction regardless of the initials behind your name.

 

[J1515]

I hope people notice that this doctor doesn't have a MD after his name but a DO.

The only people who will notice are pre-meds and people on SDN. The general patient population doesn't care.

 

[amathew]

along those lines, i remember reading somewhere that the medical supervisor of ER was a DO. I don't know if it is still true, but I think I learned this a couple of years ago when I was just getting to understand osteopathic medicine.

 

[Huntr]

hey guys....here's the show.👍

http://www.montelshow.com/show/?showID=5021

 

[MossPoh]

The Guy from big brother Will whatever was a D.O. from Nova Southeastern. He won big brother in the past I believe. He was a dermatologist.

I think he actually did his residency in family practice, and kind of honed in on dermatology. I don't believe he actually did a dermatology residency.