question about practicing DO's

[Red Devil]

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Is it true that DO's can only really practice in rural areas of the country? This is what I've heard from most people, so I was just wondering if this is really true. Thanks!

 

[Dies Irae]

Is it true that DO's can only really practice in rural areas of the country? This is what I've heard from most people, so I was just wondering if this is really true. Thanks!

It's not true. Do a search on DOs practicing in NYC.

 

[tkim]

Is it true that DO's can only really practice in rural areas of the country? This is what I've heard from most people, so I was just wondering if this is really true. Thanks!

Well, there's at least *one* guy doing work at Harvard:

http://cme.med.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/hmscme.cgi?SECTION=CLASSES&ID=00251286&SO=N

You really ought to do a search on this subject, as it has been hashed to death. And, don't believe everything you hear.

 

[Fenrezz]

Is it true that DO's can only really practice in rural areas of the country? This is what I've heard from most people, so I was just wondering if this is really true. Thanks!

Yes it is absolutely true. Unfortunately, as of yet, DO's haven't earned practice rights in villages over 12,398 people (by the most recent census). Hopefully a few more years of lobbying in Washington will change all that.

Just curious, are you asking for a friend or have you switched your interest from dentistry to osteopathic medicine in the last 2 weeks.

 

[tkim]

Just curious, are you asking for a friend or have you switched your interest from dentistry to osteopathic medicine in the last 2 weeks.

Well, teeth are kinda like bones ...

 

[Fenrezz]

Well, teeth are kinda like bones ...

True.

Is there OMT for teeth? HVLA on the cuspids perhaps?

 

[bob13]

at U of Miami, they don't even let this guy come within 20 miles of the city limit. He can only treat patient in the Everglades!
http://neurosurgery.med.miami.edu/faculty.asp#383

 

[bob13]

at U of Miami, they don't even let this guy come within 20 miles of the city limit. He can only treat patient in the Everglades!
http://neurosurgery.med.miami.edu/faculty.asp#383

 

[dr.z]

I have seen a bunch in L.A. area, but maybe I'm mistaken...

 

[Dies Irae]

at U of Miami, they don't even let this guy come within 20 miles of the city limit. He can only treat patient in the Everglades!
http://neurosurgery.med.miami.edu/faculty.asp#383

one of these things is NOT like the others...

Does he have his own facilities (i.e. a straw hut in the swamp)?