When Your Doctor is a DO

An MD vs a DO is nothing to worry about because the 2 degrees result in the same type of competent physician.

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[DrEldersAnatomyChannel]

My mom had cancer and was going to a DO. She wanted an MD. Switched her insurance to go to an MD at UCLA. When she got there she told him she had been going to a DO and wanted an MD. The MD chuckled and told her, “We all get the same training, go back to your DO.”

[acwhit]

My cardiologist is a DO. Of all the cardiologists I have had to interact with over the years, he is by far the most attentive. I dread his well-deserved retirement.

[gimmeasecond]

"So whats the difference?"
The difference is that the AOA would like to continue reeling in money

[LianneHutcheson]

I cannot say enough amazing things about my DO. ❤
My first visit, she held my hand as I explained my family health history and cried as I recalled losing my Dad to dementia.
Every time I have a visit with her she asks about my career and family and is so thorough and kind.
When another specialist doctor wouldn’t make time to check my blood levels, she did, and sent me to the ER immediately for a transfusion because I had such extreme blood loss (my hemoglobin was 4.7)
She saved my life.
She is the best doctor, the kindest person, and I am blessed to have her as a physician.

[xSwordLilyx]

My doctor is a DO and she is very good and attentive, and while I am accustomed to back pain because I have scoliosis, she was just doing an exam and told me my back was tight and I had to do yoga or PT. I had not noticed. I got a mat and I don't have to do it much and my back is better.

Honestly I have never had a doctor who actually is willing to put hands on you to heal so much. She has helped me a lot.

[debbyschweighardt]

My husband and I see a DO, and I have found his practice to be more attentive and caring about our wellness, not just about our illness.

[Mason]

As a DO med student, I appreciate this video!

[matthewbernard]

I’ve worked with Do’s and MD’s and the Do’s tend to care more about solving the problem while MDs love solving the symptoms. Same test very different outlooks

[almightyk]

You had me at "I have the same training". That's all I need to know.

[Dad_a_Monk]

Best doctor I ever had is a DO. They're amazing!

[kumar]

MD sticking up for DOs

Hasan really started a thing

[csaulpaugh]

If I could find a DO, I would definitely have them as my doctor. I have so much respect for their approach to medicine and the human body.

[nuunyabizzness]

*me suddenly realizing I need to find myself a DO*

[vintagelady]

DO saved my mom's life when all the docs were saying "Oh, she's just Old, probably never go home. The do thought she had fluid on the brain--put in a shunt, went home in a week, lived for many years.

[harisjaved]

LOL, I was speaking with an MD today and she was telling me to go back to school and get a DO-PhD, I didn’t know what it was so she told me what they do. I have a masters in applied mathematics and I told her if I could go back to school I would go into medicine, and she recommended this DO program. Now I am looking at it. She said a lot of new people who are going to med schools are older folks, not just 24 year olds! In fact she mentioned that at university of Minnesota most people in the med school are now 30-40 year olds!

[judyismsbyjudy]

I worked with DO’s for years as a nurse. That was the kind of doctor I saw as a child. There is an old book I read about Doctor of Osteopathy one of the Doctors wives let me borrow. It was very fascinating and impressive. Back in the day I guess Osteopathic doctors had to have more training d/t the manipulation training. I worked with them all over 46 years. No different. I am partial to D.O.’s. Thank you Dr. Hamilton and Dr. Embry for all you taught this young nurse @21. They were great doctors.

[utsxslv]

DOs are actually my favorite. Where my MD used to just offer more and more pharmaceuticals, my DO is more interested in finding out the cause of something rather than just covering it with a drug. And I absolutely love my MD! She just has different training and a different mindset than my DO.

[preachers]

My dad (who was an RN) said a DO is just a MD who is certified to do more😂😂

[Shirker]

Glad to see this video had a happy ending.

[catlinhollow]

I love my DO. She is much more thorough than any MD ive ever had.