What does DO mean after a physician's name?

Answer 1

DO education is not as scientific based one as the MD education in general. DO education started by an MD for business and economic reasons to accept substandard candidates to give them a type education that is less rigorous and less scientific. Even today no good candidate would decline an MD medical school admission to an U S Medical school only to go to a DO school.

The average MCAT scores and good undergraduate GPAs are far below for DO schools' admissions than for MD schools' admissions. Medical Schools admission Statistics are very clear on this fact. People should be truthful to the public.

Because of scarcity of health care providers for the military and VA hospitals and they can not always attract the MD applicants, the Federal Government asked those systems to accept DOs as equivalent out of dire need but not based on merit. This gave a ticket to DOs to become trained in MD training programs.

Answer 2

In the US it means Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and is very similar to a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree, although it is a slightly different training program with additional emphasis on wellness and preventive care of the human body and sometimes with use of some manipulation (like Chiropractors do) of spinal, bone and joint position. Their licenses allow them to do basically all the same functions of an MD, such as prescription of medications, surgery, and specialty training.

Answer 3

Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO). A DO has more training than an MD in certain areas like muscular/skeletal manipulation.

An MD is trained to deal with disease as it affects a certain part of the body. A DO is trained to deal with disease as it affects the entire body. (Like Allergies do)

Both have 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 2 to 6 years of practice in a hospital or clinical setting.

Answer 4

An MD went to medical school, and a DO went to a school of osteopathy.

Answer 5

It means "Doctor of Osteopathy" (diseases of the bones).
It means "Doctor of Osteopathy" (diseases of the bones).

Answer 6

The initials MD after a physician's name stands for Doctor of Medicine.

Answer 7

The letters DO after a physician's name stand for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.