D.O. or Do Not: The Osteopathic Physician's Journey for Premed & Medical Students

Send us Fan Mail Today, we will be interviewing Dr. Amir Khiabani, a first year resident in the University of South Florida emergency medicine residency program at Tampa General Hospital.  Amir joined the DO or Do Not Podcast team during the second year and was the second  producer. Having worked as a chemist and teacher  before attending the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Amir has had a...

Send us Fan Mail  On this episode we are thrilled to interview Dr. Nii Darko also known on his podcast “Docs Outside the Box” as Dr. Nii.  He will tell us about why he started podcasting as well as how he chose the specialty of Trauma Surgery.  He will explain what Locum Tenens work is and why he feels it fits his life and goals.   Dr. Darko will discuss his journey from Lehigh University  to Kans...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode we interview Dr. Bernadette Riley, the current director of New York Institute of Technology's Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)/Hypermobility Treatment Center and an associate professor of Family Medicine. For those of you that don’t know EDS is a a group of rare inherited conditions that affect connective tissue.  Dr. Riley cares for these special patients and...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we focus on  Women in Osteopathic Medicine.  We have the honor of interviewing Dr. Thomas Quinn the author of "The Feminine Touch: History of Women in Osteopathic Medicine". Dr. Quinn is military and family practice physician who transitioned from clinical practice into academic medicine teaching at the Lake Erie college of osteopathic medicine br...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tyler Cymet, D.O is an internal medicine physician in Baltimore, Maryland who has had an amazing and diverse career both in clinical practice and organized medicine. We were excited when Dr. Cymet reached out to us to be a guest on our podcast!  Dr. Cymet did his undergraduate studies at Emory University and continued his medical education at Nova Southeastern University. He ...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Robert Cain is the current president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, also known as AACOM. Every osteopathic student has communicated with AACOM directly or indirectly  as the organization that supports the 37 accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States. Dr. Cain is a pulmonologist who graduated from Ohio University...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the DO or Do Not podcast, we interview Sandra Snyder, DO. Dr. Snyder is the Program Director of the Family Medicine residency program at the Cleveland Clinic. It is with pride that we speak with Dr. Snyder, an Osteopathic Physician who leads a program at one of the most prestigious institutions in the country. For those of you who are not familiar with the Cleve...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode features Noshir Amaria D.O. Dr. Amaria is currently one of the team physicians for the Wolverine football team at the University of Michigan, a division 1 school as well as a member of the Big 10.  Dr. Amaria will discuss his discovery of sports medicine in high school, which led him to become an athletic trainer. He will tell us how meeting a small group of inspir...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 2022 the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic medicine or AACOM graciously invited the D.O. or do not podcast to attend their national meeting, “Educating Leaders” conference in Denver, Colorado. Our two producers, Lerone Cark, MS-II at the New York Institute of technology college of osteopathic medicine and Brooke Pillegi, MS-II at the Alabama college of os...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tala Kassm D.O. is a board-certified Ophthalmologist who specializes in the treatment of glaucoma and cataracts. She received her medical education from A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, completed residency at the University of Louisville in Kentucky followed by a glaucoma fellowship at the Storm Eye Institute Medical University of South Carolina...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Adam Goodcoff is a third-year emergency medicine resident at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and started "The Med Life" with co-founder and CCO, Josh Opitz, with the intention to bring medicine and social media together through a blend of education and entertainment. Dr. Goodcoff posts amusing...

Send us Fan Mail The D.O. or Do Not podcast had the significant honor to be invited to the OMED conference in October. This is the largest gathering of osteopathic physicians, students, and advocates in the nation! Our team had the privilege to conduct several mini-interviews with students during this action-packed weekend and we have patched them together in this episode for our listeners to enjo...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the DO or Do Not podcast, we have Dr. Margaret Wilson, Dean of ATSU Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. ATSU is the oldest/founding osteopathic school and is located in Kirksville, Missouri. We first interviewed Dr. Wilson 2 years ago on episode 21 and are excited to have her back on the podcast. Today’s episode is focused on the pre-medical perspective. We will d...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Manish Sharma is a graduate of the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency in emergency medicine. He is an associate professor at the Cornell Weill School of Medicine and currently serves as the chairman of emergency medicine at New York Presbyterian Queens. He holds an MBA and has extensive leadership experience. He has a long history as a success...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the D.O. or Do Not Podcast, we interview Dr. Laura Wolfe a non-invasive cardiologist and mother of 2. Dr. Wolfe attended medical school at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic medicine, completed her internal medicine residency at NYU-Winthrop Hospital, and continued to pursue a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at that institution. She currently works with a...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 2022, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) graciously invited the D.O. or Do Not Podcast to attend their national meeting, the “Educating Leaders” conference, in Denver, Colorado. Our two producers, Lerone Cark, MS-II at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Brooke Pillegi, MS-II at the Alabama College...

Send us Fan Mail Today on D.O. or Do Not, we interview Dr. Matthew Mené. After our discussion with professional comedian David Siegel in episode 66, we thought it would be interesting to speak with a D.O. urologist about what “really goes on” with a physician when a male has issues with infertility. Dr. Mené will speak about his journey into osteopathic medicine starting with a seven-year program,...

Send us Fan Mail Joining us today in this episode of D.O. or Do Not is Dr. Natasha Bray, Interim Dean at the Oklahoma State University College of Medicine (OSUCOM) at the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dr. Bray earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from OSUCOM and completed her internship as a chief intern physician at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 2022, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) graciously invited the D.O. or Do Not Podcast to attend their national meeting, the “Educating Leaders” conference, in Denver, Colorado. Our two producers, Lerone Cark, MS-II at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Brooke Pillegi, MS-II at the Alabama College...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the D.O. or DO Not Podcast. My name is Ben Berg, a “nontraditional" premedical student who graduated from Albany University and is now doing postgraduate work at Hunter College in New York to get ready to apply to osteopathic schools for the 2023 application cycle. I was lucky enough to attend AACOMs “Educating Leaders 2022” conference in Denver, Colorado.  Attendi...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 2022, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) graciously invited the D.O. or Do Not Podcast to attend their national meeting, the “Educating Leaders” conference, in Denver, Colorado. Our two producers, Lerone Cark, MS-II at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Brooke Pillegi, MS-II at the Alabama College...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 2022, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) graciously invited the D.O. or Do Not Podcast to attend their national meeting, the “Educating Leaders” conference, in Denver, Colorado. Our two producers, Lerone Cark, MS-II at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Brooke Pillegi, MS-II at the Alabama College...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we interview Dr. Philip Nizza, D.O., a board-certified infectious disease physician. Dr. Nizza went to medical school at NYITCOM, followed by a three-year internal medicine residency at North Shore University Hospital and ultimately a two-year infectious disease fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, arguably the most prestigious cancer center in t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the D.O. or DO Not Podcast. My name is Ben Berg, a “nontraditional" premedical student who graduated from Albany University and is now doing postgraduate work at Hunter College in New York to prepare to apply to osteopathic schools for the 2023 application cycle. I was lucky enough to attend AACOM's “Educating Leaders 2022” conference in Denver, Colorado. Atte...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 2022, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) graciously invited the D.O. or do not podcast to attend their national meeting, the “Educating Leaders” conference, in Denver, Colorado. Our two producers, Lerone Cark, MS-II at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Brooke Pillegi, MS-II at the Alabama College...