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

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we will be speaking with Dr. Margaret Wilson, the current dean at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, the founding school of osteopathy. Dr. Wilson actually grew up in Kirksville, Missouri, and is a graduate of the very same school.  She did a rotating internship in Ohio, became a family practitioner, and worked with the National...

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. AACOM is the organization that supports the 37 accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States. Dr. Cain is a pulmonologist by trade and graduated from Ohio University Heritage...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Aston is a Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus who did a family practice residency at Unity Health in Arkansas and completed further training in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) at the University of North Texas. He currently works at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's family medicine clinic and residency. In addition to these acc...

Send us Fan Mail Today on D.O. or Do Not , we venture slightly “off the path” to try and help medical students applying for residencies in the “new post-graduate education” system. To give some historical background, there previously were separate residency programs sponsored by the American Osteopathic Association (DO) and the American College of Graduate Medical Education (MD). Graduates of oste...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of D.O. or Do Not , we interview Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum. Dr. Steinbaum is a board-certified cardiologist who has devoted her career not just to the treatment of heart disease but more importantly to its prevention.  Although she has had impressive post-doctoral training in allopathic institutions, there is no question that her philosophy is osteopathic. Dr. Steinbau...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we will be speaking with Dr. John Thurman. Dr. Thurman is a family medicine physician who attended medical school at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency training at MacNeal Memorial Hospital in 2015. Dr. Thurman’s history of leadership, however,  predates his career in medicine. Before medical school, Dr....

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Humayun “Hank” J. Chaudhry is president and chief executive officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) of the United States. The FSMB is the umbrella agency for all state medical licensing boards. Dr. Chaudhry graduated from New York University, NYITCOM, and Harvard School of Public Health. He is board-certified in internal medicine and completed his residency tr...

Send us Fan Mail "It's not about giving back. It's about paying it forward."  Dr. Nichols is a true trailblazer. She worked as a family practitioner and became the first female dean at the Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she served for 16 years. During this time, she was elected president of the American Osteopathic Association. When we inte...

Send us Fan Mail Currently, Dr. Katof has a busy internal medical practice, working with a physician assistant, and is employed by a large healthcare organization. Dr. Katof practices in a small suburb of New York City and cares for thousands of patients, sometimes spanning three generations in one family. He went to the elite University of Pennsylvania for his undergraduate education. After evalu...

Send us Fan Mail Please note we are not offering any individual financial advice in this episode; if you have questions, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. In Part I of this episode, Dr. Ian Storch, D.O., has agreed to answer personal financial questions and share with us the decisions that he made during his physician’s journey. These choices, right or wrong, will be laid out as the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our twelfth episode. Today, we have Dr. Tara Liberman. Dr. Liberman specializes in geriatric and palliative medicine. She graduated from NYITCOM in 2001 and completed her residency and fellowship at North Shore Manhasset. Dr. Liberman is an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine and currently serves as associate chief of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine,...

Send us Fan Mail Usually, we interview physicians; in this episode, however, we made an exception. We hope that this interview can provide insight for pre-medical students hoping to apply to osteopathic medical school.  Janette Martin serves as director of admissions at Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. She came to Idaho from Tennessee, where she worked as the director of admissions of an ost...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mirtha Macri is an emergency medicine physician in the new Netflix hit series " Lenox Hill ." She graduated from NYITCOM in 2008 and subsequently completed her residency at St. Luke's Hospital, now known as Mt. Sinai West. Dr. Macri will discuss important attributes needed for an emergency medicine physician, insight and tips into the residency process, her pers...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jason Golbin is the system chief quality officer and senior vice president of the Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Not only does Dr. Golbin oversee thousands of executive decisions, he is also board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonology, sleep medicine, critical care, as well as neuro-critical care. He obtained his medical degree from NYITCOM. He completed his in...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Colleen McCally graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006 and went on to specialize in anesthesiology. She completed her residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Columbia Hospital and her fellowship at the New York School of Regional Anesthesia. In addition to practicing clinical anesthesiology, she is also the assistant director of East Shore Ambulatory Sur...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode in our new resident series.  In this episode, we will be talking with Dr. Matthew Rosenzweig, an incoming abdominal transplant fellow at Baylor University Medical Center in Texas.

Send us Fan Mail This is our first episode in our new resident series.  In this episode, we will be talking with Dr. Ryan Moncman, a neurosurgical resident at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Send us Fan Mail Approach it with a good attitude, defined as:  working with diligence and a smile understand that the patient is always watching Dr. David Elkowitz comes from a line of physicians, with his father being one of the founders of NYITCOM.  He trained as a pathologist and found early on in his career that he had a passion and skill for teaching students.    For years, he was a professo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our third episode. We hope that you and your family are staying safe and healthy during these challenging times. Our podcast will continue to give you high-quality interviews with relevant information from the safety of our homes.  For our interview, we have Dr. Adena Leder, a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in movement disorders. Dr. Leder graduate...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of D.O. or Do Not , we will be talking with Dr. David Galinkin. Dr. Galinkin is an infectious disease expert who graduated from NYITCOM in 1998, did his IM residency at North Shore Manhasset, and completed his ID fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Today, he will take us through his journey in medicine and give us his thoughts on the COVID-19 s...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Matt Nelson is an emergency medicine physician who received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from NYITCOM in 2001 and trained in emergency medicine at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. He was selected as chief resident in his final year and subsequently completed a fellowship in emergency ultrasound. In addition to his numerous publications, he became prog...

Send us Fan Mail In the first episode, we delve into the career path of Dr. Ian Storch, an accomplished gastroenterologist and founder of this series. Tune in to discover how he overcame numerous obstacles throughout his professional career as well as invaluable advice regarding how he achieved his career goals. 

Send us Fan Mail Osteopathic Medicine is a distinct pathway for training physicians in the United States. There are currently 34 schools that have trained more than 145,000 practicing physicians. Osteopathic medicine has a holistic approach at its core and has historically been geared toward training primary care physicians.  Learn who we are, why we're doing this, and what this podcast is ab...