Grey’s Anatomy, Seinfeld, and DO tattoos: Top pop culture and lifestyle stories

Whether you love to spot the inaccuracies in medical dramas from your couch, have Seinfeld catchphrases “tattooed on your brain” or are a theater buff, you’ll enjoy these stories about pop culture, lifestyle and DOs.

1. ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ vs. real-life residency: You already know how this turns out

While the hit medical show, now in its 15th season, continues to garner rave reviews, Amanda Kirzner, DO, MPH, says real-world residency is nothing like the thrill-a-minute world at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital.

2. Scene-stealing Matilda actor is now a DO

While his first love was acting, James Karz, DO, grew to love osteopathic medicine’s focus on helping the whole patient. Profiled in 2015 when he was still a medical student, Dr. Karz told The DO that he applies lessons from his acting days to medicine. “You can’t always expect things to go smoothly. You have to be prepared for anything to happen,” he said.

3.  Top 6 medical moments from Seinfeld – and what doctors can learn from them

Despite being an epic comedy about “nothing,” Seinfeld managed to cover almost everything about everyday life, including health, medicine and doctors, with hilarious results.

4. How 2 DOs turned their passion for Broadway into producing a Tony Award-winning musical

In 2018, Drs. Jeffrey Grove and Michael Jackowitz became Tony Award-winning producers when “Once on This Island” was recognized for Best Revival of a Musical.

5. Should doctors show their tattoos at work? DOs speak out

As entertainers and celebrities embrace their tattoos, so has the medical profession and DOs. Jedidiah Ballard, DO, and several other physicians are in favor of ink, with some saying it helps them connect to their patients. But other DOs say they don’t think tattoos belong in a medical workplace.