Treating the whole patient is essential in this specialty, DOs say, because skin conditions can have profound implications for physical and mental health.
Neurosurgeons are not necessarily smarter or more dexterous than physicians in other demanding surgical specialties.
Occupational and preventive medicine specialists enjoy comfortable work-life balance, varied career options and bright job prospects.
“Pathologists must be definitive,” says Jack S. Moskowitz, DO. “When I see cancer, I call it, but I have to be absolutely sure.”
“We are seeing a renaissance of people—patients and MDs especially—who seek DOs who do OMT,” says NMM/OMM specialist.
Mutual attraction characterizes the relationship between the specialty and osteopathic physicians.
DO anesthesiologists describe their field as fast-paced and demanding, yet amenable to family life and personal time.