ABOUT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Is there a D.O. after your doctor's name?
Osteopathic Physicians provide complete care for you and your family.
What is a D.O.?
Is there a D.O. after your doctor's name? If so, then your physician is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
Osteopathic physicians offer their patients the most comprehensive care available in medicine today. They are licensed to use the full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including prescribing medicine, delivering babies, and performing surgery. They may be family physicians or practice in specialty care - such as anesthesiology, orthopedics, cardiology, oncology or psychiatry - in hospitals, clinics nursing homes and private offices.
Many D.O.s practice osteopathic manual medicine (OMM), a hands-on diagnostic and therapeutic technique to correct and prevent disease and injury. No other health professional has these skills.
D.O.s in Michigan
Michigan is home to more than 7,000 licensed osteopathic physicisna dn one of the country's premier osteopathic medical schools - Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine - which consistently ranks in the top ten of all U.S. medical schools (M.D. and D.O.) for primary care.
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