Stigma and stereotypes have no place in medicine

“He’s not even an MD, Jimmy. He’s a DO. This guy can’t even afford the good letters.”

“They’re basically the same, but they’re totally not. MD is Coca-Cola. DO is RC Cola.”

“A DO is like an off-brand doctor.”

These quotes came from Hasan Minaj’s interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. It spread like wildfire through the DO community. This is not the first time that DOs have been belittled by …

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