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

This week’s episode features two 4th year medical students Madison Salvitti and Ethan Kremer who will share with us their medical experience doing Osteopathic Research in Europe. The trip was facilitated by Dr. Jordan Keys, the Director of the Osteopathic Manipulation Center at NYIT-COM (episode 106). Madison and Ethan flew to Italy and spent 3 weeks in Milan and Pescara participating and learning about Osteopathic Research in Italy. They will share t...

Dr. Bradley Block is an ENT physician (M.D.) who has a podcast to teach doctors "things they should have been learning while they were studying the Kreb's Cycle." Dr. Block reached out to us to discuss what Osteopathic Medicine is and what the differences between "Allopathic" or M.D. degrees and "Osteopathic" or D.O. degrees were. For those of you who are not already familiar with what the D.O. difference is. . . Dr. Block's interview with Dr. Storch's will help answer many ...

This week we are joined by Bryce Piro, a medical student at VCOM - Carolinas who started his own company while in medical school - CoffeeDocs Co. Bryce gives an inside view of his journey and what prompted his idea to start this company with his roommates. He will discuss the process behind making his idea a reality, including how he got started as a content creator and how he ultimately transformed that into so much more. He will detail some of the procedures he went through in getting start...

This week, we are joined by Dr. Michael Foti, a dedicated physician who serves as a professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, bringing his expertise and passion for medical education to the next generation of healthcare professionals. With a recommendation from the esteemed Dr. John Gimpel, Michael brings a wealth of experience as both a practitioner and educator. His journey, much like his passion for mental health advocacy, embodies resilience and compassion. As Michael reflects o...

Dr. Andrea Amalfitano is an osteopathic physician, has a PhD, is a pediatrician, geneticist, educator, patient advocate, virologist, dean . . . and so much more!In today's episode Dr. Amalfitano discusses his pathway to Osteopathic Medicine, from an immigrant family and a father who recommended medicine becuase. . . "doctors are never out of work!" to a pediatric residency at the esteemed "Mayo Clinic," to being a researcher at Duke University and ultimately coming full circle to ...

We are always flattered when we are approached by exemplary physicians who wish to share their story. On today’s episode we speak with Dr. Stella Rubina a physician who serves as Director of the Palliative Care Medicine Department at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens. Dr. Rubina earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Brooklyn College after which she attended NYITCOM for medical school. After considering a career in Orthopedics, Dr. Rubina entered the SOAP to find a transitio...