[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

I wouldn't jump to discount a D.O. as being in some way inferior. Medical and Osteopathic schools are for the most part similar, outside of the obvious differences in the faculty and the somewhat easier admission criteria. But after school, the most important factor is where they did their residency. A D.O. who does a family practice residency at an Osteopathic hospital does 6 months each of medicine, surgery, pediatrics and OB-GYN, all supervised by other D.O.s that did the same thing. For the most part they are to be avoided. On the other hand, a D.O that does an Internal Medicine residency at Johns Hopkins, possibly followed by 3 years of a subspecialty fellowship should be just as qualified as an MD

Sounds like your ophthalmologist was able to secure what is an extremely competitive residency, I would have no reservations about seeing her.

I wasn't discounting her. She did surgery on my eye, and I would recommend her.