Osteopathic medicine

Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023.

Health & Safety
National

With few MDs practicing in rural areas, a different type of doctor is filling the gap

5:00am June 05, 2023

by Tony Leys

The number of doctors of osteopathy is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.

In this 2009 photo, Stephen Cox (left), Mike Forte (center), and Maria Gallo (right), all medical students then, were busy studying a cadaver in the lab at Rocky Vista University's Parker, Colo., campus. Rocky Vista, a for-profit institution, last month r

Health & Safety
Education

Once Banned, For-Profit Medical Schools Are On The Rise Again In The U.S.

4:44pm June 07, 2021

by Victoria Knight

Montana is one of only four states without a medical school, and two groups with different financial models hope to remedy that. One plans a for-profit school, but critics say students may suffer.

Since stepping into the role in 2018, White House physician Sean Conley has played a key part in the president's medical care. He's believed to be the first doctor of osteopathic medicine to serve in that position.

Politics & Government

Who Is Sean Conley? White House Physician To President Trump

8:56pm October 03, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

A U.S. Navy commander, Sean Conley became Trump's doctor in 2018. He's a doctor of osteopathic medicine, and is reportedly the first non-M.D. to serve as the White House physician.