Each year, we both celebrate and are celebrated on March 30 for National Doctors’ Day (NDD). While the gratitude expressed by others is meaningful, this occasion is also a powerful reminder for us to reflect inward by acknowledging our own sacrifices and commitment. Self-care and self-celebration are not indulgences—they are essential for sustained excellence in … Read More
The American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) has launched Project Future, a collaborative initiative and strategic roadmap designed to navigate the fast-evolving medical and sociocultural landscape osteopathically.
Artificial intelligence is already embedded in the daily reality of osteopathic medicine. Students use it to study. Residents use it to clarify clinical questions. Faculty use it to organize teaching. Health systems are testing AI for documentation, patient education, operations and clinical decision support. Whether we invited it or not, AI is in the room.
Ileft my clinical clerkships on a high, plane ticket in hand and eager to carry this new clinical lens into my longstanding passion for global public health. Throughout my life, service trips to Kenya and Honduras have shaped my life choices, from selecting my college major to committing to medicine. This year, I planned to … Read More
If you search the app store for “mental health,” you’ll find yourself scrolling through hundreds of options. Meditation apps, therapy apps, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, mood trackers—the list goes on. The mental health app space is saturated, and it can be overwhelming to decide which ones are actually useful and worth downloading.
Join the AOA for the osteopathic profession’s premier public policy event of the year: DO Day 2026. Whether you attend in-person or virtually, DO Day offers a platform for physicians and medical students to sharpen their leadership skills while advocating for the legislative issues that matter most to doctors and patients alike.
AOA Trustee Joshua Lenchus, DO, grew up imagining a future in medicine, but no one in his family worked in healthcare. Like many first-generation DOs, his understanding of medicine was shaped more by what he read or heard than by familiarity via a physician family member. When he first explored medical school, what he understood … Read More
Tanzina A. Ela, DO, arrived in the United States from Bangladesh in 2017 with bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) medical degrees, an internship behind her and the expectation that her life was finally beginning. Instead, life as she knew it was ending. The arranged marriage she entered months earlier became violent fast, … Read More
Physique-focused culture has exploded among adolescents and young adults, as has the nonmedical use of exogenous testosterone. Often obtained through nontraditional sources such as medical spas, online clinics or street vendors, testosterone is increasingly used to enhance athletic performance, build muscle or sculpt an “ideal” body image with the goal of attaining an unachievable physique. … Read More