A: According to Paul Sucgang, DO, a physician at USC Family Medicine, both DOs and MDs are fully qualified physicians licensed to prescribe medications and perform surgery.
www.usc.edu/hsc/healthnow/2007/06/04/q-the-primary-care-physician-that-my-insurance-has-picked-for-me-is-a-do-doctor-of-osteopathic-medicine-what-does-this-mean-and-how-is-it-different-from-a-medical-doctor-md/
