<P> Physicians and surgeons who graduate from osteopathic medical schools are known as osteopathic physicians or osteopathic medical doctors . Upon graduation, they are conferred a professional doctorate, the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). </P> <P> Osteopathic curricula in other countries differ from those in the United States . European - trained practitioners of osteopathic manipulative techniques are referred to as "osteopaths": their scope of practice excludes most medical therapies and relies more on osteopathic manipulative medicine and alternative medical modalities . While it was once common for D.O. graduates in the United States to refer to themselves as' osteopaths,' this term is now considered archaic and those holding the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree are commonly referred to as' osteopathic medical physicians .' </P> <P> Currently in 2018 there are 34 medical schools that offer DO Degrees in 49 locations and 34 states across the United States . There are 141 accredited U.S. M.D. medical schools . </P> <Ul> <Li> In 1960, there were 13,708 physicians who were graduates of the 5 osteopathic medical schools . </Li> <Li> In 2002, there were 49,210 physicians from 19 osteopathic medical schools . </Li> <Li> Between 1980 and 2005, the number of osteopathic graduates per year increased over 250 percent from about 1,000 to 2,800 . This number is expected to approach 5,000 by 2015 . </Li> <Li> In 2016, there were 33 colleges of osteopathic medicine in 48 locations, in 31 states . One in four medical students in the United States is enrolled in an osteopathic medical school . </Li> <Li> As of 2016, there are more than 129,000 osteopathic medical physicians (DOs) and osteopathic medical students in the United States . </Li> </Ul>

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