JOB DESCRIPTION: Osteopathic physicians diagnose and treat disorders of the human body. Osteopathic medicine holds that the body is capable of making its own remedies against disease and other toxic conditions when it is in normal structural relationship and has favorable environmental conditions and adequate nutrition. Osteopathic physicians use generally accepted physical, pharmacological, and surgical methods of diagnosis and therapy while placing strong emphasis on the importance of body mechanics and manipulative methods to detect and correct faulty structure and functions.