A life in medicine In Memoriam: April 2026 View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians. April 27, 2026MondayApril 2026 issue The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics In Memoriam The following list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians includes links to obituaries and online memorials if they’re available. Readers can notify the AOA of their deceased colleagues by sending an email to [email protected]. You may also view a list of past In Memoriam columns. Ronald E. Ayres, DO, 84 (PCOM 1968), of Moseley, Virginia, died March 9, 2026. Lester H. McLachlan, DO, 90 (ATSU-KCOM 1962), of Seminole, Florida, died March 10, 2026. Ernest Lee Mollohan, DO, 77 (ATSU-KCOM 1994), of Tuscumbia, Alabama, died April 25, 2026. Liane M. Muller, DO, 67 (UNECOM 2002), of Harrison, Maine, died Dec. 16, 2025. Louis L. Rondini, DO, 82 (PCOM 1968), of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, died March 15, 2026. Editor’s note: If you’d like to honor a colleague with a memorial contribution to the American Osteopathic Foundation, you can do so online. More in Profession Defining AI for us, by us: Inside the OsteopathicAI vote AOiA establishes OsteopathicAI, a profession-level minimum practice standard for ethical AI use in osteopathic medicine. AOA’s inaugural Physician Payment Policy fellows to study how medical services are valued and paid for in US healthcare Two osteopathic physicians have earned an 18-month fellowship to study medical coding and payment policy to drive patient advocacy. Previous articleIn Memoriam: OB-GYN and former AOA BOS chair Ronald E. Ayres, DO Next articleAOBS updates: New subspecialty certification in neurocritical care available; AOBS expands certification eligibility
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AOA’s inaugural Physician Payment Policy fellows to study how medical services are valued and paid for in US healthcare Two osteopathic physicians have earned an 18-month fellowship to study medical coding and payment policy to drive patient advocacy.