A life in medicine In Memoriam: May 2025 View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians. May 16, 2025FridayMay 2025 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. Martin J. Davis, DO, 77 (OSU-COM 1985), of Jenks, Oklahoma, died April 26, 2025. John H. Drabing, DO, 89 (ATSU-KCOM 1961), of Colorado Springs, Colorado, died April 19, 2025. James G. Laws, DO, 87 (KCU-COM 1970), of Dayton, Ohio, died April 30, 2025. Ron J. Marek, DO, 74 (OSU-COM 1977), of Edmond, Oklahoma, died in 2025. Michael M. McCombs, DO, 59 (PCOM 1996), of Dover, Ohio, died May 11, 2025. Michael J. Niemiec, DO, 74 (MWU/CCOM 1978), of Oakmont, Pennsylvania, died Feb. 23, 2025. 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 The elephant in the room: What medicine misses when care becomes fragmented Ahead of National Latino Physician Day (Oct. 1), Lourdes Bahamonde, DO, MS, explores how clinical judgment can be lost in standardized healthcare pathways and why meaningful representation requires the agency to recognize what is missing and change what happens next. ‘How Not to Die’ author Michael Greger, MD, to give keynote talk on nutrition in medicine at OMED26 Dr. Greger’s keynote will explore the latest evidence-based nutrition research and its impact on lifelong health. Previous articleThe Wagner way: How osteopathic medicine became a tradition in this family Next articleApplications for the AOA’s 2025-2026 TIPS program now being accepted
The elephant in the room: What medicine misses when care becomes fragmented Ahead of National Latino Physician Day (Oct. 1), Lourdes Bahamonde, DO, MS, explores how clinical judgment can be lost in standardized healthcare pathways and why meaningful representation requires the agency to recognize what is missing and change what happens next.
‘How Not to Die’ author Michael Greger, MD, to give keynote talk on nutrition in medicine at OMED26 Dr. Greger’s keynote will explore the latest evidence-based nutrition research and its impact on lifelong health.