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 DO becomes OSU team physician, ophthalmologist marks 50th mission trip, CORK research conference headed to California Jesse Shaw, DO, is a new team physician for OSU Athletics, Ralph Crew, DO, completed his 50th humanitarian trip and CORK 2026 will bring OMM to the Golden State. 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. 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
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